10-letter words containing g, r, d
- scanderbeg — (George Castriota) 1403?–68, Albanian chief and revolutionary leader.
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- screedings — screeds or floor coverings
- search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
- sedge wren — a small wren, Cistothorus platensis, of the Americas, inhabiting wet, sedgy meadows.
- segregated — characterized by or practicing racial segregation: a segregated school system.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- semidrying — not drying completely
- 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.
- shagreened — made, covered with, or resembling shagreen
- 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.
- showground — outdoor events venue
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- 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.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- sluggardly — like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow
- sognafjord — a fjord in the Norwegian Sea in SW Norway: the longest in Norway. 126 miles (203 km) long and up to 4291 feet (1308 meters) deep.
- solderings — any parts which have been soldered together
- soldiering — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- sour gourd — the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.
- speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
- spiderling — the young of a spider.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
- 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.
- strindberg — Johan August [yoo-hahn ou-goo st] /ˈyu hɑn ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sugar bird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- sulfa drug — any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections.
- supergrade — a high-level rank, Grade 16, 17, or 18, in the federal civil service.
- surfriding — surfing.
- 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
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.