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11-letter words containing nd

  • 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-handed — oppressive or tyrannical; stern or cruel.
  • hat in hand — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
  • header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
  • headstander — A small deep-bodied freshwater fish of the Amazon region, popular in aquaria. It swims and feeds at an oblique angle with the head down.
  • heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
  • heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
  • hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • hell-bender — a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
  • hellbenders — Plural form of hellbender.
  • hem and haw — the utterance or sound of “hem.”.
  • henry fonda — Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.
  • heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
  • hereinunder — In and under this (of a clause to follow later in a document, etc.).
  • hidden hand — an unknown force or influence believed to be the cause of certain, often unfortunate, events
  • high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
  • high-handed — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
  • high-minded — having or showing high, exalted principles or feelings.
  • highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
  • hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
  • hinderlands — the buttocks
  • hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
  • hindoostani — 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.
  • hindquarter — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
  • hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
  • his-and-her — denoting two matching or identical items, one intended for use by a male and the other by a female: his-and-her towels in the bathroom; his-and-her sweatshirts.
  • 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.
  • hohenlinden — a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.
  • hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
  • holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
  • 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.
  • honor bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
  • honor-bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
  • hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
  • houndstooth — woven or printed with a pattern of broken or jagged checks: a hound's-tooth jacket.
  • houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
  • house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
  • houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
  • hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
  • hum and haw — If you hem and haw, or in British English hum and haw, you take a long time to say something because you cannot think of the right words, or because you are not sure what to say.
  • hundredfold — a hundred times as great or as much.
  • husbandable — Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
  • husbandland — the holding once held by a husband or tenant farmer or the quantity of land held by him, approximately 32 acres
  • husbandless — Without a husband.
  • husbandlike — resembling a husband
  • hyperextend — Forcefully extend (a limb or joint ) beyond its normal limits, either in exercise or therapy or so as to cause injury.
  • icosandrian — (of a plant) having at least twenty stamens
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