11-letter words containing n, o, u, g, h
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- hiccoughing — Present participle of hiccough.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- hongshui he — a river in SW China, flowing SE to the Xiang Jiang. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- hormogonium — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- 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.
- house agent — a real-estate agent.
- house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
- hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
- hugeousness — hugeness
- humming top — a top that hums as it spins
- hurry along — rush, go quickly
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- junior high — lower secondary school
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- lough allen — a lake in Ireland, in county Leitrim
- lough neagh — a lake in E central Northern Ireland: largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. About 18 miles (29 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- mouth organ — harmonica (def 1).
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- new thought — a system of doctrine and practice originating in the 19th century and stressing the power of thought to control physical and mental events.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- nothing but — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
- outfighting — a battle or combat.
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
- overhunting — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- plough into — If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- qinhuangdao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.