8-letter words containing a, g, r, i, e
- pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- preimage — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- progeria — a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
- quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- racinage — decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- radiguet — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–23, French novelist; the author of The Devil in the Flesh (1923) and Count d'Orgel (1924)
- ragtimer — a person who plays ragtime music
- ratingen — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia in W central Germany, N of Dusseldorf.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- re-align — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- re-image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- reaginic — relating to or caused by a reagin, or functioning as a reagin
- reassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- recaning — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- regalian — of or relating to regalia or royalty
- regaling — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- relacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- relaying — re-lay.
- remargin — to provide additional cash or collateral to a broker in order to keep secure stock bought on margin.
- remigate — to row
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rib cage — the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- squirage — squires considered as a whole group
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.