10-letter words containing o, r, g
- 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.
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- didgeridoo — A didgeridoo is an Australian musical instrument that consists of a long pipe which makes a low sound when you blow into it.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- digitiform — like a finger.
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- 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.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disglorify — to remove from glory
- 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.
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- dog collar — a collar used to restrain or identify a dog.
- dog tucker — the meat of a sheep killed on a farm and used as dog food
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- dog-collar — A dog-collar is a stiff, round, white collar that fastens at the back and that is worn by Christian priests and ministers.
- dog-sitter — a person who looks after a dog while its owner is away
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dogberries — Plural form of dogberry.
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogfighter — Person who competes in dogfighting.
- dogmatizer — One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
- dogsledder — a person who uses a dogsled
- dogtrotted — Simple past tense and past participle of dogtrot.
- dollar gap — the difference, measured in U.S. dollars, between the earnings of a foreign country through sales and investments in the U.S. and the payments made by that country to the U.S.
- dorsigrade — (of animals such as certain armadillos) walking on the backs of the toes
- dough bird — the Eskimo curlew.
- 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.