11-letter words containing e, d, n, t, a
- garden-path — noting or pertaining to a sentence that is easily parsed incorrectly because its beginning suggests it has an interpretation that it clearly does not have.
- garnet jade — a green grossularite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
- gelatinated — Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinate.
- gelatinized — Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinize.
- geniculated — Geniculate.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- giant eland — a similar but larger animal, T. derbianus, living in wooded areas of central and W Africa
- giant-sized — An object that is giant-sized is much bigger than objects of its kind usually are.
- giganticide — the slaughter of giants
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- good nature — pleasant disposition; kindly nature; amiability.
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- grand terre — Grande-Terre
- grand theft — stealing large amount
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
- grandmaster — the head of a military order of knighthood, a lodge, fraternal order, or the like.
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.
- grant-aided — given financial assistance by an organization
- green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
- 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.
- guttae band — regula.
- haematoidin — Alternative form of hematoidin.
- 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.
- hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
- hand-basket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- hand-letter — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- handbaskets — Plural form of handbasket.
- 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.
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- header tank — a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headstander — A small deep-bodied freshwater fish of the Amazon region, popular in aquaria. It swims and feeds at an oblique angle with the head down.
- heartedness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being hearted.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.