10-letter words containing o, r, g, n
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- defrosting — Present participle of defrost.
- degenerous — (of a person) inferior to one's ancestors
- degression — a decrease by stages
- demogorgon — a mysterious and awesome god in ancient mythology, often represented as ruling in the underworld
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derring-do — Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way.
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- digression — the act of digressing.
- dihydrogen — (chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
- dinitrogen — (chemistry) the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.
- discording — Present participle of discord.
- disgorging — Present participle of disgorge.
- dishorning — Present participle of dishorn.
- disorganic — Not organic; having no organization.
- disporting — Present participle of disport.
- disproving — Present participle of disprove.
- disrooting — Present participle of disroot.
- distorting — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- downgraded — Simple past tense and past participle of downgrade.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- downgrowth — something that grows or has grown in a downward direction: The posterior pituitary is a downgrowth of the brain.
- downrigger — a fishing line used in trolling that is attached to a weighted cable in order to put lures or bait at a specific depth under a boat, usually near the floor.
- dragonette — A small or female dragon.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- dragonhead — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonling — (fantasy) A baby dragon.
- dragonnade — one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them.
- dragonroot — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.
- dragoonade — Alternative form of dragonnade.
- dragooning — Present participle of dragoon.