8-letter words containing d, g
- reground — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- remerged — to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- renegade — a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- renegado — a renegade.
- repledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- residing — to replace the siding on (a building).
- resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- revenged — to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
- rfid tag — RFID tags are barcodes that make use of radio waves to send information tracking individual products at every stage, from delivery to stockroom to checkout, in a networked system.
- 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
- riddling — a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- ridgling — any male animal, especially a colt, with undescended testicles.
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rigidify — to make or become rigid
- rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- rigidize — to make rigid, as through special processing or the addition of chemicals, plastics, etc.: rigidized aluminum.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- ringside — the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- ringwood — a town in N New Jersey.
- road hog — a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.
- rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- rounding — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- ruggedly — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- rutledge — Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln.
- saddling — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- salading — the ingredients for a salad
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandling — a sand eel
- 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).
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- saw edge — the serrated edge of a saw
- scalding — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- scolding — a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- scragged — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scudding — to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
- seal dog — an iron hook used for dragging seal carcasses over the ice.
- sedgwick — Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.
- seedling — a plant or tree grown from a seed.
- seladang — the gaur.
- selvedge — the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
- semi-god — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- shadings — a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
- shandong — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.