10-letter words containing g, i, r, t
- irritating — causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.
- irrorating — Present participle of irrorate.
- iso rating — a classification of film speed in which a doubling of the ISO number represents a doubling in sensitivity; for example, ISO 400 film requires half the exposure of ISO 200 under the same conditions. The system uses identical numbers to the obsolete ASA rating
- jetfighter — a fighter aircraft powered by a jet engine or engines.
- jiggermast — a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.
- jitterbugs — Plural form of jitterbug.
- keistering — Present participle of keister.
- keratalgia — pain in the cornea.
- kerygmatic — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- khitmutgar — (in India) a waiter.
- king truss — a truss having a king post.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- krita yuga — Satya Yuga.
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- laryngitic — Pertaining to or suffering from laryngitis.
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- leistering — Present participle of leister.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- lethbridge — a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- light beer — beer with a lower alcohol content than average
- light rail — of or relating to a local rail rapid-transit system using large, single passenger cars, railroad-type signals, and, usually, private rights-of-way.
- light trap — any mechanical arrangement that allows some form of movement to take place while excluding light, such as a light-proof door or the lips of a film cassette
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-rail — of or relating to a local rail rapid-transit system using large, single passenger cars, railroad-type signals, and, usually, private rights-of-way.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lighterage — the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistry — the study of language
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- litigators — Plural form of litigator.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.