10-letter words containing t, g, r
- protagoras — c480–c421 b.c, Greek Sophist philosopher.
- protecting — providing protection or shelter.
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- protogenic — (of a compound) able to donate a hydrogen ion (proton) in a chemical reaction
- protologue — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- protruding — to project.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
- purporting — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyretology — a discourse on fevers
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- quad right — (in computer typesetting) flush right.
- quadrating — Present participle of quadrate.
- quarterage — the act of providing troops with living accommodations.
- quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- ragmatical — wild, rowdy, riotous
- rapportage — the factual reporting or recounting of events in writing
- rastergram — Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
- ratbaggery — nonsense, eccentricity
- ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- ratemaking — the process or practice of establishing rates of payment, especially for public transportation or utilities.
- rating nut — a nut that screws onto the lower end of the rod of a clock pendulum for raising or lowering the weight to alter the rate of the clock.
- rattlingly — in a way that rattles
- ravagement — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- rear light — vehicle's tail or back light
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- rebirthing — a form of psychotherapy in which the subject supposedly "relives" the experience of being born, in order to confront and overcome traumas and anxieties stemming from birth
- receipting — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- recounting — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recruiting — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- rectangled — having right angles
- redelegate — a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
- reenacting — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- reflecting — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- refracting — undergoing or causing refraction
- refringent — refracting; refractive.
- regainment — the act or process of regaining something
- regal moth — a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.
- regalement — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
- regelation — a phenomenon in which the freezing point of water is lowered by the application of pressure; the melting and refreezing of ice, at constant temperature, caused by varying the pressure.
- regenerate — to effect a complete moral reform in.
- regimental — of or relating to a regiment.
- regimented — Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- registered — recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
- registerer — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- regretable — causing or deserving regret; unfortunate; deplorable.