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11-letter words containing e, n, o, d

  • 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.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
  • guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
  • haddonfield — a town in SW New Jersey.
  • haematoidin — Alternative form of hematoidin.
  • half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
  • halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.
  • 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.
  • hand-loomed — handwoven.
  • hand-worker — a person who does handwork
  • handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
  • header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
  • heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
  • hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
  • hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
  • heldentenor — a tenor having a brilliant, powerful voice suited to singing heroic roles, as in Wagnerian opera.
  • hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • helminthoid — shaped like a helminth; vermiform; wormlike.
  • hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • hemosiderin — a yellowish-brown protein containing iron, derived chiefly from hemoglobin and found in body tissue and phagocytes, especially as the result of disorders in iron metabolism and the breakdown of red blood cells.
  • henry fonda — Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.
  • heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
  • heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
  • 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.
  • heterodyned — Simple past tense and past participle of heterodyne.
  • hexahedrons — Plural form of hexahedron.
  • hideousness — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
  • hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
  • hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
  • hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
  • hohenlinden — a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.
  • hold in fee — to own; possess
  • holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
  • hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
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