10-letter words containing r, i, d, o
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- god forbid — If you say God forbid, you are expressing your hope that something will not happen.
- godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- gold braid — a gold-coloured braid which is used to decorate uniforms
- gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- golda meir — Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- golddigger — Alternative spelling of gold digger.
- goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gondoliers — Plural form of gondolier.
- good grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- gorbellied — a protruding belly.
- gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
- gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
- gormandize — gourmandise1 .
- gossiprede — (obsolete) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
- gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
- gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- grimlooked — having a grim appearance
- grind down — make into powder
- grind rock — whetstone.
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grindstone — a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- ground fir — ground pine
- ground ice — anchor ice.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- groundling — a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
- groundside — the part of an airport not used for aircraft takeoffs and landings.
- groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
- guide rope — a rope fastened, usually at an angle, to a hoisting or towing line, to guide the object being moved.
- guide word — catchword (def 2).
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- harborside — bordering a harbor.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- harmonised — Simple past tense and past participle of harmonise.
- harmonized — Add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony.
- harold iii — (Harold Hardrada) 1015–66, king of Norway 1045–66.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- hemerobiid — (zoology) Any insect of the brown lacewing family, Hemerobiidae.
- hemihedron — a substance of hemihedral type
- hemorrhoid — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- heroicized — heroize.
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- highbrowed — (of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured.