10-letter words containing g, u, a, d
- gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
- gauntleted — Adorned with one or more gauntlets.
- gazehounds — Plural form of gazehound.
- gazundered — Simple past tense and past participle of gazunder.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- give guard — (of an umpire) to indicate such a position to a batsman
- glammed up — made to look more glamorous
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- glandulose — Alternative form of glandulous.
- glandulous — glandular.
- good usage — (in a language) standard, prescribed, or acceptable usage of words or phrases: Your sentence violates the rules of good usage.
- goon squad — a group of hired thugs used to perform ruthless or violent acts.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- gradualist — (biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism.
- graduality — The state or degree of being gradual.
- graduating — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- grand duke — the sovereign of a territory called a grand duchy, ranking next below a king.
- grand jury — a jury, at common law, of 12 to 23 persons, designated to inquire into alleged violations of the law in order to ascertain whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant trial.
- grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
- grand turk — an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands of the West Indies. 7 miles (11 km) long.
- grandaunts — Plural form of grandaunt.
- granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
- granulated — Simple past tense and past participle of granulate.
- gratitudes — Plural form of gratitude.
- graubunden — German name of Grisons.
- ground pea — peanut.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundball — Alternative form of ground ball.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- grubstaked — Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake.
- grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
- guadeloupe — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
- guaranteed — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guarantied — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- guard band — an unassigned range of radio frequencies either just above or just below the band of frequencies required for the signal transmitted by a broadcasting station. It helps to prevent interference in receivers between signals from different stations.
- guard cell — either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause it to open and close.
- guard duty — a military assignment involving watching over or protecting a person or place or supervising prisoners.
- guard hair — the long, usually stiff outer hair protecting the underfur in certain animals.
- guard ring — a ring worn tightly in front of another ring to prevent the latter from slipping off the finger.
- guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
- guardrails — Plural form of guardrail.
- guardrooms — Plural form of guardroom.
- guide rail — a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.