10-letter words containing r, w
- galsworthy — John, 1867–1933, English novelist and dramatist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- gas worker — a gas engineer
- gearwheels — Plural form of gearwheel.
- georgetown — an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- ghost word — a word that has come into existence by error rather than by normal linguistic transmission, as through the mistaken reading of a manuscript, a scribal error, or a misprint.
- ghostwrite — (intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- girl power — an assertiveness and self-confidence shown by girls and young women
- glassworks — a factory where glass is made.
- go haywire — to behave or perform erratically
- go towards — If an amount of money goes towards something, it is used to pay part of the cost of that thing.
- go-forward — forward momentum, esp of a sports team during a match
- goa powder — a brownish-yellow, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the wood or the trunk of the Brazilian tree Andira araroba, used as a source of chrysarobin.
- god's word — the Bible.
- goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
- gopherwood — yellowwood.
- grasswrack — any of several perennial submerged marine plants of the genus Zostera; eelgrass
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- gray water — dirty water from sinks, showers, bathtubs, washing machines, and the like, that can be recycled, as for use in flushing toilets.
- gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
- graywether — sarsen.
- greasewood — a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the amaranth family, growing in alkaline regions of the western U.S., containing a small amount of oil.
- great wall — ancient wall in China
- great week — Holy Week.
- great worm — Internet Worm
- greatsword — Any generally straight bladed double edged sword large enough that it required the use of two hands to wield it effectively.
- greensward — green, grassy turf.
- greenweeds — Plural form of greenweed.
- greenwoods — Plural form of greenwood.
- grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people
- grey water — household waste water that can be reused for some purposes without purification, e.g. bath water, which can be used to water plants
- grey whale — a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae
- grillework — Alternative spelling of grillwork.
- grind down — make into powder
- ground owl — the burrowing owl.
- ground row — a long, low piece of stage scenery, built to simulate part of a landscape, a building, a fence, or the like.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- groundwood — wood that has been ground for making into pulp.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- group work — a method, used by professional social workers, of aiding a group or members of a group toward individual adjustment and increased participation in community activity by exploiting the mechanisms of group life.
- grow apart — friends: become less intimate
- 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.
- grub screw — headless metal bolt
- grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
- guide word — catchword (def 2).
- gujranwala — a city in NE Pakistan.