8-letter words containing a, s, g
- red sage — a showy, rank-smelling shrub, Lantana camara, of tropical America, having yellow flowers that turn orange or red.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- ribgrass — English plantain.
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- ringsail — ringtail (def 3).
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- rotgrass — a type of grass that is thought to cause sheeprot
- ryegrass — any of several European grasses of the genus Lolium, as L. perenne (perennial ryegrass) grown for forage in the U.S.
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- saddling — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- sagacity — acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
- sagamore — (among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.
- saganash — (among the Algonquian Indians) a European
- sage hen — the sage grouse, especially the female.
- sagenite — a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- saginate — to fatten (livestock)
- sagittal — Anatomy. of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture. (in direction or location) from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
- saguache — Sawatch.
- saguenay — a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- saibling — the European char, Salvelinus alpinus, introduced into North America
- salading — the ingredients for a salad
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- salvagee — a rope on sailing ship
- salvages — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- salzburg — a city in W Austria: the birthplace of Mozart.
- samarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandling — a sand eel
- sangallo — Antonio Picconi da [ahn-taw-nyaw peek-kaw-nee dah] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ pikˈkɔ ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cordiani) 1484?–1546, Italian architect and engineer.
- sangamon — the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.
- sangaree — sangría.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- sangraal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- sangreal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- sanguify — to generate or turn into blood
- sanguine — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- saramago — José [zhoo-ze] /ʒʊˈzɛ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2010, Portuguese journalist, playwright, and novelist: Nobel prize 1998.
- saratoga — a city in W California.
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sargasso — a gulfweed.
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- sastruga — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- sastrugi — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.