10-letter words containing t, i, d, n
- good thing — (convention) (From the 1930 Sellar and Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Often capitalised; always pronounced as if capitalised. 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "The Trailblazer's 19.2 Kbaud PEP mode with on-the-fly Lempel-Ziv compression is a Good Thing for sites relaying netnews". 2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a Good Thing". 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as in "Yacc is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Opposite: Bad Thing, compare big win.
- good-night — a farewell or leave-taking: He said his good-nights before leaving the party.
- goodnights — Plural form of goodnight.
- gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- gradienter — an instrument on a transit for measuring angles of inclination in terms of their tangents.
- graduating — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- grand tier — the first tier of boxes after the parquet circle in a large theater or opera house.
- gratinated — to gratiné.
- grindstone — a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- guarantied — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- haddington — former name of East Lothian.
- hand it to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand tight — (of a setscrew, nut, etc.) as tight as it can be made by hand, without the aid of a tool.
- handicraft — manual skill.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handstitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- heat index — a number representing the effect of temperature and humidity on humans by combining the two variables into an “apparent” temperature, introduced as a replacement for the temperature-humidity index: a temperature of 90° and relative humidity of 65 percent combine to produce a heat index of 102. Abbreviation: H.I.
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- heightened — to increase the height of; make higher.
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- heulandite — a white or transparent, colorless mineral of the zeolite family, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 7 O 18 ⋅6H 2 O, occurring in basic volcanic rocks in the form of crystals with a pearly luster.
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
- hidden tax — any tax paid by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller that is added on to the price the consumer pays.
- hiddenmost — most hidden or concealed
- high-toned — having high principles; dignified.
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hindustani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- hotdogging — the act of one who hot-dogs; the performance of intricate, daring, or flamboyant stunts.
- huntingdon — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- hypnotised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotized — to put in the hypnotic state.
- ideational — of, relating to, or involving ideas or concepts.
- idempotent — unchanged when multiplied by itself.
- identified — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifier — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifies — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identities — Plural form of identity.
- impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- importuned — Simple past tense and past participle of importune.
- impudently — of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- in custody — Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.
- in deficit — If an account or organization is in deficit, more money has been spent than has been received.
- in disgust — as a result of disgust
- in dispute — doubted, controversial