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8-letter words containing a, g, r, i, e

  • ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
  • exgratia — (chiefly, India) Alternative form of ex gratia.
  • fairgoer — a person attending a fair
  • ferriage — conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
  • figeater — green June beetle.
  • figurate — Forming a figure.
  • filagree — filigree.
  • finagler — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
  • firefang — combustion taking place in compost due to the heat produced by decomposition
  • freaking — a fleck or streak of color.
  • frigates — Plural form of frigate.
  • fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
  • gabrieli — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1510–86, Italian organist and composer.
  • gaiseric — Genseric.
  • gaitered — wearing gaiters
  • galeries — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
  • galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
  • galleria — a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usually with a vaulted roof and lined with commercial establishments.
  • ganglier — Comparative form of gangly.
  • ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
  • gantries — Plural form of gantry.
  • gardenia — any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
  • gardiner — Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
  • garfieldJames Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
  • gas fire — A gas fire is a fire that produces heat by burning gas.
  • gasalier — A gas-powered chandelier.
  • gaselier — Alt form gasalier.
  • gasifier — An apparatus used to perform gasification.
  • gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
  • gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer
  • gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
  • gearings — Plural form of gearing.
  • gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
  • georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
  • georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
  • geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
  • geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
  • geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
  • gerardia — any plant of the genus Gerardia
  • germaine — a female given name.
  • germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
  • germanic — of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
  • germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
  • geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
  • gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
  • giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
  • giraffes — Plural form of giraffe.
  • girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
  • gisarmes — Plural form of gisarme.
  • give ear — to give attention, esp. favorable attention; listen; heed
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