0%

11-letter words containing g, u, n, r

  • granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
  • 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)
  • graniferous — bearing grain
  • granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
  • granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
  • granulating — Present participle of granulate.
  • granulation — the act or process of granulating.
  • granuliform — having a granular structure
  • granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
  • granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
  • gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
  • gratulation — a feeling of joy.
  • 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 pound — a unit of account used in calculating Britain's contributions to and payments from the Community Agricultural Fund of the EU
  • 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.
  • greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
  • grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
  • grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
  • ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
  • ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
  • ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
  • ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
  • ground beef — meat: minced beef
  • ground crew — ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.
  • 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 itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
  • ground loop — a sharp horizontal loop performed, usually involuntarily, while touching the ground.
  • ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
  • ground pink — a plant, Linanthus dianthiflorus, of southern California, having pink or white flowers.
  • ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
  • ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
  • 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.
  • ground-fish — bottom-fish.
  • groundburst — The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
  • groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
  • groundcover — Alternative spelling of ground cover.
  • groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
  • 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.
  • groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?