11-letter words containing u, n, d
- 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.
- growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
- guadalcanal — the largest of the Solomon Islands, in the W central Pacific: U.S. victory over the Japanese 1942–43. About 2500 sq. mi. (6475 sq. km).
- guard's van — The guard's van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels.
- guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
- 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.
- guide vanes — fixed aerofoils that direct air, gas, or water into the moving blades of a turbine or into or around bends in ducts with minimum loss of energy
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- guttae band — regula.
- gymnodinium — any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, certain species of which cause red tide.
- hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- hand around — If you hand around or hand round something such as food, you pass it from one person to another in a group.
- hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hard dinkum — hard work; a difficult task.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- hard launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- head injury — wound to the head
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heedfulness — The state or quality of being heedful.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- hereinunder — In and under this (of a clause to follow later in a document, etc.).
- hideousness — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- hindquarter — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hit-and-run — guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible: a hit-and-run driver.
- hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
- hold out on — to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
- 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.
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- honor bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- honor-bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- houndstooth — woven or printed with a pattern of broken or jagged checks: a hound's-tooth jacket.