8-letter words containing d, i, g, r, e
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- highbred — of superior breed.
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- immerged — Simple past tense and past participle of immerge.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- ingender — Obsolete spelling of engender.
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- jiggered — confounded; damned: I'm jiggered if I know what that sign means.
- lingered — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- margined — Having a margin.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- migrated — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- misgrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- norridge — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- ordering — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overgird — to gird too tightly
- oxbridge — Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
- pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- radiguet — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–23, French novelist; the author of The Devil in the Flesh (1923) and Count d'Orgel (1924)
- 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 wing — (Tantangamini) c1750–c1825, Sioux leader.
- 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.
- 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.
- regicide — the killing of a king.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- residing — to replace the siding on (a building).
- resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- 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.
- 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.
- rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- synergid — one of two small cells that lie inside the embryo sac of a flowering plant and nourish the ovum.
- the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed