8-letter words containing a, n, g, o
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- egomania — Obsessive egotism or self-centeredness.
- elongate — Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- enneagon — (geometry) A polygon with nine sides; a nonagon.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- fagoting — a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- fanagalo — a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.
- fandango — a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time, performed by a man and woman playing castanets.
- far gone — departed; left.
- far-gone — remote.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- flamingo — any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
- flatlong — With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
- 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.
- floating — being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- fog bank — a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.
- fontange — Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- for gain — If you do something for gain, you do it in order to get some advantage or profit for yourself, and for no other reason.
- foraging — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- foraying — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- 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.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- galleons — Plural form of galleon.
- galloons — Plural form of galloon.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
- galtonia — any plant of the bulbous genus Galtonia, esp G. candicans, with lanceolate leaves, drooping racemes of waxy white flowers, and a fragrant scent: family Liliaceae
- galvano- — indicating a galvanic current
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gambroon — a type of twilled linen cloth, often used for lining clothes
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- ganglio- — ganglion
- ganglion — Anatomy. a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system. any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gaoxiong — Kaohsiung.
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- garbanzo — chickpea (def 1).
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gas oven — a domestic oven heated by gas
- gascogne — Gascony
- gasogene — gazogene.