10-letter words containing o, d, u, r
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- groundwood — wood that has been ground for making into pulp.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- guardrooms — Plural form of guardroom.
- guide rope — a rope fastened, usually at an angle, to a hoisting or towing line, to guide the object being moved.
- guide word — catchword (def 2).
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- hadrosaurs — Plural form of hadrosaur.
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- hard court — a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hirudinoid — of, relating to, or resembling a leech.
- hirudinous — leech-like
- hold court — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- hooked rug — a rug made by drawing loops of yarn or cloth through a foundation of burlap or the like, to form a pattern.
- horrendous — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- housedress — a relatively simple and inexpensive dress suitable for housework.
- houseproud — Alternative form of house-proud.
- humouredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) In the manner of a specified kind of humour. See good-humouredly, bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- hunt board — English Furniture. a semicircular drinking table, often having a groove serving as a guide for coasters and a well for unopened bottles.
- hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- importuned — Simple past tense and past participle of importune.
- incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
- indecorous — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indextrous — not possessing dexterity
- induration — the act of indurating.
- industrio- — industrial, industrial and
- infrasound — sound with frequencies below the audible range.
- inquirendo — an authority granted to someone to conduct an investigation, esp one for the benefit of the British monarch
- introduced — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introducer — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introduces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of introduce.
- involucred — (botany) Having an involucre.
- iridaceous — belonging to the Iridaceae family of plants.
- iron guard — a Romanian fascist party that was extremely nationalistic and anti-Semitic, eliminated after World War II.
- jaguarondi — Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- jormungand — Midgard serpent.
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- jute board — a strong, bendable cardboard made from rags and sulfite, used chiefly in the manufacture of shipping cartons.
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully