8-letter words containing a, r, g
- erlangen — a town in central Germany, in Bavaria: university (1743). Pop: 102 449 (2003 est)
- erlanger — Joseph. 1874–1965, US physiologist. He shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1944) with Gasser for their work on the electrical signs of nervous activity
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- estrange — Cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienate.
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- étranger — a foreigner
- exgratia — (chiefly, India) Alternative form of ex gratia.
- faggotry — (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).
- fair go! — come off it!; I don't believe it!
- fairgoer — a person attending a fair
- fairings — Plural form of fairing.
- fan-girl — Sometimes, fangurl. an obsessive female fan, especially of comic books, science fiction, video games, music, or electronic devices: a web forum for Star Wars fangirls.
- far gone — departed; left.
- far-gone — remote.
- farmgirl — A girl or young woman who works on a farm.
- farragos — Plural form of farrago.
- farragut — David Glasgow, 1801–70, U.S. admiral: won the battles of New Orleans and Mobile Bay for the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
- farsight — The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
- farthing — a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
- faubourg — a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- feldgrau — the shade of grey worn by German soldiers in World War II
- ferriage — conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
- figeater — green June beetle.
- figurant — a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- figurate — Forming a figure.
- filagree — filigree.
- finagler — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- firefang — combustion taking place in compost due to the heat produced by decomposition
- flagrant — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- floorage — floor space.
- footgear — covering for the feet, as shoes, boots, etc.
- 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.
- foragers — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- 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.
- fotograf — Eye dialect of photograph.
- fracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- fracting — Alternative form of fracking.
- fragfest — (computing, gaming) Video gameplay, especially for multiple players, involving extreme action, deadly combat, explosions, etc.
- fragging — to kill, wound, or assault (especially an unpopular or overzealous superior) with a fragmentation grenade.
- fragment — fragmentation
- fragrant — having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
- frakking — Present participle of frak.
- framings — Plural form of framing.
- franking — The action of franking a letter or parcel.
- frapping — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- fraughts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught.
- frautage — cargo