10-letter words containing a, e, g, u
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
- quadrangle — a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
- quaker gun — a dummy gun, as on a ship or fort: so called in allusion to the Quakers' opposition to war.
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quarterage — the act of providing troops with living accommodations.
- quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- rain gauge — an instrument for measuring rainfall.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- rear guard — a military detachment to protect the rear of a main force or body
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- red guards — a member of a Chinese Communist youth movement in the late 1960s, committed to the militant support of Mao Zedong.
- reguardant — (of a beast) looking backward: a stag regardant.
- regularise — to make regular.
- regularity — usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
- regularize — to make regular.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- regulative — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- repugnance — the state of being repugnant.
- repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
- reregulate — to regulate again or anew
- ring gauge — ring1 (def 21).
- rogue male — a conventionally masculine man who is a cold-hearted loner
- rogue wave — a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas.
- rugby head — a male follower of rugby culture
- run ragged — to cause to be exhausted, as by constant pressure or harassment
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sanguinely — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- seguidilla — Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- sialagogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- sialogogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- snow gauge — an instrument for measuring the depth of snow.
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- south gate — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- square leg — the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.