11-letter words containing u, n, r, d
- green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
- 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.
- 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.
- growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
- 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.
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- 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.
- 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