10-letter words containing n, o, i, d, g
- gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
- gadrooning — ornamentation with gadroons.
- gammadions — Plural form of gammadion.
- garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- gelatinoid — resembling gelatin; gelatinous.
- genomewide — (genetics) Throughout a genome.
- ginglimoid — relating to the ginglymus
- ginglymoid — of, relating to, or resembling a ginglymus.
- girandoles — Plural form of girandole.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- glottidean — Of or relating to the glottis; glottal.
- godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- going down — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- gold point — the point at which it is equally expensive to buy, sell, export, import, or exchange gold in adjustment of foreign claims or counterclaims.
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- gondoliers — Plural form of gondolier.
- gonopodium — the modified anal fin of a male poeciliid fish, serving as an organ of copulation.
- gonozooids — Plural form of gonozooid.
- good night — enjoyable evening, night
- good thing — (convention) (From the 1930 Sellar and Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Often capitalised; always pronounced as if capitalised. 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "The Trailblazer's 19.2 Kbaud PEP mode with on-the-fly Lempel-Ziv compression is a Good Thing for sites relaying netnews". 2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a Good Thing". 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as in "Yacc is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Opposite: Bad Thing, compare big win.
- good-night — a farewell or leave-taking: He said his good-nights before leaving the party.
- goodliness — of good or substantial size, amount, etc.: a goodly sum.
- goodnights — Plural form of goodnight.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
- gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
- gormandize — gourmandise1 .
- gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
- gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- grind down — make into powder
- grind rock — whetstone.
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grindstone — a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- ground fir — ground pine
- ground ice — anchor ice.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- groundling — a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
- groundside — the part of an airport not used for aircraft takeoffs and landings.
- groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
- gwendoline — a feminine name: dim. Gwen; var. Gwendolyn
- haddington — former name of East Lothian.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- high-toned — having high principles; dignified.
- hillingdon — a borough of Greater London, England.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs