10-letter words containing o, r, g, n, e
- generosity — readiness or liberality in giving.
- generously — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- geocentric — having or representing the earth as a center: a geocentric theory of the universe.
- georgetown — an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get on for — to approach (a time, amount, age, etc.)
- gingerroot — the rhizome of the ginger plant.
- girandoles — Plural form of girandole.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- glendoveer — a heavenly sprite
- glenrothes — a new town in E central Scotland, the administrative centre of Fife: founded in 1948. Pop: 38 679 (2001)
- goaltender — a goalkeeper.
- godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- going-over — a review, examination, or investigation: The accounts were given a thorough going-over.
- goldenrods — Plural form of goldenrod.
- gondoliers — Plural form of gondolier.
- gongoozler — Someone who gongoozles (who watches boats go by, or stands by and watches things without participating.).
- goniometer — an instrument for measuring solid angles, as of crystals.
- goniometry — an instrument for measuring solid angles, as of crystals.
- gonorrheal — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea.
- gonorrhoea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- goosanders — Plural form of goosander.
- gorgoneion — a representation of the head of a Gorgon, especially that of Medusa.
- gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
- gormandize — gourmandise1 .
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- gouernment — Obsolete spelling of government.
- gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
- governable — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- governance — information technology governance
- governante — a housekeeper
- governessy — resembling or typical of a governess
- government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- grace note — a note not essential to the harmony or melody, added as an embellishment, especially an appoggiatura.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- gramophone — a phonograph.
- granophyre — a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- 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.
- green book — 1.
Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Red Book, and the White Book. 2. (publication) Informal name for one of the three standard references on SmallTalk. Also associated with blue and red books. 3. The "X/Open Compatibility Guide", which defines an international standard Unix environment that is a proper superset of POSIX/SVID. It also includes descriptions of a standard utility toolkit, systems administrations features, and the like. This grimoire is taken with particular seriousness in Europe. See Purple Book. 4. The IEEE 1003.1 POSIX Operating Systems Interface standard has been dubbed "The Ugly Green Book". 5. Any of the 1992 standards issued by the ITU-T's tenth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the dreadful X.400 electronic mail standard and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. 6. Green Book CD-ROM. See also book titles. - green corn — sweet corn (def 2).
- green mold — blue mold (def 1).
- green roof — a roof covered with vegetation, designed for its aesthetic value and to optimize energy conservation
- green soap — a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.
- green zone — (since the invasion of Iraq by US-led forces, and the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003) the area of central Baghdad used by the coalition and civilian authorities, subject to high security
- greenboard — a green chalkboard or blackboard.