11-letter words containing n, o, u, d
- fauxbourdon — Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
- fecundation — to make prolific or fruitful.
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- fluid ounce — a measure of capacity equal to 1/16 (0.0625) pint (29.6 milliliters) in the U.S., and equal to 1/20 (0.05) of an imperial pint (28.4 milliliters) in Great Britain. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl. oz;
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fond du lac — a city in E Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago.
- fool around — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- foundations — Plural form of foundation.
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- four-handed — involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.
- fourdrinier — a machine for manufacturing paper.
- fuck around — to have sexual intercourse with.
- fundholders — Plural form of fundholder.
- fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
- funduscopic — Relating to funduscopy.
- funemployed — without a paid job but enjoying the free time: Ask one of your funemployed friends to come along with you.
- fusion food — food which is made using a style of cooking which combines traditional Western techniques and ingredients with those used in Eastern cuisine
- fuss around — to engage in idle, aimless, or annoying activity
- futz around — to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
- gain ground — profit or advantage.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
- golden bull — an edict of Charles IV, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, issued in 1356 and in force until the extinction of the empire in 1806, in which the selection of the emperor was entrusted to seven Electors.
- golden club — an aquatic plant, Orontium aquaticum, of the arum family, native to the eastern U.S., having blue-green leaves and a clublike spadix covered with tiny yellow flowers.
- golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
- golden rule — a rule of ethical conduct, usually phrased “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” or, as in the Sermon on the Mount, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so unto them.” Matt. 7:12; Luke 6:31.
- good nature — pleasant disposition; kindly nature; amiability.
- good on you — well done, well said, etc: a term of congratulation
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- grand juror — a person serving on a grand jury.
- green pound — a unit of account used in calculating Britain's contributions to and payments from the Community Agricultural Fund of the EU
- 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.
- 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.