11-letter words containing a, d, u, r
- grand mufti — a Muslim religious leader.
- granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
- green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- ground game — game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds
- ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
- groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
- groundwater — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- guadalajara — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- guard's van — The guard's van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels.
- guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
- guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
- guardswoman — A female guardsman.
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
- hadrosaurid — (zoology) Any of the family Hadrosauridae of duck-billed dinosaurs; a hadrosaur.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- hand around — If you hand around or hand round something such as food, you pass it from one person to another in a group.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
- hard dinkum — hard work; a difficult task.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
- hard launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
- hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink
- hard rubber — rubber vulcanized with a large amount of sulfur, usually 25–35 percent, to render it stiff and comparatively inflexible.
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- head injury — wound to the head
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headquarter — to situate in headquarters.
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- hindquarter — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hit-and-run — guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible: a hit-and-run driver.
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.