11-letter words containing g, a, r, d
- groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
- 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.
- guadalajara — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- guard's van — The guard's van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels.
- guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
- guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
- guardswoman — A female guardsman.
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- h-r diagram — Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
- haggardness — having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handrailing — Handrail.
- handsprings — Plural form of handspring.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- head-banger — metalhead.
- headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- hearing aid — a compact electronic amplifier worn to improve one's hearing, usually placed in or behind the ear.
- 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.
- herb garden — where herbs are grown
- highhearted — Alt form high-hearted.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- 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.
- hydrargyria — mercurialism.
- hydrargyrum — mercury.
- 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).
- hydrography — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- 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.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- impregnated — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- inaugurated — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.