10-letter words containing e, g, r, s
- red grouse — a grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus, of the British Isles, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan lacking white winter plumage.
- red guards — a member of a Chinese Communist youth movement in the late 1960s, committed to the militant support of Mao Zedong.
- redressing — to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.).
- reed grass — a tall perennial grass, Glyceria maxima, of rivers and ponds of Europe, Asia, and Canada
- refreshing — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- regardless — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- regensburg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany, on the Danube: battle 1809.
- registered — recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
- registerer — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- regressive — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- regularise — to make regular.
- religieuse — a woman belonging to a religious order, congregation, etc.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- requesting — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- reregister — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- res gestae — things done or accomplished; achievements
- rescinding — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- rescue dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers
- resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resembling — to be like or similar to.
- resighting — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- resignedly — submissive or acquiescent.
- resignment — the act of resigning; resignation
- resonating — to resound.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- respecting — regarding; concerning.
- respelling — to spell again or anew.
- resubmerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- resurgence — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
- retrogress — to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
- ridgecrest — a town in central California.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- roger, sir — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- roistering — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- roughhouse — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- roy rogers — a nonalcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, garnished with a maraschino cherry: a child's drink, served especially to a boy.
- roystering — roister.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- ruggedised — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.