10-letter words containing a, l, g, r, o
- cargo cult — a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- catalogers — Plural form of cataloger.
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- categorial — of or relating to a category
- cigarillos — Plural form of cigarillo.
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- coagulator — a substance that produces or aids coagulation.
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- corigliano — John Paul, born 1938, U.S. composer.
- corralling — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- 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)
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- dog collar — a collar used to restrain or identify a dog.
- dog-collar — A dog-collar is a stiff, round, white collar that fastens at the back and that is worn by Christian priests and ministers.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dollar gap — the difference, measured in U.S. dollars, between the earnings of a foreign country through sales and investments in the U.S. and the payments made by that country to the U.S.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonling — (fantasy) A baby dragon.
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flavorings — Plural form of flavoring.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- florilegia — Plural form of florilegium.
- foregleams — Plural form of foregleam.
- forgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- forgivably — In a forgivable way.
- frigmarole — a jocular term for foreplay when considered, esp from the man’s point of view, to be a tiresome prelude to the main event
- gable roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- gale-force — A gale-force wind is a very strong wind.
- galsworthy — John, 1867–1933, English novelist and dramatist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- gangliform — having the form of a ganglion.
- gargoylish — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a gargoyle.
- gargoylism — a congenital abnormality characterized chiefly by dwarfism, grotesque deformities of the head, trunk, and limbs, mental retardation, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.
- gas holder — A gas holder is a large, low-pressure container for gas.
- gas liquor — ammonia liquor.
- gasholders — Plural form of gasholder.