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

  • gold plate — a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
  • gold-plate — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
  • golda meir — Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
  • goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
  • golden age — the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc.
  • goldenseal — a plant, Hydrastis canadensis, of the buttercup family, having a thick yellow rootstock.
  • goldplated — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
  • goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
  • goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
  • goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
  • gondoletta — a small Venetian gondola.
  • goodlihead — goodness; good appearance
  • grade line — grade (def 10).
  • grade-line — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • grainfield — a field in which grain is grown.
  • grandrelle — a two-ply yarn made by twisting together two singles of contrasting color.
  • granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
  • grandville — a town in SW Michigan.
  • granulated — Simple past tense and past participle of granulate.
  • great deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • grenadilla — granadilla.
  • grey alder — a variety of alder (Alnus incana) with grey bark, common in temperate areas of the northern hemisphere
  • guadeloupe — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
  • guard cell — either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause it to open and close.
  • guide rail — a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.
  • hair slide — a hinged clip with a tortoiseshell, bone, or similar back, used to fasten the hair
  • halberdier — a soldier, guard, or attendant armed with a halberd.
  • half-arsed — incompetent; inept; badly organized
  • half-assed — insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
  • half-baked — insufficiently cooked.
  • 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-dazed — partly dazed or confused
  • half-dozen — one half of a dozen; six.
  • half-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
  • halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
  • halfwitted — Foolish or stupid.
  • hallandale — a city in SE Florida.
  • hallmarked — Simple past tense and past participle of hallmark.
  • hand level — a leveling instrument held in the hand and used for approximate work at short distances.
  • hand towel — small towel for drying the hands
  • handballer — A handball player.
  • handlanger — an unskilled assistant to a tradesman
  • handleable — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • handlebars — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
  • handleless — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • handloomed — handwoven.
  • handseling — Present participle of handsel.
  • handselled — Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
  • handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
  • harassedly — in a harassed manner
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