8-letter words containing a, n, g, e
- firefang — combustion taking place in compost due to the heat produced by decomposition
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- flexagon — a three-dimensional figure having polygonal faces that is constructed from a folded sheet of paper in such a way that different faces are exposed when the figure is flexed along its folds.
- fontange — Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- fragment — fragmentation
- freaking — a fleck or streak of color.
- freegans — Plural form of freegan.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gaborone — a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). Capital: Gaborone.
- gadarene — relating to or engaged in a headlong rush
- gahnites — Plural form of gahnite.
- gainless — unprofitable.
- galatine — galantine.
- galenism — the medical system or principles of Galen.
- galenite — a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- galilean — of or relating to Galilee.
- galleons — Plural form of galleon.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gamelans — Plural form of gamelan.
- gameness — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- gamesman — a person who is skilled at manipulating events and circumstances to gain or maintain personal advantage, especially in business or politics.
- gaminess — the taste or odor of game, especially when slightly tainted.
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- gangetic — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- ganglier — Comparative form of gangly.
- gangrene — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- gangster — a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- gantlets — Plural form of gantlet.
- gantline — a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- 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.
- garganey — a small Old World duck, Anas querquedula.
- garments — Plural form of garment.
- garnered — to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
- gas oven — a domestic oven heated by gas
- gascogne — Gascony
- gasogene — gazogene.