11-letter words containing n, i, g, h, e
- fetishizing — Present participle of fetishize.
- fight-o-net — (messaging) A distortion of FidoNet, often applied after a flurry of flamage in a particular echo, especially the SYSOP echo or Fidonews.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fish finger — Fish fingers are small long pieces of fish covered in breadcrumbs. They are usually sold in frozen form.
- fisher king — (in the story of Percival) the custodian of the Grail.
- fishing net — a large net used on fishing boats for catching fish
- fishmongers — Plural form of fishmonger.
- flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- foreshowing — Present participle of foreshow.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- frighteners — Plural form of frightener.
- frightening — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- gangsterish — (informal) Gangsterlike.
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- gawkishness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- gegenschein — a faint, elliptical patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun, being a reflection of sunlight by meteoric material in space.
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- gentileschi — Artemisia [ahr-tuh-mizh-uh,, -mizh-ee-uh;; Italian ahr-te-mee-zyah] /ˌɑr təˈmɪʒ ə,, -ˈmɪʒ i ə;; Italian ˌɑr tɛˈmi zyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1593?–1652? Italian painter.
- gentilhomme — a gentleman
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- get in with — start to associate with
- ghastliness — The state of being ghastly.
- ghettoizing — Present participle of ghettoize.
- ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- girlishness — The quality of being girlish.
- give a hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- give thanks — be thankful, express thankfulness
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- goatishness — The state or condition of being goatish.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- guest night — an evening when members of an institution are allowed to bring guests
- haemangioma — Alternative spelling of hemangioma.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.