10-letter words containing r, i, g, s
- keistering — Present participle of keister.
- kesselring — Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1885–1960, German field marshal.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- kieselguhr — diatomaceous earth.
- king truss — a truss having a king post.
- kingfisher — any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
- kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
- kings park — a town in NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- kissagrams — Plural form of kissagram.
- kissograms — Plural form of kissogram.
- konigsberg — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- large-size — (of clothing, goods, merchandise, etc) of a bigger size than average
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- legendries — Plural form of legendry.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- leistering — Present participle of leister.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistry — the study of language
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- litigators — Plural form of litigator.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- liturgists — Plural form of liturgist.
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- longicorns — Plural form of longicorn.
- 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
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)
- magistracy — the office or function of a magistrate.
- magistrals — Plural form of magistral.
- magistrand — a fourth-year university student
- magistrate — a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
- magnifiers — Plural form of magnifier.
- magstripes — Plural form of magstripe.
- mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- mardi gras — the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, as New Orleans and Paris, as a day of carnival and merrymaking; Shrove Tuesday.
- margarines — Plural form of margarine.
- margaritas — Plural form of margarita.
- marigraphs — Plural form of marigraph.