8-letter words containing a, l, r, g
- languour — Alternative spelling of languor.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- lard pig — a large type of pig used principally for lard
- largando — allargando.
- large it — to enjoy oneself or celebrate in an extravagant way
- largened — Simple past tense and past participle of largen.
- largesse — generous bestowal of gifts.
- larrigan — a knee-high boot of oiled leather with a moccasin foot, worn by lumbermen and trappers.
- lartigue — Jacques Henri [zhahk ahn-ree] /ʒɑk ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1894–1986, French photographer and painter.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- laughers — Plural form of laugher.
- laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- layerage — layering
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- leaguers — Plural form of leaguer.
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- legatary — a legatee
- legatura — (music) A tie or brace; a syncopation.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- leverage — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- litreage — a capacity measured in litres
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- logogram — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- madrigal — a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- mailgram — a telegram sent to a post office and subsequently printed and delivered by the post office to the addressee
- malgrado — in spite of
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- margelan — a city in E Uzbekistan, NW of Fergana.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- meagerly — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- meagrely — In a meagre way; poorly; inadequately.
- meleager — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek epigrammatist.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.