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13-letter words containing un

  • function word — a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
  • functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • functionalize — to make functional.
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • funemployment — the condition of a person who enjoys being out of work
  • funeral march — march played for funeral processions
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • generic thunk — (programming)   A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
  • get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  • go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
  • go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
  • god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
  • ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
  • ground return — Ground return is the return path for an electrical circuit made by connections to ground at each end.
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
  • ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
  • groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
  • gunnery range — place used for rifle practice
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gunshot wound — bullet injury caused by a firearm
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • hash function — (programming)   A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
  • have a bun on — have a bun on, Slang. to be intoxicated: Everyone at the party seemed to have a bun on.
  • herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
  • high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
  • highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
  • hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
  • home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
  • hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
  • hound's tooth — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
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