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