10-letter words containing a, g, o, d
- bargeboard — a board, often decorated with carved ornaments, placed along the gable end of a roof
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)
- black gold — petroleum
- board game — A board game is a game such as chess or backgammon, which people play by moving small objects around on a board.
- body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- canaan dog — a strongly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect ears, a dense coat, and a bushy tail carried curled over its back
- canoodling — Present participle of canoodle.
- cardiogram — electrocardiogram
- cardiology — Cardiology is the study of the heart and its diseases.
- catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- category d — (of a prisoner) regarded as sufficiently trustworthy to be kept under open prison conditions
- cattle dog — a catalogue
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- clog dance — a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
- coagulated — Subject to coagulation.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- colligated — Simple past tense and past participle of colligate.
- comm badge — a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest
- commanding — If you are in a commanding position or situation, you are in a strong or powerful position or situation.
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- conjugated — (of a molecule, compound, or substance) containing two or more double bonds alternating with single bonds
- cord grass — any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal regions.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- data glove — (hardware, virtual reality) An input device for virtual reality in the form of a glove which measures the movements of the wearer's fingers and transmits them to the computer. Sophisticated data gloves also measure movement of the wrist and elbow. A data glove may also contain control buttons or act as an output device, e.g. vibrating under control of the computer. The user usually sees a virtual image of the data glove and can point or grip and push objects. Examples are Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT)'s 5th Glove, and Virtual Technologies' CyberGlove. A cheaper alternative is InWorld VR's CyberWand.
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- davao gulf — a gulf of the Pacific Ocean on the SE coast of Mindanao, Philippines.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- deck cargo — cargo that is carried on the deck of a ship
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoupaged — Simple past tense and past participle of decoupage.
- decoupages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoupage.
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- demagogism — The practices and principles of a demagogue; a pandering to the multitude for selfish ends.
- demagogued — Simple past tense and past participle of demagogue.