8-letter words containing d, g
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- plodding — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- podalgia — pain in the foot.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- podology — the study of the feet
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- porridgy — resembling the taste, texture, or appearance of porridge
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- pre-aged — (used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the): We must have improved medical care for the aged.
- pregrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- prejudge — to judge beforehand.
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- puddling — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- pygidium — any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.
- quadding — Also called quadrat. a piece of type metal of less height than the lettered types, serving to cause a blank in printed matter, used for spacing.
- quadriga — a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses harnessed abreast.
- quandong — an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
- quidding — Present participle of quid.
- 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)
- rag doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- rag-doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- receding — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- red flag — communist symbol
- red sage — a showy, rank-smelling shrub, Lantana camara, of tropical America, having yellow flowers that turn orange or red.
- red wing — (Tantangamini) c1750–c1825, Sioux leader.
- red-flag — to mark or draw attention to for a particular purpose: The department has red-flagged the most urgent repair work to be done.
- redamage — to damage again
- redargue — to prove wrong or invalid; disprove; refute.
- redesign — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- redgrave — Sir Michael (Scudamore) [skuhd-uh-mawr,, -mohr,, skoo-duh-] /ˈskʌd əˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr,, ˈsku də-/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, English actor.
- redigest — to digest again
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- reducing — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- reedling — the bearded tit.
- regarded — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- regarder — someone who monitored woodlands and forest areas
- regicide — the killing of a king.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.