10-letter words containing a, d, g
- centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- challenged — If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
- chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
- chargecard — A card, resembling a credit card, used for payment — especially for some specific product or service, as with a phonecard.
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- cingulated — Having a cingulum.
- cirrigrade — moving by means of hairlike appendages
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.
- clog dance — a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
- coagulated — Subject to coagulation.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- colligated — Simple past tense and past participle of colligate.
- comm badge — a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest
- commanding — If you are in a commanding position or situation, you are in a strong or powerful position or situation.
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- conjugated — (of a molecule, compound, or substance) containing two or more double bonds alternating with single bonds
- cord grass — any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal regions.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- daggerlike — resembling a dagger in shape or form
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- damageable — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
- damagingly — In a damaging manner.
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- dandifying — Present participle of dandify.
- danger man — a person, esp a member of a sports team, who is likely to inflict damage on opponents
- dangerless — Without danger.
- daringness — The state or quality of being daring.
- darjeeling — a town in NE India, in West Bengal in the Himalayas, at an altitude of about 2250 m (7500 ft). Pop: 107 530 (2001)
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- dash light — a light to illuminate a dashboard in a motor vehicle
- data glove — (hardware, virtual reality) An input device for virtual reality in the form of a glove which measures the movements of the wearer's fingers and transmits them to the computer. Sophisticated data gloves also measure movement of the wrist and elbow. A data glove may also contain control buttons or act as an output device, e.g. vibrating under control of the computer. The user usually sees a virtual image of the data glove and can point or grip and push objects. Examples are Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT)'s 5th Glove, and Virtual Technologies' CyberGlove. A cheaper alternative is InWorld VR's CyberWand.
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- dating bar — singles bar.
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- dauntingly — In a daunting manner.
- davao gulf — a gulf of the Pacific Ocean on the SE coast of Mindanao, Philippines.