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

  • 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).
  • harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • hiccoughing — Present participle of hiccough.
  • high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
  • 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.
  • home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
  • homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
  • 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.
  • hongshui he — a river in SW China, flowing SE to the Xiang Jiang. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
  • honor guard — guard of honor.
  • hormogonium — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
  • hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
  • house agent — a real-estate agent.
  • house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
  • hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
  • hugeousness — hugeness
  • humming top — a top that hums as it spins
  • hurry along — rush, go quickly
  • hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
  • hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
  • ignominious — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
  • ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
  • imino group — the bivalent group =NH not linked to any acid group.
  • immunogenic — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
  • immunologic — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
  • importuning — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
  • in mourning — grieving
  • inaugurator — Agent noun of inaugurate; one who inaugurates.
  • incongruent — not congruent.
  • incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
  • incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
  • incouraging — Present participle of incourage.
  • indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
  • ingeniously — characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
  • ingenuously — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
  • inoculating — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • introducing — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
  • invigourate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
  • jean goujon — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1510–c1568, French sculptor.
  • job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
  • journalling — journal
  • jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
  • jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
  • junior high — lower secondary school
  • juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • kim jong-un — born 1984, Korean politician; supreme leader of North Korea from 2011: son of Kim Jong-il
  • kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
  • konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
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