10-letter words containing t, o, g, r
- 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.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- reignition — the act or fact of igniting; state of being ignited.
- reknotting — the craft of repairing knots, esp in a carpet or jewellery
- relegation — to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- remigation — the act of rowing
- remortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- renegation — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- replotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- repointing — the act or process of repairing the joints of (brickwork, masonry, etc) with mortar or cement
- resonating — to resound.
- retrograde — moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
- retrogress — to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
- right join — outer join
- rightabout — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- 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 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.
- riot grrrl — young woman who enjoys feminist punk rock
- road agent — (formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S.
- roborating — strengthening or invigorating
- rocket gun — any weapon that uses a rocket as a projectile, as a rocket launcher or bazooka.
- roentgeno- — indicating X-rays
- roistering — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- roof light — a window built into a roof to admit light and ventilation
- root graft — Horticulture. the process of grafting a shoot or stem of one plant onto a section of root of another.
- rotary rig — A rotary rig is the equipment used for drilling in most wells, which includes an engine and a hoisting, rotating and mud circulating system.
- route-ring — any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- roystering — roister.
- segregator — an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one kidney only.
- serologist — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- setigerous — having setae or bristles.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shop right — the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shortgrass — any of several range grasses of short stature, as buffalo grass, prevalent in semiarid regions of the Great Plains.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- songstress — a female singer, especially one who specializes in popular songs.
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- sortileger — a diviner
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- sports bag — a bag used by an individual to carry his or her clothing and equipment for taking part in sport
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- st. george — David Lloyd, Lloyd George, David.
- stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.