8-letter words containing a, g, r
- agrement — diplomatic approval of a country
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- agricola — Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
- agrimony — any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
- agrinion — a city in W Greece.
- agrology — the scientific study of soils and their potential productivity
- agronomy — the science of cultivation of land, soil management, and crop production
- agrypnia — the inability to sleep
- aigrette — a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers
- air plug — a plug making an airtight seal to a vent.
- air rage — Air rage is aggressive or violent behaviour by airline passengers.
- air sign — one of a group of three signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
- airgraph — a system devised in the Second World War in which letters were photographed in miniature and sent by airmail
- airlight — light scattered or diffused in the air by dust, haze, etc., especially as it limits the visibility of distant, dark objects by causing them to blend with the background sky.
- airtight — If a container is airtight, its lid fits so tightly that no air can get in or out.
- alarming — Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- albright — Horace Marden [mahrd-n] /ˈmɑrd n/ (Show IPA), 1890–1987, U.S. conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service.
- aldridge — Ira Frederick ("the African Roscius") 1804?–67, U.S. actor, primarily in Europe.
- alegrete — a city in SW Brazil.
- alerting — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- algerian — Algerian means belonging or relating to Algeria, or its people or culture.
- algerine — of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants
- algerita — agarita.
- algernon — a masculine name: dim. Algie, Algy
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- algraphy — (formerly) an offset process employing an aluminum plate instead of a stone.
- allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
- allegros — Plural form of allegro.
- allergen — An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction in someone.
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- allright — yes; very well; OK: All right, I'll go with you.
- alluring — Someone or something that is alluring is very attractive.
- alrighty — Lb informal Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- altarage — the donations made at an altar
- altering — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- ambigram — A design that may be read as the same word, name or phrase (or sometimes two different words, names or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees.
- amercing — Present participle of amerce.
- amperage — the magnitude of an electric current measured in amperes, esp the rated current of an electrical component or device
- anagrams — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- androgen — any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics
- angerful — Full of anger, expressing anger.
- angering — a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angerona — the ancient Roman goddess of anguish.
- angrboda — a giantess who was the mother of Loki's children, Fenrir and Hel, and also of the Midgard serpent.
- angriest — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- 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
- anhungry — (obsolete, rare) Hungry.
- anregend — Stimulating, inspiring.
- antidrug — (of a person, group or initiative) discouraging illegal drug use