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11-letter words containing u, d, o

  • goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
  • goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
  • gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
  • gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
  • gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
  • graduations — Plural form of graduation.
  • grand juror — a person serving on a grand jury.
  • 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 bait — chum2 (def 1).
  • ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
  • ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
  • 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 itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
  • ground loop — a sharp horizontal loop performed, usually involuntarily, while touching the ground.
  • ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
  • ground pink — a plant, Linanthus dianthiflorus, of southern California, having pink or white flowers.
  • ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
  • ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
  • 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.
  • ground-fish — bottom-fish.
  • groundburst — The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
  • groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
  • groundcover — Alternative spelling of ground cover.
  • groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
  • 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.
  • groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
  • 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.
  • groundworks — Plural form of groundwork.
  • 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
  • growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • guardswoman — A female guardsman.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
  • gudmundsson — Kristmann [krist-mahn] /ˈkrɪst mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1902–1983, Icelandic novelist.
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