10-letter words containing d, o, a
- gormandize — gourmandise1 .
- gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- greasewood — a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the amaranth family, growing in alkaline regions of the western U.S., containing a small amount of oil.
- greatsword — Any generally straight bladed double edged sword large enough that it required the use of two hands to wield it effectively.
- greenboard — a green chalkboard or blackboard.
- grey nomad — any elderly retired person who spends time travelling around the country in a mobile home
- ground pea — peanut.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundball — Alternative form of ground ball.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- 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.
- guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- guardrooms — Plural form of guardroom.
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- haciendado — hacendado.
- hack board — Falconry. a board or platform at which hawks being flown at hack are fed.
- hacked off — (jargon) (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.
- had sooner — would rather; would prefer to
- haddington — former name of East Lothian.
- hadrosaurs — Plural form of hadrosaur.
- half board — demi-pension (def 1).
- half-blood — the relation between persons having only one common parent.
- half-board — demi-pension (def 1).
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-dozen — one half of a dozen; six.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- hand it to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- hand organ — a portable barrel organ played by means of a crank turned by hand.
- hand towel — small towel for drying the hands
- hand-bound — (of books) bound by hand.
- hand-woven — woven by hand rather than by machine
- handbarrow — a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
- handloomed — handwoven.
- handphones — Plural form of handphone.
- hands down — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-down — easy: a hands-down victory.
- handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.