8-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- forerank — the first rank
- forewarn — to warn in advance.
- forfairn — worn out
- formalin — a clear, colorless, aqueous solution of 40 percent formaldehyde.
- formants — Plural form of formant.
- formosan — of or relating the languages spoken by the indigenous Taiwanese peoples
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- forsaken — past participle of forsake.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forzando — sforzando
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- frontman — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- 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.
- gambroon — a type of twilled linen cloth, often used for lining clothes
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- 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.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- grantors — Plural form of grantor.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- great on — enthusiastic about
- groaners — Plural form of groaner.