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11-letter words containing n, o, d, u

  • 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.
  • groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
  • groundstone — A simple neolithic stone tool made by grinding.
  • groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
  • 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.
  • groundworks — Plural form of groundwork.
  • growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
  • guardswoman — A female guardsman.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
  • gudmundsson — Kristmann [krist-mahn] /ˈkrɪst mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1902–1983, Icelandic novelist.
  • guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
  • guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
  • gymnodinium — any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, certain species of which cause red tide.
  • hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
  • hand around — If you hand around or hand round something such as food, you pass it from one person to another in a group.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
  • hideousness — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
  • high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
  • hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
  • hold out on — to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
  • home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
  • honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
  • honor bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
  • honor guard — guard of honor.
  • honor-bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
  • horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
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