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11-letter words containing d, o, g, e, r

  • grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
  • groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
  • grossed out — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
  • 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 beef — meat: minced beef
  • ground crew — ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.
  • ground dove — any of several small terrestrial doves of the warmer parts of the Americas, especially Columbina passerina.
  • ground game — game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds
  • ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
  • ground rent — the rent at which land is let to a tenant either for a long term or perpetually.
  • ground rule — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
  • ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
  • ground wire — a lead from an electric apparatus to the earth or to a ground connection.
  • ground zero — the point on the surface of the earth or water directly below, directly above, or at which an atomic or hydrogen bomb explodes.
  • groundcover — Alternative spelling of ground cover.
  • groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
  • groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
  • groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
  • groundstone — A simple neolithic stone tool made by grinding.
  • groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
  • 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.
  • group speed — the speed at which energy is propagated in a wave. This is the quantity determined when one measures the distance which the radiation travels in a given time. In a medium in which the speed increases with wavelength the group speed is less than the phase speed, and vice versa
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • guelderrose — snowball (sense 2)
  • guided tour — visit with commentary
  • gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
  • hemorrhaged — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
  • herding dog — one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.
  • holographed — to make by the use of holography.
  • home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
  • horned frog — any of various frogs having a marked protuberance on the head, cheek, or upper eyelid.
  • horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
  • hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
  • 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).
  • hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
  • hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
  • hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
  • ideogrammic — Being, or pertaining to, an ideogram.
  • ideographic — an ideogram.
  • inorganized — Unorganized.
  • invigorated — Give strength or energy to.
  • isogradient — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same horizontal gradient of a meteorological quantity, as temperature, pressure, or the like.
  • keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
  • knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths.
  • krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
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