8-letter words containing a, d, g
- en garde — ready to defend oneself
- endamage — (archaic) To damage.
- endanger — Put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
- endgames — Plural form of endgame.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- engadine — the upper part of the valley of the River Inn in Switzerland, in Graubünden canton: tourist and winter sports centre
- engraved — Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.
- enlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of enlarge.
- enranged — Simple past tense and past participle of enrange.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- fandango — a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time, performed by a man and woman playing castanets.
- fanegada — a unit of land measure in Spanish-speaking countries varying from 1.25 to 1.75 acres (0.5 to 0.7 hectare).
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- feed bag — Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.
- feedbags — Plural form of feedbag.
- feldgrau — the shade of grey worn by German soldiers in World War II
- fenagled — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- finagled — Simple past tense and past participle of finagle.
- flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
- flagstad — Kirsten Marie [kur-stuh n muh-ree;; Norwegian khish-tuh n mah-ree-uh,, khir-stuh n] /ˈkɜr stən məˈri;; Norwegian ˈxɪʃ tən mɑˈri ə,, ˈxɪr stən/ (Show IPA), 1895–1962, Norwegian operatic soprano.
- foliaged — Having foliage.
- frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- gadarene — relating to or engaged in a headlong rush
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gadgetry — mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets: the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.
- gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- gadzooks — An exclamation of surprise or annoyance.
- gaillard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gainsaid — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- gaitered — wearing gaiters
- gajdusek — D(aniel) Carleton [kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
- gala day — a day of sports, entertainment, etc, often organized in order to raise money for a charity, cause, school, etc
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- galliard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gambades — Plural form of gambade.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- gamodeme — an isolated breeding population
- gandhara — an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.
- gandhian — of or relating to Mohandas Gandhi or to Gandhiism.
- gangland — the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.