10-letter words containing i, r, g, a, t
- argenteuil — a suburb of Paris, France, with a convent (656) that became famous when Héloïse was abbess (12th century). Pop: 103 250 (2008)
- argyrodite — a rare mineral, Ag8GeS6, that contains silver, germanium, and sulphur
- aristology — the art of eating
- arpeggiate — to play an arpeggio
- arrogating — Present participle of arrogate.
- arrogation — to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- arrogative — Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance.
- art lining — a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established some distance above the bottom of the body to accommodate letters with unusually long descenders.
- arthralgia — pain in a joint
- arthralgic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia.
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- astragalin — A chemical compound, a 3-O-glucoside of kaempferol, found in Phytolacca americana, the American pokeweed.
- astricting — Present participle of astrict.
- astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
- astringing — Present participle of astringe.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attracting — Present participle of attract.
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- auguration — The practice of augury.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- avigator's — aerial navigation.
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- biratnagar — a city in SE Nepal.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carrington — Dora, known as Carrington. 1893–1932, British painter, engraver, and letter writer; a member of the Bloomsbury Group
- cartilages — Plural form of cartilage.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- cartwright — a person who makes carts
- castigator — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- castrating — Present participle of castrate.
- categorial — of or relating to a category
- categories — any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- categorise — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.