10-letter words containing n, o, i, r
- granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
- gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
- griffonage — (rare) Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.
- 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.
- grogginess — staggering, as from exhaustion or blows: a boxer groggy from his opponent's hard left jab.
- grooviness — the quality of being groovy
- gros point — a large stitch used in embroidery. Compare petit point (def 1), tent stitch.
- grottiness — the quality of being grotty
- 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.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grovelling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- growliness — The state or quality of being growly.
- growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
- gyniolatry — an extreme form of love and attachment to women
- gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
- gyrational — Of, pertaining to, or caused by gyration.
- hanoverian — of or relating to the former ruling house of Hanover.
- 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.
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harmonicon — harmonica (def 1).
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmonised — Simple past tense and past participle of harmonise.
- harmoniser — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonizer.
- harmonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonise.
- harmonists — Plural form of harmonist.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- harmonized — Add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony.
- harmonizer — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonize.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- hateration — (African American Vernacular English, slang) Hatred, hostility, animus.
- helleborin — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 28 H 36 O 6 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.
- hemihedron — a substance of hemihedral type
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.