10-letter words containing r, i, g, h
- high-flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- high-grade — of excellent or superior quality.
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- high-riser — a couch or single bed with a mattress and frame concealed beneath, which, when pulled all the way out, lift up to the level of the upper cushion or mattress and lock into place to form a double bed.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highbrowed — (of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured.
- highchairs — Plural form of highchair.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highermost — highest
- highjacker — a person who hijacks.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hiphuggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hippogriff — a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- horologist — an expert in horology.
- horologium — a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.
- humgruffin — a terrible or repulsive person
- hungriness — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- infighters — Plural form of infighter.
- inhearsing — Present participle of inhearse.
- inheriting — to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
- inshrining — Present participle of inshrine.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- jetfighter — a fighter aircraft powered by a jet engine or engines.
- khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.