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10-letter words containing a, r, l, e

  • grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
  • grapholect — an established and standardized written language
  • graplement — a close fight or a close fighting grasp
  • graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
  • gratefully — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
  • graticules — Plural form of graticule.
  • gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
  • gravelling — Present participle of gravel.
  • graveolent — That has a rank smell.
  • gray scale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
  • gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
  • gray-scale — (spelling)   US spelling of "grey-scale".
  • greaseball — Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Mediterranean or Latin American descent.
  • greaseless — Without fats or oils.
  • great belt — a strait in Denmark, between Zealand and Funen islands, linking the Kattegat with the Baltic
  • great deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • great helm — helm2 (def 1).
  • great seal — the principal seal of a government or state.
  • great wall — ancient wall in China
  • green flag — (in automobile racing) a green-colored flag that is used to signal the start of a race.
  • grenadilla — granadilla.
  • gressorial — adapted for walking, as the feet of some birds.
  • grey alder — a variety of alder (Alnus incana) with grey bark, common in temperate areas of the northern hemisphere
  • grey whale — a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae
  • grey-scale — (graphics)   (US "gray-scale") 1. Composed of (discrete) shades of grey. If the pixels of a grey-scale image have N bits, they may take values from zero, representing black up to 2^N-1, representing white with intermediate values representing increasingly light shades of grey. If N=1 the image is not called grey-scale but could be called monochrome. 2. A range of acurately known shades of grey printed out for use in calibrating those shades on a display or printer.
  • grillsteak — a flat fried cake of minced beef or lamb that is usually grilled from frozen
  • grisailles — Plural form of grisaille.
  • guard cell — either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause it to open and close.
  • guerrillas — Plural form of guerrilla.
  • guide rail — a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.
  • gun barrel — firearm: tube-shaped part
  • gyneolatry — The adoration or worship of women.
  • hair slide — a hinged clip with a tortoiseshell, bone, or similar back, used to fasten the hair
  • hair style — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
  • hairstyles — Plural form of hairstyle.
  • halberdier — a soldier, guard, or attendant armed with a halberd.
  • halberstamDavid, 1934–2007, U.S. writer.
  • half frame — a photograph taking up half the normal area of a frame on a particular film, taken esp on 35-millimetre film
  • half rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • half tiger — a five-rand coin
  • half-arsed — incompetent; inept; badly organized
  • half-breed — a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.
  • half-liter — a unit of capacity equal to 500 cubic centimeters.
  • half-miler — a half-mile race.
  • half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
  • half-quire — 12 uniform sheets of paper.
  • half-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • half-share — a share, as in profits, equal to one half.
  • hallmarked — Simple past tense and past participle of hallmark.
  • halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
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