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10-letter words containing g, a, r, d

  • go towards — If an amount of money goes towards something, it is used to pay part of the cost of that thing.
  • go-forward — forward momentum, esp of a sports team during a match
  • goa powder — a brownish-yellow, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the wood or the trunk of the Brazilian tree Andira araroba, used as a source of chrysarobin.
  • goaltender — a goalkeeper.
  • goatsbeard — any of several composite plants of the genus Tragopogon, especially T. pratensis, having yellow flower heads.
  • god's acre — a cemetery, especially one adjacent to a church; churchyard.
  • godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
  • godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
  • godparents — Plural form of godparent.
  • gold braid — a gold-coloured braid which is used to decorate uniforms
  • golda meir — Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
  • goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
  • goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
  • goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
  • 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.
  • goosanders — Plural form of goosander.
  • gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
  • gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
  • 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
  • grade line — grade (def 10).
  • grade-line — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • gradienter — an instrument on a transit for measuring angles of inclination in terms of their tangents.
  • gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
  • gradualist — (biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism.
  • graduality — The state or degree of being gradual.
  • graduating — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
  • graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
  • graffitied — Simple past tense and past participle of graffiti.
  • grainfield — a field in which grain is grown.
  • gramicidin — a crystalline, water-insoluble antibiotic obtained from tyrothrycin by extraction, used chiefly in treating local infections caused by Gram-positive organisms.
  • granadilla — the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla)
  • 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 duke — the sovereign of a territory called a grand duchy, ranking next below a king.
  • grand jete — a jump or jeté, preceded by a grand battement or high kick, in which a dancer leaps from one leg and lands on the other.
  • 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.
  • grand lama — the chief monk and ruler of Tibet: called the Dalai Lama since the middle of the 17th century.
  • grand prix — (sometimes lowercase) any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
  • grand slam — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
  • grand tier — the first tier of boxes after the parquet circle in a large theater or opera house.
  • grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
  • grand turk — an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands of the West Indies. 7 miles (11 km) long.
  • grand'mere — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • grandaunts — Plural form of grandaunt.
  • grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • granddaddy — grandfather.
  • grandmamas — Plural form of grandmama.
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