10-letter words containing i, g, u, a
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- dauntingly — In a daunting manner.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- defaulting — guilty of a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation
- defrauding — Present participle of defraud.
- degaussing — Present participle of degauss.
- denaturing — Present participle of denature.
- denudating — Present participle of denudate.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- dhaulagiri — a mountain in W central Nepal, in the Himalayas. Height: 8172 m (26 810 ft)
- dial gauge — measuring instrument
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- disabusing — Present participle of disabuse.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dissuading — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- distraught — distracted; deeply agitated.
- disvaluing — Present participle of disvalue.
- divulgated — to make publicly known; publish.
- draguignan — a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- drain plug — A drain plug is a plug which is taken out to allow a fluid to be drained from a tank such as an engine oil pan or sump.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- drugs raid — a sudden and unexpected visit by the police, often involving forced entry, with the aim of finding any illegal drugs
- ebbinghaus — Hermann (ˈhɛrman). 1850–1909, German experimental psychologist who undertook the first systematic and large-scale studies of memory and devised tests using nonsense syllables
- effigurate — having a definite shape or form
- egurgitate — to vomit (something)
- eigenvalue — Each of a set of values of a parameter for which a differential equation has a nonzero solution (an eigenfunction) under given conditions.
- enamouring — Present participle of enamour.
- ensanguine — to cover or stain with or as with blood
- equal sign — mathematics symbol: =
- equalizing — Present participle of equalize.
- evacuating — Present participle of evacuate.
- evaluating — Present participle of evaluate.
- exhausting — Making one feel very tired; very tiring.
- exsanguine — Bloodless; anemic.
- extubating — Present participle of extubate.
- exuviating — Present participle of exuviate.
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- febrifugal — of or acting as a febrifuge.
- figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- flagitious — shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.