10-letter words containing d, e, g, r
- rio grande — a city in NE Puerto Rico.
- river edge — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- road agent — (formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S.
- roughrider — a person who breaks horses to the saddle.
- rugby head — a male follower of rugby culture
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow
- solderings — any parts which have been soldered together
- soldiering — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
- spiderling — the young of a spider.
- 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.
- strindberg — Johan August [yoo-hahn ou-goo st] /ˈyu hɑn ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- supergrade — a high-level rank, Grade 16, 17, or 18, in the federal civil service.
- surge tide — a powerful and often destructive tide that may occur when an abnormally high tide (e.g. at the autumn equinox) coincides with high wind and low atmospheric pressure
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
- 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