10-letter words containing ond
- desponding — to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
- diamonding — Present participle of diamond.
- diamondize — (transitive) To set with diamonds; to adorn or enrich.
- dispondaic — of or relating to a dispondee
- do wonders — have a transforming effect
- dutch bond — a brickwork bond in which the vertical joints of the stretchers in any course are in line with the centers of the first stretchers above and below.
- epicondyle — (anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.
- false pond — a mirage.
- fondlingly — In a fondling manner.
- gondoletta — a small Venetian gondola.
- gondoliers — Plural form of gondolier.
- haut monde — high society.
- ionic bond — the electrostatic bond between two ions formed through the transfer of one or more electrons.
- jaguarondi — Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
- junk bonds — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
- konditorei — (often initial capital letter) a German pastry and coffee shop.
- london eye — London's big wheel
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- mondegreen — a word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of another word or phrase, especially in a song or poem.
- mondeo man — a middle-class man, seen as typically driving a Ford Mondeo and preferring to do this rather than use public transport
- muni bonds — Muni bonds are bonds issued by local municipal governments on which the interest is often tax-free.
- nanosecond — one billionth of a second. Abbreviation: ns, nsec.
- new london — a seaport in SE Connecticut, on the Thames River: naval base.
- nonbonding — neither helping nor impeding atom bonding
- nondefence — not relating to defence, esp military defence
- nondefense — Unrelated to military defense.
- nondeviant — Not deviant.
- nondiverse — Not diverse.
- nondormant — relating to the state in which germination is possible
- nondrinker — a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages.
- nondualism — The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena; that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.
- nondualist — One who rejects dualism.
- nonduality — Lack of duality.
- nondurable — not resistant to wear, decay, etc.; not sturdy: nondurable fabrics.
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- overfondly — with excessive affection
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- pond snail — a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
- pond-apple — a tropical American, evergreen tree, Annona glabra, of the annona family, having yellowish-red flowers, grown as a grafting stock.
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- ponderment — the act of pondering
- precondemn — to condemn beforehand, as before a legitimate trial.
- radiosonde — an instrument that is carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity by means of a small radio transmitter.
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- recondense — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- redondilla — a Spanish verse form in which each stanza consists of four lines, each with eight syllables, and a rhyme scheme abba.
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- rondoletto — a name given to the third movement of a symphony