10-letter words containing r, h, a, g
- graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- grass moth — any of a large subfamily of small night-flying pyralid moths, esp Crambus pratellus, that during the day cling to grass stems
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- gravenhage — a Dutch name of The Hague.
- gray birch — a small, bushy birch, Betula populifolia, of stony or sandy areas of the eastern U.S., having grayish-white bark and triangular leaves.
- gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
- graywether — sarsen.
- great helm — helm2 (def 1).
- greenheads — Plural form of greenhead.
- greenheart — a South American tree, Ocotea (or Nectandra) rodiei, of the laurel family, yielding a hard, durable wood often used for wharves and bridges and in shipbuilding.
- greenshank — an Old World shore bird, Tringa nebularia, having green legs.
- grey whale — a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae
- greyheaded — having grey hair
- guard hair — the long, usually stiff outer hair protecting the underfur in certain animals.
- guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- habergeons — Plural form of habergeon.
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hagerstown — a city in NW Maryland.
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hair grass — any of various grasses having slender stems and leaves, especially one of the genus Deschampsia, as D. flexuosa or D. caespitosa.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- half tiger — a five-rand coin
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- half-right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- hand organ — a portable barrel organ played by means of a crank turned by hand.
- handlanger — an unskilled assistant to a tradesman
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard goods — durable goods
- hard grass — any of several types of coarse grass
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- hard right — You use hard right to describe those members of a right wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hard-edged — realistic and uncompromising: a hard-edged documentary.
- hardenberg — Novalis.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- hargreaves — James, died 1778, English inventor of spinning machinery.
- harnessing — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)