11-letter words containing d, u, l
- golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
- golden rule — a rule of ethical conduct, usually phrased “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” or, as in the Sermon on the Mount, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so unto them.” Matt. 7:12; Luke 6:31.
- gradualness — The condition of being gradual.
- granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground loop — a sharp horizontal loop performed, usually involuntarily, while touching the ground.
- ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
- ground rule — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
- guadalajara — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- guadalcanal — the largest of the Solomon Islands, in the W central Pacific: U.S. victory over the Japanese 1942–43. About 2500 sq. mi. (6475 sq. km).
- guelderrose — snowball (sense 2)
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- 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.
- 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
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- heedfulness — The state or quality of being heedful.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- hills cloud — a hypothetical dense, disc-shaped area within the Oort cloud
- hispidulous — covered with stiff, short hairs.
- hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
- hold out on — to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- 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.
- householder — a person who holds title to or occupies a house.
- householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
- hudson seal — muskrat fur that has been plucked and dyed to give the appearance of seal.
- hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
- hundredfold — a hundred times as great or as much.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hurdle rate — the rate of return that a proposed project must provide if it is to be worth considering: usually calculated as the cost of the capital involved adjusted by a risk factor
- husbandable — Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
- husbandland — the holding once held by a husband or tenant farmer or the quantity of land held by him, approximately 32 acres
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam