8-letter words containing a, r, g
- progeria — a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- prograph — (language) A visual dataflow programming language and environment from the Technical University of Halifax. Prograph is an entirely graphical visual programming language, other than for the text of method names, and supports the program development process in a highly-interactive fashion. Operation icons are connected by data links through which information flows. It supports object orientation via class-based data abstraction with single inheritance. Prograph is available for the Macintosh, and soon for Windows and Unix, from TGS Systems.
- prophage — a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
- puggaree — pugree.
- q rating — a figure, based on opinion polls, intended to reflect how relatively popular and recognizable a given TV performer is with audiences
- quadriga — a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses harnessed abreast.
- quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- quagmiry — relating to a quagmire
- rabbling — a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
- racegoer — One who attends horse races.
- racinage — decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- raddling — Present participle of raddle.
- radiguet — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–23, French novelist; the author of The Devil in the Flesh (1923) and Count d'Orgel (1924)
- raffling — a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
- rag bolt — barb bolt.
- rag doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- rag week — students' annual charity fundraiser
- rag-doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- ragingly — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- ragnarok — the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- ragtimer — a person who plays ragtime music
- ragwheel — a chain or sprocket wheel
- rail gun — a weapon consisting of a pair of parallel conductive rails, using a magnetic field and electric current to launch projectiles at very high velocity.
- railings — a fence, balustrade, or barrier that consists of rails supported by posts
- rallying — the sport of driving in automobile rallies.
- rambling — aimlessly wandering.
- ramsgate — a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.
- rancagua — a city in central Chile.
- ranching — an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- rangiora — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Brachyglottis repanda, of New Zealand, having large ovate leaves and small greenish-white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- rankings — the official list of the best players in a particular sport
- rankling — (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
- raspings — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- ratingen — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia in W central Germany, N of Dusseldorf.
- rattigan — Terence, 1911–77, English playwright.
- rattling — that rattles: a rattling door.
- ravaging — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- rawlplug — a short fibre or plastic tube used to provide a fixing in a wall for a screw
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- re-align — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- re-argue — to argue or debate (a legal case, issue, etc) again
- re-image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.