10-letter words containing g, r, o, u
- cargo cult — a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- churchgoer — A churchgoer is a person who goes to church regularly.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- coagulator — a substance that produces or aids coagulation.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- coinsuring — Present participle of coinsure.
- colourings — Plural form of colouring.
- comburgess — (formerly) a fellow citizen or freeman of a borough
- concurring — to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
- configured — Simple past tense and past participle of configure.
- configures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure.
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- congruence — Congruence is when two things are similar or fit together well.
- congruency — congruence.
- conquering — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- construing — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- contouring — Present participle of contour.
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.
- corn sugar — a dextrose made from cornstarch
- corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
- corrugates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrugate.
- corrugator — a muscle whose contraction causes wrinkling of the brow
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- courgettes — Plural form of courgette.
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- cybergroup — A group based in cyberspace or on the Internet.
- degenerous — (of a person) inferior to one's ancestors
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dog tucker — the meat of a sheep killed on a farm and used as dog food
- dough bird — the Eskimo curlew.
- drudgerous — Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
- drudgework — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- drug store — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- druidology — the study of the religion, customs, and practices of the Druids.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.