10-letter words containing n, a, g
- corigliano — John Paul, born 1938, U.S. composer.
- corn sugar — a dextrose made from cornstarch
- coronating — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- corralling — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- cosmogonal — a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- costeaning — the activity of mining for lodes
- cosy along — to reassure (someone), esp with false assurances
- cotangents — Plural form of cotangent.
- cracklings — Plural form of crackling.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- cragginess — The state of being craggy.
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.
- crevassing — Present participle of crevasse.
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
- cumulating — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- curtailing — Present participle of curtail.
- curtaining — Present participle of curtain.
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- damagingly — In a damaging manner.
- dandifying — Present participle of dandify.
- danger man — a person, esp a member of a sports team, who is likely to inflict damage on opponents
- dangerless — Without danger.
- daringness — The state or quality of being daring.
- darjeeling — a town in NE India, in West Bengal in the Himalayas, at an altitude of about 2250 m (7500 ft). Pop: 107 530 (2001)
- 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)
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- dating bar — singles bar.
- dauntingly — In a daunting manner.
- dazzlingly — to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
- deadlining — Present participle of deadline.
- dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- debatingly — in an argumentative manner
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decagynian — having ten pistils or female organs of reproduction and belonging to the order Decagynia
- decimating — Present participle of decimate.
- declaiming — Present participle of declaim.
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc