10-letter words containing rou
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundnuts — Plural form of groundnut.
- groundouts — Plural form of groundout.
- groundplot — Aeronautics. a method for obtaining the position of an aircraft by multiplying its groundspeed by its time in flight and marking off the product with respect to its starting position.
- groundprox — a device that alerts a pilot of a passenger aircraft when the altitude falls below a certain level
- groundsels — Plural form of groundsel.
- groundside — the part of an airport not used for aircraft takeoffs and landings.
- groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.
- groundsmen — Plural form of groundsman.
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- groundwood — wood that has been ground for making into pulp.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- group home — a substitute home, usually located in a residential neighborhood, providing foster care for orphans, delinquents, disabled persons, or others with special needs.
- group work — a method, used by professional social workers, of aiding a group or members of a group toward individual adjustment and increased participation in community activity by exploiting the mechanisms of group life.
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- houseproud — Alternative form of house-proud.
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- igniferous — (rare) Producing fire.
- illustrous — (obsolete, rare) Without lustre.
- impostrous — (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
- in trouble — facing punishment
- indecorous — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indextrous — not possessing dexterity
- innumerous — very numerous.
- intergroup — taking place or being between groups: intergroup relationships.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- isopterous — belonging or pertaining to social insects of the order Isoptera, comprising the termites.
- isosporous — having spores of only one kind
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- lake trout — a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- loup-garou — a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- low ground — Often, low grounds. Southern U.S. bottom (def 4).
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lustrously — In a lustrous manner, glossily.
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.