10-letter words containing g, a, r, e
- quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- radiogenic — Physics. produced by radioactive decay: radiogenic lead; radiogenic heat.
- radiopager — a small radio receiver fitted with a buzzer to alert a person to telephone their home, office, etc, to receive a message
- rain gauge — an instrument for measuring rainfall.
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- rake angle — The rake angle is the angle of the surface of a cutting tool tip over which the removed chips flow.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- range line — (in U.S. public-land surveys) one of two parallel lines running north and south that define the east and west borders of a township. Compare township (def 2), township line.
- range pole — a conspicuously painted pole held upright to show the position of a survey mark.
- range wool — the wool of sheep raised west of the Mississippi River, especially in Washington and the Rocky Mountain States.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- rappelling — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- rapportage — the factual reporting or recounting of events in writing
- rastergram — Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
- ratbaggery — nonsense, eccentricity
- ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- ratemaking — the process or practice of establishing rates of payment, especially for public transportation or utilities.
- ravagement — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- razor edge — a very sharp edge given to a blade
- re-arrange — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- re-engrave — to engrave again
- re-enlarge — to enlarge again
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- re-imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- real wages — wages evaluated with reference to their purchasing power rather than to the money actually paid
- rear guard — a military detachment to protect the rear of a main force or body
- rear light — vehicle's tail or back light
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- rebranding — marketing sth under new image
- rectangled — having right angles
- red guards — a member of a Chinese Communist youth movement in the late 1960s, committed to the militant support of Mao Zedong.
- redelegate — a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
- reed grass — a tall perennial grass, Glyceria maxima, of rivers and ponds of Europe, Asia, and Canada
- reed organ — a musical keyboard instrument, as the harmonium or American organ, having small metal reeds through which air is forced to produce the sound.
- reenacting — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- refracting — undergoing or causing refraction
- refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- regainment — the act or process of regaining something
- regal moth — a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.
- regalement — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
- regardless — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- regelation — a phenomenon in which the freezing point of water is lowered by the application of pressure; the melting and refreezing of ice, at constant temperature, caused by varying the pressure.
- regeneracy — a regenerate state.
- regenerate — to effect a complete moral reform in.
- regimental — of or relating to a regiment.
- regionally — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.