10-letter words containing r, i, g, o
- 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.
- groceteria — a grocery store in which customers pick up products from shelves and pay for them on leaving the store, as opposed to one in which they are served by a shop assistant
- grogginess — staggering, as from exhaustion or blows: a boxer groggy from his opponent's hard left jab.
- grooviness — the quality of being groovy
- gros point — a large stitch used in embroidery. Compare petit point (def 1), tent stitch.
- grottiness — the quality of being grotty
- grottolike — Having the appearance of a grotto.
- grouchiest — Superlative form of grouchy.
- 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.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grove city — a town in central Ohio.
- grovelling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- grow light — a fluorescent light bulb designed to emit light of a wavelength conducive to plant growth.
- growliness — The state or quality of being growly.
- growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
- 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.
- gyniolatry — an extreme form of love and attachment to women
- gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
- gyrational — Of, pertaining to, or caused by gyration.
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- high court — Supreme Court.
- high horse — a haughty attitude or temper; a contemptuous manner.
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.