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9-letter words starting with hig

  • higginson — Thomas Wentworth Storrow [stor-oh] /ˈstɒr oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–1911, U.S. clergyman, author, and social reformer.
  • high beam — an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.
  • high dive — the performance of a dive from a high board
  • high five — a gesture of greeting, good-fellowship, or triumph in which one person slaps the upraised palm of the hand against that of another.
  • high gear — the highest gear in a car or other motor vehicle
  • high jump — sport: jumping over a high bar
  • high life — You use the high life to refer to an exciting and luxurious way of living that involves a great deal of entertainment, going to parties, and eating good food.
  • high mass — a Mass celebrated according to the complete rite, in which the liturgy is sung by the celebrant.
  • high moby — /hi:' mohb'ee/ The high half of a 512K PDP-10's physical address space; the other half was of course the low moby. This usage has been generalised in a way that has outlasted the PDP-10; for example, at the 1990 Washington D.C. Area Science Fiction Conclave (Disclave), when a miscommunication resulted in two separate wakes being held in commemoration of the shutdown of MIT's last ITS machines, the one on the upper floor was dubbed the "high moby" and the other the "low moby". All parties involved grokked this instantly. See moby.
  • high noon — the exact moment of noon.
  • high road — A high road is a main road.
  • high seas — the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
  • high sign — a gesture, glance, or facial expression used as a surreptitious signal to warn, admonish, or inform.
  • high spot — The high spot of an event or activity is the most exciting or enjoyable part of it.
  • high tech — high technology.
  • high tide — the tide at its highest level of elevation.
  • high time — the appropriate time or past the appropriate time: It's high time he got out of bed.
  • high tops — denoting a sneaker that covers the ankle.
  • high wine — Often, high wines. Distilling. a distillate containing a high percentage of alcohol.
  • high wire — a tightrope stretched very high above the ground.
  • high-bred — of superior breed.
  • high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
  • high-five — a gesture of greeting, good-fellowship, or triumph in which one person slaps the upraised palm of the hand against that of another.
  • high-jump — to participate in the high jump; compete as a high jumper.
  • high-rise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
  • high-risk — very dangerous
  • high-step — to walk or run by raising the legs higher than normal.
  • high-tail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
  • high-tech — high technology.
  • high-test — (of gasoline) boiling at a relatively low temperature.
  • high-tone — having high principles; dignified.
  • highballs — Plural form of highball.
  • highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
  • highchair — a tall chair having arms and very long legs and usually a removable tray for food, for use by a very young child during meals.
  • highdaddy — a highboy having no drawers in the supporting frame.
  • higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.
  • highflier — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
  • highflyer — Alternative form of highflier.
  • highlands — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
  • highliest — Superlative form of highly.
  • highlight — to emphasize or make prominent.
  • highlited — Misspelling of highlighted.
  • highlites — Misspelling of highlights.
  • highnesse — Archaic spelling of highness.
  • highrises — Plural form of highrise.
  • highsmith — Patricia. 1921–95, US author of crime fiction. Her novels include Strangers on a Train (1950) and Ripley's Game (1974)
  • highspeed — Alternative form of high-speed.
  • highstand — (geology) An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a continental shelf.

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