11-letter words containing a, e, n, o, u
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- graniferous — bearing grain
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- 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 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.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guinea corn — durra.
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haute-saone — a department in E France. 2075 sq. mi. (5375 sq. km). Capital: Vesoul.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- hohe tauern — an Alpine mountain range in S Austria. Highest peak, Grossglockner, 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house agent — a real-estate agent.
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- house snake — any African snake of the genus Boaedon, some species of which are important mouse and rat catchers in areas of human habitation.
- house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
- house-train — to housebreak.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
- hudson seal — muskrat fur that has been plucked and dyed to give the appearance of seal.
- human error — sb's mistake
- humectation — A moistening.
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- ineducation — lack of education.
- infeudation — the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
- infortunate — of or relating to infortune.
- inoculative — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.