8-letter words containing a, g, o, n
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angrboda — a giantess who was the mother of Loki's children, Fenrir and Hel, and also of the Midgard serpent.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- angulose — having angles
- angulous — angular or having angles
- angus og — the god of love and beauty
- annigoni — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1910–88, Italian painter; noted esp for his portraits of President Kennedy (1961) and Queen Elizabeth II (1955 and 1970)
- annoying — Someone or something that is annoying makes you feel fairly angry and impatient.
- antagony — (obsolete) contest; opposition; antagonism.
- antigone — daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who was condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother Polynices in defiance of an edict of her uncle, King Creon of Thebes
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- apposing — Present participle of appose.
- araponga — any of four species of South American birds of the genus Procnias, each having a bell-like call
- argemone — any of various plants of the genus Argemone of the family Papaveraceae, which are native to the Americas, have large white or yellow flowers and are covered in prickles
- argonaut — one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece
- arguendo — (legal) for the sake of argument.
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arrogant — Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
- arrowing — Present participle of arrow.
- art song — a song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text
- assignor — a person who transfers or assigns property
- avoiding — Present participle of avoid.
- badigeon — a composition for patching surface defects in carpentry or masonry.
- bagwoman — a woman who collects, carries, or distributes illegal payoff money.
- ballgown — A ballgown is a long dress that women wear to formal dances.
- bandoeng — Bandung.
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- bangalow — an Australian palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, native to New South Wales and Queensland
- baronage — barons collectively
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- be along — to come or arrive
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- bignonia — any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers
- bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
- cajoling — Present participle of cajole.
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- cant dog — cant hook
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.