10-letter words containing g, r, u, s
- guest-rope — a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
- guestrooms — Plural form of guestroom.
- guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
- gullstrand — Allvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1862–1930, Swedish oculist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1911.
- gum eraser — a block of gummy, easily crumbled rubber used to erase smudges, pencil marks, and the like especially from artwork.
- gunpersons — Plural form of gunperson.
- gunslinger — Informal. gunfighter.
- gut course — snap course.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- hearthrugs — Plural form of hearthrug.
- hiphuggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hog sucker — any of several suckers of the genus Hypentelium, inhabiting cool streams of eastern North America and characterized by a broad head that is concave above.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.
- hungriness — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
- igniferous — (rare) Producing fire.
- incrusting — Present participle of incrust.
- inglorious — shameful; disgraceful: inglorious retreat.
- inpourings — Plural form of inpouring.
- insourcing — The practice of using an organization’s own personnel or other resources to accomplish a task.
- insurgence — an act of rebellion; insurrection; revolt.
- insurgency — the state or condition of being insurgent.
- insurgents — Plural form of insurgent.
- integrious — (rare) Marked by integrity.
- intriguers — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- intrusting — Present participle of intrust.
- irregulars — Plural form of irregular.
- jitterbugs — Plural form of jitterbug.
- june grass — Kentucky bluegrass.
- kieselguhr — diatomaceous earth.
- king truss — a truss having a king post.
- kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistry — the study of language
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- liturgists — Plural form of liturgist.
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- long purse — wealth; riches
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lump sugar — sugar in small blocks
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- malt sugar — maltose