10-letter words containing g, u, r, a
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- sharpsburg — a town in NW Maryland: nearby is the site of the Civil War battle of Antietam 1862.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- singularly — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- sluggardly — like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spark plug — a device designed to fit in each cylinder of a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine and to produce the electric spark for igniting the mixture of gasoline and air.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spun sugar — a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.
- square leg — the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.
- square peg — a person or thing that is a misfit, such as an employee in a job for which he or she is unsuited
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- strasbourg — a department in NE France. 1848 sq. mi. (4785 sq. km). Capital: Strasbourg.
- strassburg — a city in NE France, on the Rhine: the chief French inland port; under German rule (1870–1918); university (1567); seat of the Council of Europe and of the European Parliament. Pop: 264 115 (1999)
- subangular — fairly angular
- subaverage — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- subjugator — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- suffragist — an advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage, especially to women.
- sugar beet — various cultivars of a beet, Beta vulgaris, of the amaranth family, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.
- sugar bird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
- sugar bush — an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.
- sugar camp — a grove of sugar maples.
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sugar corn — sweet corn.
- sugar cube — small block of sugar
- sugar loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- sugar lump — cube of sugar for coffee or tea
- sugar palm — gomuti (def 1).
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sugar soap — an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint
- sugar tree — a sugar maple.
- sugar-coat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sugar-free — containing no sugar: a sugar-free cola.
- sugar-loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- sugar-plum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- sugarallie — liquorice
- sugarberry — a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.
- sugarhouse — a shed or other building where maple syrup or maple sugar is made.