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10-letter words containing n, a, g, r, i

  • gratinated — to gratiné.
  • gravelling — Present participle of gravel.
  • gravettian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an advanced Upper Paleolithic industry of Europe dating to c25,000 b.c. and characterized by straight, blunt-backed blades.
  • gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
  • gray's inn — See under Inns of Court (def 1).
  • greasiness — smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
  • grecianize — to make like the ancient Greeks
  • gregarines — Plural form of gregarine.
  • grenadiers — Plural form of grenadier.
  • grenadilla — granadilla.
  • grenadines — a syrup made from pomegranate juice.
  • grievances — Plural form of grievance.
  • griffonage — (rare) Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.
  • grimaldian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in northwestern Italy.
  • grimalkins — Plural form of grimalkin.
  • groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
  • grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
  • guarantied — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
  • guaranties — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
  • guard ring — a ring worn tightly in front of another ring to prevent the latter from slipping off the finger.
  • guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
  • guarnerius — a violin made by Guarneri or by a member of his family.
  • gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
  • gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
  • gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
  • gyniolatry — an extreme form of love and attachment to women
  • gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
  • gyrational — Of, pertaining to, or caused by gyration.
  • hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
  • hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
  • hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
  • hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
  • handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
  • haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
  • harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
  • harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
  • hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
  • harnessing — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
  • harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
  • harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
  • harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
  • hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
  • heartening — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
  • herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
  • highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
  • hogarthianWilliam, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
  • homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
  • hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
  • hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
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