10-letter words containing a, g, d, i, r
- fringehead — any fish of the genus Neoclinus, characterized by a row of fleshy processes on the head, as N. blanchardi (sarcastic fringehead) of California coastal waters.
- gabardines — Plural form of gabardine.
- gadrooning — ornamentation with gadroons.
- gaffrigged — (of a sailboat) having one or more gaff sails.
- gaillardia — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, including the blanket-flowers.
- gal friday — Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gang drill — a drilling machine having a number of separately driven vertical spindles in a row, used for drilling holes in a piece successively.
- garibaldis — Plural form of garibaldi.
- garlanding — Present participle of garland.
- garnisheed — Simple past tense and past participle of garnishee.
- garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- germinated — Simple past tense and past participle of germinate.
- giant reed — a tall grass, Arundo donax, of southern Europe, having woody stems and a spirelike flower cluster often 2 feet (60 cm) long.
- giardiasis — an intestinal disorder characterized by abdominal discomfort and prolonged, intermittent diarrhea, caused by the protozoan Giardia lamblia and contracted by drinking untreated water, as of streams or ponds, contaminated with the feces of infected animals.
- girandoles — Plural form of girandole.
- give guard — (of an umpire) to indicate such a position to a batsman
- gladiators — Plural form of gladiator.
- glamorised — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorise.
- glamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorize.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- glitterand — glittering
- godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- gold braid — a gold-coloured braid which is used to decorate uniforms
- golda meir — Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
- gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
- gormandize — gourmandise1 .
- gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- grade line — grade (def 10).
- grade-line — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- gradienter — an instrument on a transit for measuring angles of inclination in terms of their tangents.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- gradualist — (biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism.
- graduality — The state or degree of being gradual.
- graduating — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- graffitied — Simple past tense and past participle of graffiti.
- grainfield — a field in which grain is grown.
- gramicidin — a crystalline, water-insoluble antibiotic obtained from tyrothrycin by extraction, used chiefly in treating local infections caused by Gram-positive organisms.
- granadilla — the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla)
- grand prix — (sometimes lowercase) any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
- grand tier — the first tier of boxes after the parquet circle in a large theater or opera house.
- grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grandniece — a daughter of one's nephew or niece.
- grandsires — Plural form of grandsire.
- grandville — a town in SW Michigan.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- gratinated — to gratiné.
- gratitudes — Plural form of gratitude.