10-letter words containing r, i, g, o
- long drink — a drink containing a large quantity of non-alcoholic beverage
- long rifle — Kentucky rifle.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- longicorns — Plural form of longicorn.
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- loundering — a beating
- loweringly — In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
- loya jirga — an assembly of regional leaders and tribal chiefs in Afghanistan
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- māoritanga — the Māori culture; Māori way of life
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- memorising — Present participle of memorise.
- memorizing — Present participle of memorize.
- microalgal — Of, or pertaining to, microalga.
- microfungi — Plural form of microfungus.
- microgauss — (physics) A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one millionth of a gauss.
- microglial — Of or pertaining to microglia.
- micrograms — Plural form of microgram.
- micrograph — an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.
- microimage — A microscopically small image.
- microlight — An ultralight aircraft.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- midmorning — the middle of the morning; the time centering around the midpoint between early morning and noon.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- migrations — Plural form of migration.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- mimography — the representation of sign language in writing
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- misgoverns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgovern.
- misogynoir — the specific hatred, dislike, distrust, and prejudice directed toward black women (often used attributively): misogynoir attitudes and comments; The media’s erasure of the contributions of black women to the project was called out as an instance of misogynoir.
- misprogram — to program badly or wrongly
- mitigators — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- mitigatory — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- moderating — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- mongrelise — Alternative spelling of mongrelize.
- mongrelism — (uncountable) The condition of being a mongrel.
- mongrelize — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- monorganic — (biology, medicine) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ or a single set of organs.
- monsignors — Plural form of monsignor.
- monstering — a severe reprimand or scolding; highly critical verbal attack
- moonraking — the act of taking part in a foolhardy or unfruitful activity
- moralising — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralizing — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- mordanting — Present participle of mordant.
- morganatic — of or relating to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner.
- morigerate — obedient; acquiescent
- morigerous — acquiescent, obedient, servile
- morselling — the act of dividing into or distributing in morsels or small portions