12-letter words containing g, r, o, u, n, d
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- ground color — Also called ground coat. a primary coat of paint; priming; base coat.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground floor — the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- ground level — ground state.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground robin — towhee.
- ground rules — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — 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.
- groundbursts — Plural form of groundburst.
- groundedness — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- groundworker — One who works on the ground, as opposed to an aviator, etc.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.