11-letter words containing u, r, l, e, d
- golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
- golden rule — a rule of ethical conduct, usually phrased “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” or, as in the Sermon on the Mount, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so unto them.” Matt. 7:12; Luke 6:31.
- gradualness — The condition of being gradual.
- granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
- ground rule — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
- guelderrose — snowball (sense 2)
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- 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.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- householder — a person who holds title to or occupies a house.
- householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
- hundredfold — a hundred times as great or as much.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hurdle rate — the rate of return that a proposed project must provide if it is to be worth considering: usually calculated as the cost of the capital involved adjusted by a risk factor
- ill-natured — having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- incredulity — the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- interludial — relating to or resembling an interlude
- irreducible — not reducible; incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further: the irreducible minimum.
- irreducibly — In an irreducible manner, or state.
- jebel druze — region in S Syria, on the N Jordanian border, inhabited by the Druses: 2,584 sq mi (6,693 sq km)
- jerry-build — to build cheaply and flimsily.
- journalized — Simple past tense and past participle of journalize.
- junk dealer — a person who buys and sells discarded or secondhand objects
- kettledrums — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
- lateral bud — axillary bud.
- launderable — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- launderette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- laundresses — Plural form of laundress.
- laze around — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
- lesser kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus imberbis, which inhabits the bush of Africa
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- liquid fire — flaming petroleum or the like, as employed against an enemy in warfare.
- liquidizers — Plural form of liquidizer.
- literatured — (of a person) well educated and learned, esp in literature