10-letter words containing d, e, g, r, s
- niger seed — the black seed of a tropical African composite plant, Guizotia abyssinica, yielding an oil used as food, in the manufacture of soap, etc.
- nightdress — nightclothes.
- nose guard — middle guard.
- noseguards — Plural form of noseguard.
- ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- old stager — stager (def 1).
- overdesign — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- overdosage — Excessive dosage; taking too much of a pharmaceutical drug.
- overdosing — Present participle of overdose.
- pasargadae — an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.
- pre-design — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- progressed — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- 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
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- red ensign — the ensign of the British Merchant Navy, having the Union Jack on a red background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist
- red grouse — a grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus, of the British Isles, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan lacking white winter plumage.
- red guards — a member of a Chinese Communist youth movement in the late 1960s, committed to the militant support of Mao Zedong.
- redressing — to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.).
- reed grass — a tall perennial grass, Glyceria maxima, of rivers and ponds of Europe, Asia, and Canada
- regardless — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- registered — recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
- rescinding — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- rescue dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers
- resignedly — submissive or acquiescent.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- ridgecrest — a town in central California.
- ruggedised — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- ruggedness — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- 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
- screedings — screeds or floor coverings
- search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
- sedge wren — a small wren, Cistothorus platensis, of the Americas, inhabiting wet, sedgy meadows.
- 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.
- semidrying — not drying completely
- 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
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- 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).
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.