10-letter words containing g, r, i, d, l
- gal friday — Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gang drill — a drilling machine having a number of separately driven vertical spindles in a row, used for drilling holes in a piece successively.
- garibaldis — Plural form of garibaldi.
- garlanding — Present participle of garland.
- girandoles — Plural form of girandole.
- girl guide — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of a British organization of girls (Girl Guides) founded in England by Lord Robert S. S. Baden-Powell and his sister Lady Agnes as a sister organization of the Girl Scouts.
- girlfriend — a frequent or favorite female companion; sweetheart.
- gladiators — Plural form of gladiator.
- glamorised — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorise.
- glamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorize.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- glitterand — glittering
- glycerides — Plural form of glyceride.
- glyceridic — Of or pertaining to glycerol or glycerides.
- gold braid — a gold-coloured braid which is used to decorate uniforms
- gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- golda meir — Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- golddigger — Alternative spelling of gold digger.
- goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gondoliers — Plural form of gondolier.
- gorbellied — a protruding belly.
- grade line — grade (def 10).
- grade-line — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- gradualist — (biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism.
- graduality — The state or degree of being gradual.
- grainfield — a field in which grain is grown.
- granadilla — the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla)
- grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grandville — a town in SW Michigan.
- greenfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- grenadilla — granadilla.
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- grimaldian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in northwestern Italy.
- grimlooked — having a grim appearance
- grindingly — In a grinding fashion; in a way that grinds.
- groundling — a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
- groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
- grudgingly — displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness: grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent.
- grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
- guardrails — Plural form of guardrail.
- guide rail — a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- heidelberg — a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- la guardia — Fiorello H(enry) [fee-uh-rel-oh] /ˌfi əˈrɛl oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, U.S. lawyer, political reformer, and government administrator: mayor of New York City 1933–45.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.