11-letter words containing n, i, g, h, t
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hightailing — Present participle of hightail.
- hinge joint — ginglymus.
- hitchhiking — Present participle of hitchhike.
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homogeneity — composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics; state or quality of being homogeneous.
- homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- hot-dogging — to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- humming top — a top that hums as it spins
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hymnologist — A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
- hyphenating — Present participle of hyphenate.
- hypnotising — Present participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotizing — Present participle of hypnotize.
- if anything — on the contrary
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in strength — If a group turns out in strength, they arrive in large numbers.
- in-fighting — fighting at close range.
- infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
- ingathering — a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.
- inner light — the presence and inner working of God in the soul acting as a guiding spirit that is superior even to Scripture and unites man to Christ
- interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
- intergrowth — growth or growing together, as of one thing with or into another.
- iron sights — conventional non-telescopic sights on a rifle
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- khan tengri — a mountain in central Asia, on the border between Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China. Height: 6995 m (22 951 ft)
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- kotahitanga — unity or solidarity
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- lengthening — (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens.
- lengthiness — The property of being lengthy, longness.
- lightninged — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.