10-letter words containing g, r, o, a, n
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- congregant — Congregants are members of a congregation.
- congregate — When people congregate, they gather together and form a group.
- corigliano — John Paul, born 1938, U.S. composer.
- corn sugar — a dextrose made from cornstarch
- coronating — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- corralling — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- disorganic — Not organic; having no organization.
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- downgraded — Simple past tense and past participle of downgrade.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- dragonette — A small or female dragon.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- dragonhead — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonling — (fantasy) A baby dragon.
- dragonnade — one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them.
- dragonroot — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.
- dragoonade — Alternative form of dragonnade.
- dragooning — Present participle of dragoon.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- embargoing — Present participle of embargo.
- emigration — The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
- enamouring — Present participle of enamour.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.