10-letter words containing u, n, o
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- groundwood — wood that has been ground for making into pulp.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
- guanajuato — a state in central Mexico. 11,805 sq. mi. (30,575 sq. km).
- guantanamo — a city in SE Cuba: U.S. naval base.
- guarantors — Plural form of guarantor.
- gubernator — a governor
- guillotine — a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- gumshoeing — Present participle of gumshoe.
- gun-toting — carrying a gun, especially a pistol.
- gunpersons — Plural form of gunperson.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- hand-bound — (of books) bound by hand.
- hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang tough — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- haut monde — high society.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- head wound — a wound to the head
- hellhounds — Plural form of hellhound.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- hirudinoid — of, relating to, or resembling a leech.
- hirudinous — leech-like
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- homogonous — pertaining to monoclinous flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous).
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- honeybunny — A term of endearment; honey, sweetheart.
- honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs
- honorarium — a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.