11-letter words containing a, r, n, d
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- hadrian iii — Saint, Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.
- haggardness — having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
- hairbrained — giddy; reckless.
- 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.
- hammer down — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- hammer pond — an artificial pond for maintaining a head of water at a water mill.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- hand around — If you hand around or hand round something such as food, you pass it from one person to another in a group.
- hand scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hand-letter — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hand-reared — (of an animal or bird) kept and looked after by a person, rather than by its mother, when young
- hand-tailor — to produce (a garment or the like) by individual workmanship.
- hand-worker — a person who does handwork
- handbarrows — Plural form of handbarrow.
- handbreadth — a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 cm).
- handcrafted — handicraft.
- handcrafter — One who handcrafts or engages in handcraft or handicraft.
- handicapper — Horse Racing. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- handrailing — Handrail.
- handscrolls — Plural form of handscroll.
- handsprings — Plural form of handspring.
- 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.
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
- hard porn's — hard-core pornography.
- hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
- hard-earned — A hard-earned victory or hard-earned cash is a victory or money that someone deserves because they have worked hard for it.
- hard-handed — oppressive or tyrannical; stern or cruel.
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).