10-letter words containing d, r, y, g
- gadzookery — the use or overuse of period-specific or archaic expressions, as in a historical novel: Without any gadzookery and its excessive use of “forsooth,” “prithee,” etc., her first historical novel conveys a superb sense of the period.
- gal friday — Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gendarmery — Alternative spelling of gendarmerie.
- glory days — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- glycerides — Plural form of glyceride.
- glyceridic — Of or pertaining to glycerol or glycerides.
- godoy cruz — a city in Mendoza province, W Argentina.
- 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.
- goods yard — a railway freight yard.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- graduality — The state or degree of being gradual.
- grand jury — a jury, at common law, of 12 to 23 persons, designated to inquire into alleged violations of the law in order to ascertain whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant trial.
- granddaddy — grandfather.
- grandpappy — grandfather.
- graveyards — Plural form of graveyard.
- graybeards — Plural form of graybeard.
- greedyguts — (informal) A greedy person.
- green-eyed — jealous; envious; distrustful.
- grey alder — a variety of alder (Alnus incana) with grey bark, common in temperate areas of the northern hemisphere
- grey nomad — any elderly retired person who spends time travelling around the country in a mobile home
- grey sedge — an angler's name for a greyish caddis fly, Odontocerum albicorne, that frequents running water, in which its larvae make cases from grains of sand
- greyed out — (of a navigation button, menu item, etc on a computer screen) not highlighted, indicating that the function is unavailable at a given time
- greyheaded — having grey hair
- greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
- grindingly — In a grinding fashion; in a way that grinds.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- groundedly — in a grounded manner, or with good justification or reason
- grudgingly — displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness: grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent.
- guard duty — a military assignment involving watching over or protecting a person or place or supervising prisoners.
- guy friday — a man who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- hdr energy — hot dry rock energy; energy extracted from hot rocks below the earth's surface by pumping water around a circuit in the hot region and back to the surface
- hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
- hydrangeas — Plural form of hydrangea.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- indagatory — investigatory
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- negri body — any of the microscopic bodies found in the nerve cells of animals affected with rabies.
- overgreedy — too greedy
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- qaraghandy — a city in central Kazakhstan.
- quadrilogy — (nonstandard) A tetralogy.
- resignedly — submissive or acquiescent.
- riddlingly — in a riddling or puzzling manner