10-letter words containing e, g, l, r
- heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
- hexangular — having six angles.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- high liver — a person who lives extravagantly or luxuriously.
- high-flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- imperiling — Present participle of imperil.
- in general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
- inarguable — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- ingrateful — Ungrateful; not grateful.
- integrable — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- integrally — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- interregal — existing between kings
- irregulars — Plural form of irregular.
- irreligion — lack of religion.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- jungle rot — any cutaneous disease or condition caused or induced by a tropical climate.
- kalgoorlie — a city in SW Australia: chief center of gold-mining industry in Australia.
- keratalgia — pain in the cornea.
- kernelling — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- kesselring — Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1885–1960, German field marshal.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- kieselguhr — diatomaceous earth.
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- klangfarbe — instrumental timbre or tone colour
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- kurunegala — a city in W central Sri Lanka.
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- lacquering — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lag b'omer — a Jewish festival celebrated on the 18th day of Iyar, being the 33rd day of the Omer, traditionally in commemoration of the end of the plague that killed Rabbi Akiba's students or of the bravery of Bar Kokba.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lager lout — a rowdy or aggressive young drunk male
- lagered-up — intoxicated, esp after drinking lager
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).