10-letter words containing o, r, g
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- courgettes — Plural form of courgette.
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- cover girl — A cover girl is an attractive woman whose photograph appears on the front of a magazine.
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- 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.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cryptology — the study of secret codes or ciphers and the devices used to create and decipher them
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- cyberglove — (hardware, virtual reality) A data glove sold by Virtual Technologies. The spandex-like glove houses 18 sensors to track accurately just about every move your hand is capable of making. The accompanying software includes a three-dimensional hand model that can he added to any virtual reality application. The glove includes a mount for Polhemus and Ascension sensors.
- cybergroup — A group based in cyberspace or on the Internet.
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- 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)
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- deck cargo — cargo that is carried on the deck of a ship
- 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
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- demogorgon — a mysterious and awesome god in ancient mythology, often represented as ruling in the underworld
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- 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.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.