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10-letter words containing n, o, r, g

  • nonrusting — That does not rust; rustproof.
  • nonvarying — Not varying.
  • nonworking — not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
  • norgestrel — a synthetic progestin, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 2 , used in some oral contraceptives either alone or in combination with an estrogen.
  • norlignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by removing carbon atoms from a ring or sidechain.
  • norrington — Sir Roger (Arthur Carver). born 1934, British conductor; noted for period performances of early music
  • norrkoping — a seaport in SE Sweden.
  • northglenn — a city in NE central Colorado.
  • nose guard — middle guard.
  • noseguards — Plural form of noseguard.
  • nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
  • notarizing — Present participle of notarize.
  • noun group — A noun group is a noun or pronoun, or a group of words based on a noun or pronoun. In the sentence, 'He put the bottle of wine on the kitchen table', 'He', 'the bottle of wine', and 'the kitchen table' are all noun groups.
  • noun-group — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
  • nourishing — promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength: a nourishing diet.
  • numerology — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
  • obrogation — the annulment or alteration of a law by the enactment of a new one.
  • octangular — having eight angles.
  • octogenary — (obsolete) Of eighty years of age.
  • offshoring — the practice of moving employees or certain business activities to foreign countries as a way to lower costs, avoid taxes, etc.: the offshoring of software jobs to China.
  • offsprings — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
  • ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
  • on average — more or less
  • on draught — Beer that is on draught is kept in and served from a barrel rather than a bottle.
  • onboarding — (business) The process of bringing a new employee on board, incorporating training and orientation.
  • one-bagger — single (def 24).
  • one-lunger — a one-cylinder internal-combustion engine.
  • oneirology — The study that relates with dreams.
  • onion ring — a slice of onion shaped into a ring and deep-fried in batter
  • open group — The Open Group
  • operagoing — Attending opera performances.
  • oppressing — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
  • orang-utan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
  • orange box — a container made from strips of wood, traditionally used for transporting fruit
  • orange iii — an orange-yellow, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 N 3 NaO 3 S, used chiefly as an acid-base indicator.
  • orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
  • orangeburg — a city in central South Carolina.
  • orangeness — The quality of being orange in colour.
  • orangequat — A citrus tree, a cross between an orange and a kumquat.
  • orangeries — Plural form of orangery.
  • orangeroot — The plant goldenseal.
  • orangevale — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • orangewood — the hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood of the orange tree, used in inlaid work and fine turnery.
  • orangutang — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
  • orangutans — Plural form of orangutan.
  • orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
  • ordinating — Present participle of ordinate.
  • oregon fir — Douglas fir.
  • organ bank — a facility that manages organs for transplant
  • organ loft — a loft in a church or cathedral that houses the keyboard of a pipe organ
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