10-letter words containing a, g, r, n, u
- paraguayan — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- purchasing — buying
- quadrangle — a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
- quadrating — Present participle of quadrate.
- 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.
- 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.
- ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
- rain gauge — an instrument for measuring rainfall.
- rating nut — a nut that screws onto the lower end of the rod of a clock pendulum for raising or lowering the weight to alter the rate of the clock.
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reguardant — (of a beast) looking backward: a stag regardant.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- repugnance — the state of being repugnant.
- repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
- ring gauge — ring1 (def 21).
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- run ragged — to cause to be exhausted, as by constant pressure or harassment
- 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.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- 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.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- singularly — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spun sugar — a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- subangular — fairly angular
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sugar corn — sweet corn.
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- superagent — an expert or highly effective agent, esp of a sports player or actor
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surge tank — a large surge chamber.
- surpassing — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- terengganu — Trengganu.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- thuringian — a state in central Germany. 5985 sq. mi. (15,550 sq. km) Capital: Erfurt.
- triangular — pertaining to or having the form of a triangle; three-cornered.
- triangulum — a small triangular constellation in the N hemisphere, close to Perseus and Aries