10-letter words containing r, i, g, s
- regressive — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- regularise — to make regular.
- religieuse — a woman belonging to a religious order, congregation, etc.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- requesting — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- reregister — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- rescinding — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resembling — to be like or similar to.
- resighting — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- resignedly — submissive or acquiescent.
- resignment — the act of resigning; resignation
- resonating — to resound.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- respecting — regarding; concerning.
- respelling — to spell again or anew.
- ridgecrest — a town in central California.
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- rigorously — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- roger, sir — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- roistering — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- roystering — roister.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rubiginous — rusty; rust-colored; brownish-red.
- ruggedised — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- rush light — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- russetting — a boot or a piece of russet clothing
- sagamihara — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- satirising — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirizing — to attack or ridicule with satire.