10-letter words containing a, g, r, e, s, i
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- regularise — to make regular.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- resonating — to resound.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- seismogram — a record made by a seismograph.
- serenading — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- shanghaier — a person who shanghais
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- signal red — pimento (def 3).
- silver age — Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.