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11-letter words containing r, e, g, u

  • heptangular — having seven angles.
  • hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
  • hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
  • hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
  • hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
  • high jumper — a participant in the high jump.
  • high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.
  • hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
  • hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
  • 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.
  • hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
  • horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
  • horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
  • horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
  • hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
  • house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
  • 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.
  • hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
  • huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
  • hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
  • hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
  • hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
  • ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
  • inaugurated — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
  • inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
  • incongruent — not congruent.
  • indenturing — Present participle of indenture.
  • ingratitude — the state of being ungrateful; unthankfulness.
  • ingurgitate — to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
  • insurgently — In an insurgent manner.
  • interleague — (sports) Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
  • interlingua — an interlanguage.
  • interregnum — an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
  • intriguante — a female intrigant
  • invigourate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
  • irregularly — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
  • irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
  • jugged hare — a stew made of wild rabbit, usually cooked in an earthenware jug or stone pot.
  • juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
  • jury-rigged — Nautical. a temporary rig to replace a permanent rig that has been disabled, lost overboard, etc.
  • khmer rouge — a Cambodian guerrilla and rebel force and political opposition movement, originally Communist and Communist-backed.
  • kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
  • klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
  • knee-sprung — (of a horse, mule, etc.) having a forward bowing of the knee caused by shortening of the flexor tendons.
  • krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
  • la camargue — a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared
  • launderings — Plural form of laundering.
  • legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
  • let through — to allow to pass (through)
  • life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
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