11-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harmonising — Present participle of harmonise.
- harmonizing — Present participle of harmonize.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- hear things — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- hearing aid — a compact electronic amplifier worn to improve one's hearing, usually placed in or behind the ear.
- hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
- heartaching — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- heartstring — Singular of heartstrings.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- herding dog — one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- high german — the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's Law. Abbreviation: HG.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- high-energy — possessing speed and energy beyond the classical laws of motion, esp of particles which have been accelerated in an accelerator
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hiring hall — an employment office operated by a union for placing members in jobs.
- hiring-fair — (formerly, in rural areas) a fair or market at which agricultural labourers were hired
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- homogenizer — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- hormogonium — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- 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.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.