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10-letter words containing r, h, a, g

  • biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
  • biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
  • birmingham — an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001)
  • blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
  • boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
  • brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
  • bridgehead — A bridgehead is a good position which an army has taken in the enemy's territory and from which it can advance or attack.
  • brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
  • bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
  • bush grass — a coarse reedlike grass, Calamagrostis epigejos, 1–11⁄2 metres (3–41⁄2 ft) high that grows on damp clay soils in Europe and temperate parts of Asia
  • bushranger — an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
  • cacography — bad handwriting
  • caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
  • calligraph — to produce by means of calligraphy: The love letter was calligraphed in a delicate hand.
  • cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
  • carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
  • carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
  • carragheen — Irish moss.
  • cartograph — the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
  • cartwright — a person who makes carts
  • cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
  • cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
  • chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
  • chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
  • chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
  • chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
  • challenger — A challenger is someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
  • chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
  • chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
  • chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
  • changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
  • changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
  • charge off — to treat or regard as a loss
  • charge-cap — (formerly in Britain) to impose on (a local authority) an upper limit on the community charge it may levy
  • charge-off — a write-off, especially of a bad loan by a bank.
  • chargeable — If something is chargeable, you have to pay a sum of money for it.
  • chargeback — the return of funds by a seller to a buyer's debit or credit card account
  • chargecard — A card, resembling a credit card, used for payment — especially for some specific product or service, as with a phonecard.
  • charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
  • chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
  • chargeless — without charge; of no cost
  • chargeoffs — Plural form of chargeoff.
  • charmingly — In a charming manner.
  • chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • chattering — rapid and continuous talk
  • cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
  • chinagraph — a coloured pencil used for writing on china, glass, etc
  • chirograph — an indenture
  • chorograph — An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
  • chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
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