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10-letter words containing r, e, g, u

  • pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
  • quadrangle — a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
  • quaker gun — a dummy gun, as on a ship or fort: so called in allusion to the Quakers' opposition to war.
  • quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
  • quarterage — the act of providing troops with living accommodations.
  • quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
  • quersprung — a jump turn in which a skier lands at right angles to the pole or poles.
  • queryingly — in a querying manner
  • quiver leg — a round, tapered chair leg used in the Louis Quinze style and similar styles.
  • rain gauge — an instrument for measuring rainfall.
  • rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
  • re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
  • rear guard — a military detachment to protect the rear of a main force or body
  • reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • rebuilding — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
  • rebukingly — in a severe and disapproving manner
  • recounting — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
  • recruiting — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
  • red grouse — a grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus, of the British Isles, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan lacking white winter plumage.
  • red guards — a member of a Chinese Communist youth movement in the late 1960s, committed to the militant support of Mao Zedong.
  • red-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background, details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space.
  • refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
  • refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
  • refulgence — shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.
  • regensburg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany, on the Danube: battle 1809.
  • regrouping — to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
  • reguardant — (of a beast) looking backward: a stag regardant.
  • regularise — to make regular.
  • regularity — usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
  • regularize — to make regular.
  • regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • regulative — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
  • regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
  • religieuse — a woman belonging to a religious order, congregation, etc.
  • reoccuring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
  • repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
  • repugnance — the state of being repugnant.
  • repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
  • requesting — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
  • reregulate — to regulate again or anew
  • rescue dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers
  • resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
  • resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • resourcing — the provision of resources
  • resubmerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
  • resurgence — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
  • reutlingen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Echaz River.
  • revengeful — determined to have revenge; vindictive.
  • ring gauge — ring1 (def 21).
  • ring ouzel — a European thrush, Turdus torquatus, common in rocky areas. The male has a blackish plumage with a white band around the neck and the female is brown
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