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

  • 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 grope — sexual activity involving several people; orgy.
  • 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
  • group-grope — sexual activity involving several people; orgy.
  • groupuscule — A political or religious splinter group.
  • grouse moor — a moor where grouse live or are hunted
  • grub street — a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.
  • gruellingly — In a gruelling manner.
  • guaniferous — yielding guano
  • guaranteers — Plural form of guaranteer.
  • guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
  • guelderrose — snowball (sense 2)
  • guerrillero — a guerrilla
  • guide price — a speculative price for something not yet offered for sale
  • guide right — a command to a marching formation to align itself with a guide marching at the right side of the formation.
  • guided tour — visit with commentary
  • guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
  • guinea corn — durra.
  • guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
  • gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gummiferous — producing gum
  • gun culture — the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour of a society, or any social group, in which guns are used
  • gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
  • gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
  • gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
  • guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
  • guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
  • gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
  • gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
  • hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
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