11-letter words containing n, i, g, h, e
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hanging lie — a lie in which the ball is situated on a slope having a downward incline in the direction that the ball is to be played.
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- hear things — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- hearing aid — a compact electronic amplifier worn to improve one's hearing, usually placed in or behind the ear.
- hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
- heartaching — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- heartstring — Singular of heartstrings.
- heat engine — a mechanical device designed to transform part of the heat entering it into work.
- heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
- heavy going — a soft and muddy surface to race on
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- heightening — Present participle of heighten.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hemisecting — Present participle of hemisect.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- herding dog — one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- high german — the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's Law. Abbreviation: HG.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- high-energy — possessing speed and energy beyond the classical laws of motion, esp of particles which have been accelerated in an accelerator
- high-handed — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
- high-income — of or relating to those with a larger income than the average.
- high-minded — having or showing high, exalted principles or feelings.
- high-necked — (of a garment) high at the neck.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.