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10-letter words containing d, e, g, r, a

  • reed grass — a tall perennial grass, Glyceria maxima, of rivers and ponds of Europe, Asia, and Canada
  • reed organ — a musical keyboard instrument, as the harmonium or American organ, having small metal reeds through which air is forced to produce the sound.
  • regardless — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
  • reguardant — (of a beast) looking backward: a stag regardant.
  • rehandling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • retrograde — moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
  • ride again — to return to a former activity or scene of activity
  • ring dance — round dance.
  • ringleader — a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.: a ringleader of revolutionary activities.
  • rio grande — a city in NE Puerto Rico.
  • road agent — (formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S.
  • rugby head — a male follower of rugby culture
  • run ragged — to cause to be exhausted, as by constant pressure or harassment
  • sage derby — a green-and-white Derby cheese flavoured with sage
  • saltigrade — moving by leaping.
  • 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.
  • sandbagger — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
  • sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
  • sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
  • 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.
  • scanderbeg — (George Castriota) 1403?–68, Albanian chief and revolutionary leader.
  • scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
  • search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
  • segregated — characterized by or practicing racial segregation: a segregated school system.
  • self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • 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.
  • shagreened — made, covered with, or resembling shagreen
  • 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).
  • smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
  • smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
  • speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
  • spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
  • springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
  • springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
  • stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
  • staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
  • stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
  • supergrade — a high-level rank, Grade 16, 17, or 18, in the federal civil service.
  • take guard — (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
  • tardigrade — Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
  • tea garden — a tea plantation.
  • tender age — youth
  • the dragon — the constellation Draco
  • the grades — elementary school
  • togolander — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
  • treillaged — fitted with treillage, trelliswork
  • unabridged — not abridged or shortened, as a book.
  • unadhering — to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by to): The mud adhered to his shoes.
  • unarranged — not arranged in order
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