9-letter words containing r, i, g, h
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- crunching — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- dehorning — Present participle of dehorn.
- delighter — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
- diagraphs — Plural form of diagraph.
- diaphragm — Your diaphragm is a muscle between your lungs and your stomach. It is used when you breathe.
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dithering — a trembling; vibration.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- earthling — an inhabitant of earth; mortal.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- englishry — people of English descent, esp in Ireland
- enriching — Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- exhorting — Present participle of exhort.
- eyebright — any scrophulariaceous annual plant of the genus Euphrasia, esp E. nemorosa, having small white-and-purple two-lipped flowers: formerly used in the treatment of eye disorders
- far right — of or relating to the extreme right wing
- farthings — Plural form of farthing.
- fathering — a male parent.
- firefight — an exchange of gunfire between two opposing forces, especially a skirmish between military forces.
- firelight — the light from a fire, as on a hearth.
- fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
- fitchburg — a city in N Massachusetts.
- flightier — Comparative form of flighty.
- folkright — a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes.
- forenight — (Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
- foreright — (archaic) ready, directly forward, going before.
- foresight — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- foreweigh — to assess in advance
- fortnight — the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
- fratching — a quarrel; argument; dispute.
- freighted — goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- freighter — a vessel used mainly for carrying cargo.
- frenching — of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.: French cooking.
- frightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- frighting — Present participle of fright.
- fulbright — (James) William, 1905–95, U.S. politician: senator 1945–74.
- galbraith — John Kenneth, 1908–2006, U.S. economist, born in Canada.
- garfishes — Plural form of garfish.