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13-letter words that end in nd

  • private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
  • quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
  • quarter round — a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.
  • quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • rattle around — If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them.
  • receiving end — the position in which one is subject to some kind of action or effect, especially an unpleasant one (usually used in the phrase at or on the receiving end): The corporation is on the receiving end of many complaints about its advertising.
  • relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
  • ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
  • robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
  • rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • screen legend — a very famous and much admired film actor
  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
  • state of mind — mental condition, mood
  • staten island — an island facing New York Bay.
  • taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
  • teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • to one's mind — in one's opinion
  • to the ground — completely; absolutely
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
  • two of a kind — two similar people or things
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • unimak island — an island in SW Alaska, in the E part of the Aleutian Islands: largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. About 70 miles (110 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide.
  • up and around — recovered from illness
  • vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
  • very reverend — the official form of address for officers of the clergy or religious orders below the rank of bishop, abbot, or abbess.
  • victoria land — a region in Antarctica, bordering on the Ross Sea, mainly in Ross Dependency.
  • weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
  • witness stand — the place occupied by a person giving testimony in a court.
  • witwatersrand — a rocky ridge in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
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