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

  • goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
  • goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
  • goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
  • 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.
  • gonorrheal — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea.
  • gonorrhoea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
  • goods yard — a railway freight yard.
  • goosanders — Plural form of goosander.
  • goosegrass — cleavers.
  • gorgonians — Plural form of gorgonian.
  • gorgonzola — a strongly flavored, semisoft variety of Italian milk cheese veined with mold.
  • gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
  • gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
  • gormandize — gourmandise1 .
  • governable — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • governance — information technology governance
  • governante — a housekeeper
  • grace note — a note not essential to the harmony or melody, added as an embellishment, especially an appoggiatura.
  • graciosity — graciousness
  • graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
  • gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
  • grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
  • graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
  • gram flour — flour prepared from the gram seeds
  • gramineous — grasslike.
  • gramophone — a phonograph.
  • gramophony — the art, technique, or practice of recording sound on disc
  • gran chaco — an extensive subtropical region in central South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. 300,000 sq. mi. (777,000 sq. km).
  • grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
  • grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
  • grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
  • granophyre — a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
  • granulator — A machine that forms material into granules.
  • granulomas — Plural form of granuloma.
  • granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
  • grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
  • grapestone — the seed of a grape.
  • graphalloy — a compound of graphite impregnated with Babbitt metal, bronze, copper, gold, etc., used as a low-friction material.
  • graphitoid — resembling graphite
  • grapholect — an established and standardized written language
  • graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
  • grass moth — any of a large subfamily of small night-flying pyralid moths, esp Crambus pratellus, that during the day cling to grass stems
  • grass over — If an area of ground is grassed over, grass is planted all over it.
  • grassroots — the common or ordinary people, especially as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social organization, etc.; the rank and file.
  • gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • graveolent — That has a rank smell.
  • gravestone — a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
  • gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
  • gravy boat — a small dish, often boat-shaped, for serving gravy or sauce.
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