10-letter words containing roun
- low ground — Often, low grounds. Southern U.S. bottom (def 4).
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- overground — In an overground transport system, vehicles run on the surface of the ground, rather than below it.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- ring round — If you ring round or ring around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- roll round — to recur, as in a cycle
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- round clam — quahog.
- round down — express as previous whole number
- round file — circular file.
- round hand — a style of handwriting in which the letters are round, full, and clearly separated.
- round rock — a town in central Texas.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- round trip — a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
- round turn — a complete turn of a rope or the like around an object.
- roundabout — circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- run around — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- scroungers — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- send round — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- showground — outdoor events venue
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- surrounded — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- turnaround — the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
- ungrounded — not grounded
- walkaround — A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
- ward round — a regular visit to patients in hospital by medical staff for the purpose of making decisions concerning patient care
- whip-round — When a group of people have a whip-round, money is collected from each person so that it can be used to buy something for all of them or for someone they all know.
- workaround — Computers. a strategy or technique used to overcome a defect or other problem in a program or system: This is a known bug in version 1.5, but a workaround is available.
- wraparound — (of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.
- year-round — continuing, active, operating, etc., throughout the year: a year-round vacation spot.