10-letter words containing g, e, r, i
- apologizer — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- appareling — Present participle of apparel.
- apterygial — (of eels, certain insects, etc) lacking such paired limbs as wings or fins
- aqua regia — a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of one part nitric acid and three to four parts hydrochloric acid, used in metallurgy for dissolving metals, including gold
- arbitraged — Simple past tense and past participle of arbitrage.
- arbitrager — In finance, an arbitrager is someone who buys currencies, securities, or commodities on one country's market in order to make money by immediately selling them at a profit on another country's market.
- arbitrages — Plural form of arbitrage.
- archegonia — the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
- arciniegas — Germán [her-mahn] /hɛrˈmɑn/ (Show IPA), 1900–1999, Colombian author, editor, and diplomat.
- areligious — unconcerned with or indifferent to religious matters.
- areopagite — a member of the Areopagus, a judicial council of ancient Athens that met on the hill of that name
- argenteuil — a suburb of Paris, France, with a convent (656) that became famous when Héloïse was abbess (12th century). Pop: 103 250 (2008)
- argyrodite — a rare mineral, Ag8GeS6, that contains silver, germanium, and sulphur
- armigerous — of, having, or entitled to have a coat of arms
- arpeggiate — to play an arpeggio
- arpeggione — a stringed musical instrument of the early 19th century which was played with a bow
- arrogative — Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance.
- ascigerous — of or relating to asci.
- asgeirsson — Asgeir [ahs-gair] /ˈɑs gɛər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1972, Icelandic statesman: president 1952–68.
- asparagine — a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
- aubergines — Plural form of aubergine.
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- averagings — average values
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- bargainers — Plural form of bargainer.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- begrudging — to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
- bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
- bering sea — a part of the N Pacific Ocean, between NE Siberia and Alaska. Area: about 2 275 000 sq km (878 000 sq miles)
- bice green — a medium to bright yellow-green color.
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big dipper — A big dipper is a fairground ride that carries people up and down steep slopes on a narrow railway at high speed.
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- big sister — an elder sister.
- bigarreaux — a large, heart-shaped variety of sweet cherry, having firm flesh.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)