18-letter words containing g, r, o, u, n, d
- multi-user dungeon — Multi-User Dimension
- national guardsman — guardsman (def 2).
- neuroendocrinology — the study of the anatomical and physiological interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems.
- norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
- on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
- order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
- orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
- passing-out parade — a ceremonial parade of cadets who have completed their training
- percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
- personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
- prepare the ground — make conditions ready
- process scheduling — multitasking
- production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
- radius of gyration — the distance from an axis at which the mass of a body may be assumed to be concentrated and at which the moment of inertia will be equal to the moment of inertia of the actual mass about the axis, equal to the square root of the quotient of the moment of inertia and the mass.
- reduction strategy — (theory) An algorithm for deciding which redex(es) to reduce next. Different strategies have different termination properties in the presence of recursive functions or values. See string reduction, normal order reduction, applicative order reduction, parallel reduction
- regular hexahedron — a solid cube with six square faces
- rufous hummingbird — a reddish-brown hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, of western North America.
- runge-kutta method — a numerical method, involving successive approximations, used to solve differential equations.
- second-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
- shift one's ground — to change one's argument or defense
- song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
- sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
- squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
- stand one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
- to be above ground — to be alive
- to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
- ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- under-registration — the act of registering.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- wrongful dismissal — the act of making someone redundant for reasons which are illegal or unjust