10-letter words containing i, g, o, r
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- cover girl — A cover girl is an attractive woman whose photograph appears on the front of a magazine.
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- defrosting — Present participle of defrost.
- degression — a decrease by stages
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derring-do — Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way.
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- didgeridoo — A didgeridoo is an Australian musical instrument that consists of a long pipe which makes a low sound when you blow into it.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- digitiform — like a finger.
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- digression — the act of digressing.
- dihydrogen — (chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
- dinitrogen — (chemistry) the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.
- discording — Present participle of discord.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disglorify — to remove from glory
- disgorging — Present participle of disgorge.
- dishorning — Present participle of dishorn.
- disorganic — Not organic; having no organization.
- disporting — Present participle of disport.
- disproving — Present participle of disprove.
- disrooting — Present participle of disroot.
- distorting — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- dog-sitter — a person who looks after a dog while its owner is away