10-letter words containing g, r, o, d
- configured — Simple past tense and past participle of configure.
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- congressed — (initial capital letter) the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution. this body as it exists for a period of two years during which it has the same membership: the Ninety-Seventh Congress. a session of this body: to speak in Congress.
- cord grass — any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal regions.
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.
- corndodger — a small cake of cornmeal, baked or fried hard
- corregidor — an island at the entrance to Manila Bay, in the Philippines: site of the defeat of American forces by the Japanese (1942) in World War II
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- 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)
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- deck cargo — cargo that is carried on the deck of a ship
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- defrosting — Present participle of defrost.
- degenerous — (of a person) inferior to one's ancestors
- degression — a decrease by stages
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- demogorgon — a mysterious and awesome god in ancient mythology, often represented as ruling in the underworld
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- 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.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- derring-do — Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way.
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- didgeridoo — A didgeridoo is an Australian musical instrument that consists of a long pipe which makes a low sound when you blow into it.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- digitiform — like a finger.
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- digression — the act of digressing.
- dihydrogen — (chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
- dinitrogen — (chemistry) the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.
- discording — Present participle of discord.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disglorify — to remove from glory