10-letter words containing n, u, r, a, g
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- drag queen — Slang. a male transvestite, especially a performer who dresses as a woman to entertain the public.
- draguignan — a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- drain plug — A drain plug is a plug which is taken out to allow a fluid to be drained from a tank such as an engine oil pan or sump.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- eglandular — having no glands
- enamouring — Present participle of enamour.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- encourager — One who gives encouragement.
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- enfleurage — The extraction of essential oils and perfumes from flowers using odorless animal or vegetable fats.
- entourages — Plural form of entourage.
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- fearnaught — A fearless person.
- fearnought — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- fracturing — Present participle of fracture.
- fraughting — Present participle of fraught.
- frugalness — The property of being frugal.
- full-grain — (of leather) having the original grain surface intact.
- gangbuster — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- gargantuan — gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.
- garmenture — the clothing (of a person)
- garnitures — Plural form of garniture.
- gas burner — the tip, jet, or nozzle from which gas issues, as on a stove.
- gatlinburg — a town in E Tennessee: resort.
- gauffering — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- gazundered — Simple past tense and past participle of gazunder.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- graduating — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- grand duke — the sovereign of a territory called a grand duchy, ranking next below a king.
- grand jury — a jury, at common law, of 12 to 23 persons, designated to inquire into alleged violations of the law in order to ascertain whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant trial.
- grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
- grand turk — an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands of the West Indies. 7 miles (11 km) long.
- grandaunts — Plural form of grandaunt.
- granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
- granularly — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulated — Simple past tense and past participle of granulate.