10-letter words containing g, e, o, r, a
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- hog badger — a SE Asian badger, Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- home range — the area in which an animal normally lives.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- 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.
- hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- iatrogenic — (of a medical disorder) caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician.
- ideamonger — a person who originates and promotes or deals in ideas.
- ideogramic — Alt form ideogrammic.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- ignorances — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- imageboard — A type of Internet forum that revolves around the posting of images with minimal associated text.
- incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
- inorganize — To corrupt an organization; disorganize.
- integrator — a person or thing that integrates.
- interorgan — (medicine) Between organs.
- invigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- jargonized — Simple past tense and past participle of jargonize.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- kalgoorlie — a city in SW Australia: chief center of gold-mining industry in Australia.
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- 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
- 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.).
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- le-allegro — L'Allegro.
- legionaire — Misspelling of legionnaire.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- loggerhead — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logorrhoea — (British spelling) Standard form of logorrhea.
- long-eared — (of an animal) having long ears
- long-range — considering or extending into the future: a long-range outlook; long-range plans.
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- loom large — to be very prominent or important
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lounge car — club car.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- low german — the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. Abbreviation: LG. Compare High German (def 1).
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.