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11-letter words containing a, g, e, n, d

  • grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
  • grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
  • groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
  • 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.
  • guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • guide vanes — fixed aerofoils that direct air, gas, or water into the moving blades of a turbine or into or around bends in ducts with minimum loss of energy
  • guttae band — regula.
  • haggardness — having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
  • halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.
  • hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
  • handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
  • handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
  • handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
  • hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
  • 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.
  • harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
  • hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
  • head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
  • head-banger — metalhead.
  • headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
  • headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
  • headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
  • headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
  • heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
  • headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
  • 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.
  • heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
  • herb garden — where herbs are grown
  • hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
  • high-handed — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • homogenated — Homogenized.
  • hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
  • hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • ice dancing — a competitive ice-skating event in which a couple, using basic skating figures and not being permitted to use lifts, performs choreographed movements to music, based on traditional ballroom dances.
  • impregnated — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • inaugurated — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
  • indesignate — not quantifiable
  • infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
  • ingeminated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingeminate.
  • ingratiated — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
  • ingratitude — the state of being ungrateful; unthankfulness.
  • inorganized — Unorganized.
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