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11-letter words containing o, r, d, u, e

  • foundership — The condition of having founded something.
  • four-footed — having four feet: He considers his dog to be his four-footed friend.
  • four-handed — involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.
  • four-legged — having four legs.
  • four-masted — carrying four masts.
  • fourdrinier — a machine for manufacturing paper.
  • fundholders — Plural form of fundholder.
  • give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
  • glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
  • goddaughter — a female godchild.
  • goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • 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.
  • goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
  • gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
  • gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
  • 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.
  • grossed out — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
  • 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 pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
  • 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.
  • groundcover — Alternative spelling of ground cover.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • group speed — the speed at which energy is propagated in a wave. This is the quantity determined when one measures the distance which the radiation travels in a given time. In a medium in which the speed increases with wavelength the group speed is less than the phase speed, and vice versa
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • guelderrose — snowball (sense 2)
  • guided tour — visit with commentary
  • gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
  • harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
  • hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
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