10-letter words containing g, i, r, t
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- sure thing — something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
- surfeiting — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- surge tide — a powerful and often destructive tide that may occur when an abnormally high tide (e.g. at the autumn equinox) coincides with high wind and low atmospheric pressure
- sweltering — suffering oppressive heat.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchgirl — a woman who operates a telephone switchboard
- synergetic — working together; cooperative.
- syringitis — an inflammation of part of the ear
- tagliarini — egg noodles cut in long, flat, slender pieces, narrower than tagliatelle.
- tardigrade — Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
- targetitis — the setting of more targets than is strictly necessary for the effective functioning of an organization, esp when it leads to an increase in bureaucracy
- tarkington — (Newton) Booth, 1869–1946, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- teddy girl — a rebellious British girl who, in the 1950s and early 1960s, affected the dress of the reign of Edward VII.
- teethridge — alveolar ridge.
- telebridge — a television broadcast using satellite technology to enable discussion between studio audiences in different countries
- tenderling — a weak or effeminate person
- tengri nor — a salt lake in E Tibet, NW of Lhasa. About 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km); 15,186 feet (4629 meters) above sea level.
- tensegrity — the property of skeleton structures that employ continuous tension members and discontinuous compression members in such a way that each member operates with the maximum efficiency and economy.
- terrifying — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- the virgin — the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac
- thimblerig — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
- throttling — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- thrustings — the white whey that is hand-pressed out of the curd and from which butter is often made
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- thundering — of, relating to, or accompanied by thunder.
- thuringian — a state in central Germany. 5985 sq. mi. (15,550 sq. km) Capital: Erfurt.
- tiger balm — a mentholated ointment widely used as a panacea
- tiger lily — a lily, Lilium lancifolium (or tigrinum), having dull-orange flowers spotted with black and small bulbs or bulbils in the axils of the leaves.
- tiger moth — any of numerous moths of the family Arctiidae, many of which have conspicuously striped or spotted wings.
- tiger team — a group of highly skilled workers assigned to tasks of special importance and urgency
- tight-arse — an inhibited or excessively self-controlled person
- timbrology — philately or the study of postage stamps
- tollbridge — a bridge where tolls are collected
- torchlight — the light of a torch or torches.
- tormenting — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- torpedoing — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- torrington — a city in NW Connecticut.
- tour guide — A tour guide is a person employed by a travel company to assist people who are on vacation.
- towel ring — a circular hoop in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- tragically — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
- tragicomic — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trailering — the advertising of a film or television programme by means of trailers
- trailingly — in a trailing manner
- transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.
- transiting — the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- trapessing — to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.
- travailing — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- travelling — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- traversing — to pass or move over, along, or through.