8-letter words containing a, n, g, o
- gasolene — gasoline.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gastonia — a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- gazogene — an apparatus for impregnating a liquid with a gas, especially carbon dioxide.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- genogram — a graphic representation of the personalities and interplay of generations within a family, used to identify repetitive patterns of behavior; a psychological family tree.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- georgann — a female given name.
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- germano- — German, German and
- gigatons — Plural form of gigaton.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- glamazon — A glamorous, powerfully assertive woman.
- glasnost — the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.
- glazunov — Alexander Konstantinovitch [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, Russian composer.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- gloaming — twilight; dusk.
- gloating — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- gloveman — fielder.
- gloxinia — any of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, especially S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- go along — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go blank — If your mind goes blank, you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- goatling — a young goat
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- god-damn — the utterance of “goddamn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- godendag — a medieval Flemish club having a spike at the end.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gondwana — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- gonfalon — a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.
- gonfanon — a gonfalon that hangs directly from a pole, especially from the shaft of a lance just below the lance head.
- gonzales — Richard Alonzo ("Pancho") 1928–1995, U.S. tennis player.
- gonzález — Julio (ˈxuljo). 1876–1942, Spanish sculptor: one of the first to create abstract geometric forms with soldered iron
- good and — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- goon bag — the plastic bladder inside a box of (usually cheap) wine
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.