10-letter words containing r, i, g, d
- fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- fixed-gear — Also called fixed-gear bicycle; Informal, fixie. a bicycle having a single-gear system and lacking a freewheel mechanism, so that the wheels only move when the pedals move.
- fly-bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- food grain — any cereal grain produced for human consumption.
- foodgrains — Plural form of foodgrain.
- footbridge — a bridge intended for pedestrians only.
- forbidding — grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
- foreboding — a prediction; portent.
- foredating — Present participle of foredate.
- forfending — Present participle of forfend.
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- foundering — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- freediving — skin diving.
- frightened — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- frigidaire — (now historical) A refrigerator.
- frigidness — The state of being frigid; frigidity; coldness.
- fringehead — any fish of the genus Neoclinus, characterized by a row of fleshy processes on the head, as N. blanchardi (sarcastic fringehead) of California coastal waters.
- fringillid — Also, fringilline [frin-jil-ahyn, -in] /frɪnˈdʒɪl aɪn, -ɪn/ (Show IPA). belonging or pertaining to the family Fringillidae, comprising the finches and related birds.
- gabardines — Plural form of gabardine.
- gadrooning — ornamentation with gadroons.
- gaffrigged — (of a sailboat) having one or more gaff sails.
- gaillardia — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, including the blanket-flowers.
- gal friday — Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gang drill — a drilling machine having a number of separately driven vertical spindles in a row, used for drilling holes in a piece successively.
- garibaldis — Plural form of garibaldi.
- garlanding — Present participle of garland.
- garnisheed — Simple past tense and past participle of garnishee.
- garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- gendercide — The killing of people because of their gender.
- genderised — to divide, categorize, or deal with on the basis of gender distinctions: to genderize a list of first names.
- genderized — to divide, categorize, or deal with on the basis of gender distinctions: to genderize a list of first names.
- gentrified — very or excessively refined or elegant.
- geometrids — Plural form of geometrid.
- germinated — Simple past tense and past participle of germinate.
- gerundives — Plural form of gerundive.
- get rid of — to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
- giant reed — a tall grass, Arundo donax, of southern Europe, having woody stems and a spirelike flower cluster often 2 feet (60 cm) long.
- giardiasis — an intestinal disorder characterized by abdominal discomfort and prolonged, intermittent diarrhea, caused by the protozoan Giardia lamblia and contracted by drinking untreated water, as of streams or ponds, contaminated with the feces of infected animals.
- girandoles — Plural form of girandole.
- girl guide — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of a British organization of girls (Girl Guides) founded in England by Lord Robert S. S. Baden-Powell and his sister Lady Agnes as a sister organization of the Girl Scouts.
- girlfriend — a frequent or favorite female companion; sweetheart.
- give guard — (of an umpire) to indicate such a position to a batsman
- gladiators — Plural form of gladiator.
- glamorised — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorise.
- glamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorize.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- glitterand — glittering
- glycerides — Plural form of glyceride.
- glyceridic — Of or pertaining to glycerol or glycerides.
- god forbid — If you say God forbid, you are expressing your hope that something will not happen.