10-letter words containing g, a, d
- swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
- take guard — (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
- talmi gold — a metal made by rolling gold on brass, used in making costume jewelry.
- tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- tardigrade — Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
- tea garden — a tea plantation.
- tender age — youth
- the dragon — the constellation Draco
- the grades — elementary school
- the ogaden — a region of SE Ethiopia, bordering on Somalia: consists of a desert plateau, inhabited by Somali nomads; a secessionist movement, supported by Somalia, has existed within the region since the early 1960s and led to bitter fighting between Ethiopia and Somalia (1977–78)
- thingstead — the meeting place of a Scandinavian assembly.
- tide-gauge — a gauge for measuring the level of the tide: usually equipped with a marigraph.
- tight head — the prop on the hooker's right in the front row of a scrum
- togolander — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
- treillaged — fitted with treillage, trelliswork
- unabridged — not abridged or shortened, as a book.
- unadhering — to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by to): The mud adhered to his shoes.
- unadmiring — not admiring or esteeming
- unarranged — not arranged in order
- unassigned — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- unassuaged — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- undaunting — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- undelaying — presenting no delay or impasse
- under-hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- underagent — a secondary agent
- underglaze — (of a color or decoration) applied to a piece before the piece is glazed.
- underguard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- undilating — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- undogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- undreading — of or relating to unravelling hair dreadlocks
- undreaming — not dreaming; not having dreams
- undulating — to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
- unenlarged — not enlarged; of normal size
- unfadingly — in an unfading manner
- ungainsaid — without contradiction
- ungarnered — not garnered; uncollected
- ungartered — Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- ungathered — not collected together
- unimagined — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- unpackaged — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- unregarded — not noticed
- unsalvaged — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- untargeted — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- up-trading — to trade (a piece of equipment, car, etc.) for something similar but of greater value or quality: to uptrade one's stereo components.
- upbraiding — the act or words of a person who upbraids; severe reproof or censure: an upbraiding from one's superiors.
- updragging — a poor or inferior upbringing
- upgathered — to gather up or together: to upgather information.
- upgradable — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- upstanding — upright; honorable; straightforward.
- uredostage — the stage in which rust fungi develop uredospores