10-letter words containing nd
- handseling — Present participle of handsel.
- handselled — Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
- handshaker — a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.
- handshakes — Plural form of handshake.
- handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
- handsomest — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- handstands — Plural form of handstand.
- handstitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- handwarmer — a small, flat, usually pocket-size device containing material, as chemicals, hot liquids, or a battery-operated heating element, for warming the hands.
- handy-andy — a handyman.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- handywoman — Female equivalent of handyman.
- handywomen — Plural form of handywoman.
- hard candy — candy, often fruit flavored, made by boiling together sugar and corn syrup.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- hardhanded — Forceful, excessive, draconian, or abusive.
- haut monde — high society.
- head wound — a wound to the head
- headstands — Plural form of headstand.
- heartlands — Plural form of heartland.
- heat index — a number representing the effect of temperature and humidity on humans by combining the two variables into an “apparent” temperature, introduced as a replacement for the temperature-humidity index: a temperature of 90° and relative humidity of 65 percent combine to produce a heat index of 102. Abbreviation: H.I.
- heathendom — (in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- heathlands — Plural form of heathland.
- hedge fund — a mutual fund organized as a limited partnership and using high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large profits.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- hellbender — a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
- hellhounds — Plural form of hellhound.
- hendecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- heulandite — a white or transparent, colorless mineral of the zeolite family, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 7 O 18 ⋅6H 2 O, occurring in basic volcanic rocks in the form of crystals with a pearly luster.
- hexandrian — (of a plant) having six stamens
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- highminded — Alternative form of high-minded.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hind shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- hindbrains — Plural form of hindbrain.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
- hinderland — a type of linen cloth from Europe
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hindu kush — a mountain range in S Asia, mostly in NE Afghanistan, extending W from the Himalayas. Highest peak, Tirich Mir, 25,230 feet (7690 meters).
- hindustani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.