8-letter words containing a, l, g, r
- bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- bergfall — an avalanche
- blagueur — a person who engages in blague
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- cagliari — a port in Italy, the capital of Sardinia, on the S coast. Pop: 164 249 (2001)
- callgirl — Alternative spelling of call girl.
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- cerclage — the treatment of an incompetent cervix by means of a suture in early pregnancy to prevent miscarriage
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- clangers — Plural form of clanger.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clarting — Present participle of clart.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- clearing — A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
- cornflag — a gladiolus, any iridaceous plant of the genus Gladiolus
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- craggily — full of crags.
- crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
- dahlgren — John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.
- danglers — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- daringly — In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.
- darkling — in the dark or night
- darlings — Plural form of darling.
- day girl — a girl who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- draggled — Simple past tense and past participle of draggle.
- draglift — a ski lift with a rope or metal bar by which skiers are pulled up to the top of a slope.
- dragline — a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- draglink — (engineering) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- earplugs — Plural form of earplug.
- eelgrass — a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
- engrails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrail.
- enlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of enlarge.
- enlargen — To enlarge.
- enlarger — An apparatus for enlarging or reducing negatives or positives.