8-letter words containing a, g, r, n, d
- draining — Present participle of drain.
- dramming — Measurements. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams). 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- drangway — a narrow lane; passageway
- dratting — to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- dreading — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drearing — sorrow; grief
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- dunaburg — German name of Daugavpils.
- dungaree — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- en garde — ready to defend oneself
- endanger — Put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
- 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.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- gadarene — relating to or engaged in a headlong rush
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- gandhara — an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- gardened — Simple past tense and past participle of garden.
- gardener — a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.
- 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.
- garlands — Plural form of garland.
- garnered — to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
- gazunder — (of a buyer) lower the amount of an offer made on a property and accepted by (a seller) at the time of final negotiations.
- gendarme — a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- gradings — Plural form of grading.
- graduand — a student who is about to graduate or receive a degree.
- gramadan — the practice advocated by followers of Mahatma Gandhi in which village landowners in India transfer the title to and the management of their property to a village assembly that represents the interests of all the villagers.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- grandame — a grandmother.
- grandams — Plural form of grandam.
- granddad — grandfather.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandees — Plural form of grandee.
- grandest — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grandeur — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grandkid — grandchild.