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10-letter words containing g, r, o, d

  • god forbid — If you say God forbid, you are expressing your hope that something will not happen.
  • god's acre — a cemetery, especially one adjacent to a church; churchyard.
  • god's word — the Bible.
  • godbrother — The son of one's godparent.
  • godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
  • godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
  • godmothers — Plural form of godmother.
  • godoy cruz — a city in Mendoza province, W Argentina.
  • godparents — Plural form of godparent.
  • 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.
  • gold fever — greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.
  • 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.
  • goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
  • goldbergerJoseph, 1874–1929, U.S. physician, born in Austria: discovered the cause of and treatment for pellagra.
  • golddigger — Alternative spelling of gold digger.
  • goldenrods — Plural form of goldenrod.
  • goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
  • goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
  • 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.
  • good cheer — cheerful spirits; courage: to be of good cheer.
  • good grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
  • good humor — a cheerful or amiable mood.
  • good sport — sb good-humoured
  • goods yard — a railway freight yard.
  • gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
  • goosanders — Plural form of goosander.
  • gopherwood — yellowwood.
  • gorbellied — a protruding belly.
  • gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
  • gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
  • gormandize — gourmandise1 .
  • gossiprede — (obsolete) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
  • gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
  • gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
  • grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
  • graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
  • grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
  • grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
  • grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
  • graphitoid — resembling graphite
  • greasewood — a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the amaranth family, growing in alkaline regions of the western U.S., containing a small amount of oil.
  • greatsword — Any generally straight bladed double edged sword large enough that it required the use of two hands to wield it effectively.
  • green mold — blue mold (def 1).
  • greenboard — a green chalkboard or blackboard.
  • greenwoods — Plural form of greenwood.
  • grey nomad — any elderly retired person who spends time travelling around the country in a mobile home
  • greyed out — (of a navigation button, menu item, etc on a computer screen) not highlighted, indicating that the function is unavailable at a given time
  • greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
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