10-letter words containing d, i, g
- bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- brigandage — plundering by brigands
- brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- budgerigar — Budgerigars are small, brightly-coloured birds from Australia that people often keep as pets.
- bug-ridden — full of insects
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- burgundian — of or relating to Burgundy or its inhabitants
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- canoodling — Present participle of canoodle.
- cardialgia — pain in or near the heart
- cardiogram — electrocardiogram
- cardiology — Cardiology is the study of the heart and its diseases.
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- castigated — Simple past tense and past participle of castigate.
- centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
- checkdigit — (data) A one-digit checksum.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chundering — vomit.
- cingulated — Having a cingulum.
- cirrigrade — moving by means of hairlike appendages
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- codicology — the study of manuscripts
- cofounding — to establish (an organization) with another or others.
- coinciding — to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position: The centers of concentric circles coincide. Our vacations coincided this year.
- cold light — light emitted at low temperatures from a source that is not incandescent, such as fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, or triboluminescence
- colligated — Simple past tense and past participle of colligate.
- commanding — If you are in a commanding position or situation, you are in a strong or powerful position or situation.
- commending — Present participle of commend.
- commingled — Simple past tense and past participle of commingle.
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- concluding — final
- concording — Present participle of concord.
- condemning — Present participle of condemn.
- condensing — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- condignity — merit earned through good works while in a state of grace, and having a just claim on such rewards as heavenly glory. Compare congruity (def 4).
- conducting — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- confidings — Plural form of confiding.
- configured — Simple past tense and past participle of configure.
- contending — competing; opposed