11-letter words containing e, n, t, r, u
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
- gouvernment — Obsolete form of government.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- great runes — Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some archaic operating systems still emit these. See also runes, smash case, fold case. Decades ago, back in the days when it was the sole supplier of long-distance hardcopy transmittal devices, the Teletype Corporation was faced with a major design choice. To shorten code lengths and cut complexity in the printing mechanism, it had been decided that teletypes would use a monocase font, either ALL UPPER or all lower. The Question Of The Day was therefore, which one to choose. A study was conducted on readability under various conditions of bad ribbon, worn print hammers, etc. Lowercase won; it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms, and is thus much easier to read both under ideal conditions and when the letters are mangled or partly obscured. The results were filtered up through management. The chairman of Teletype killed the proposal because it failed one incredibly important criterion: "It would be impossible to spell the name of the Deity correctly." In this way (or so, at least, hacker folklore has it) superstition triumphed over utility. Teletypes were the major input devices on most early computers, and terminal manufacturers looking for corners to cut naturally followed suit until well into the 1970s. Thus, that one bad call stuck us with Great Runes for thirty years.
- great-uncle — a granduncle.
- 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.
- green stuff — paper money.
- green thumb — an exceptional aptitude for gardening or for growing plants successfully: Houseplants provide much pleasure for the city dweller with a green thumb.
- ground rent — the rent at which land is let to a tenant either for a long term or perpetually.
- 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.
- groundstone — A simple neolithic stone tool made by grinding.
- 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.
- guaranteers — Plural form of guaranteer.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- gun culture — the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour of a society, or any social group, in which guns are used
- guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- 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).
- haute-marne — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- hindquarter — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hirsuteness — The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.
- hohe tauern — an Alpine mountain range in S Austria. Highest peak, Grossglockner, 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- host number — (networking) The host part of an Internet address. The rest is the network number.
- house-train — to housebreak.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hurtfulness — The property of being hurtful.
- ill-natured — having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- imbursement — (obsolete) The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.
- importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- in aeternum — forever.
- inaugurated — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
- inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
- incertitude — uncertainty or doubtfulness.
- incongruent — not congruent.
- incorrupted — not corrupted