8-letter words containing a, r, g
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- gisarmes — Plural form of gisarme.
- give ear — to give attention, esp. favorable attention; listen; heed
- gizzards — Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.
- glabrate — Zoology. glabrous.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glaciers — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food
- glairing — the white of an egg.
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glargine — (medicine) A form of slow-release insulin.
- glassier — Comparative form of glassy.
- glaziers — Plural form of glazier.
- glaziery — the work of a glazier; glasswork.
- gleamier — Comparative form of gleamy.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- gloriosa — any plant of the bulbous tropical African genus Gloriosa, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse climbers for their showy flowers of yellow, orange, and red: family Liliaceae
- glossary — a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- glue ear — accumulation of fluid in the middle ear in children, caused by infection and sometimes resulting in deafness
- glutaral — Glutaraldehyde.
- glutaric — Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives.
- glyceria — any aquatic grass species in the genus Glyceria
- gnarling — a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- gnashers — Plural form of gnasher.
- gnatwren — a small bird of the gnatcatcher family
- go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- goadster — a goadsman
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gomorrah — Also, Douay Bible, Gomorrha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
- 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.
- goodyear — Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- gospodar — a hospodar; a master
- gossaert — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- gossamer — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- grab bag — a container or receptacle from which a person at a party or the like draws a gift without knowing what it is.