10-letter words containing g, i, r, a, d
- roadmaking — road building
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- serenading — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sigillarid — a fossilized, tree-like plant of the genus Sigillaria
- signal red — pimento (def 3).
- skid a rig — If you skid a rig, you slide it from one well hole to another.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- sugar bird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- tardigrade — Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
- 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
- undreading — of or relating to unravelling hair dreadlocks
- undreaming — not dreaming; not having dreams
- 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
- variegated — varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- wardrobing — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.
- wristguard — A band of leather or leatherlike material worn around the wrist for support and protection, especially for athletic activities such as archery and fencing.