8-letter words containing e, l, g, r
- lingster — an interpreter
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- litreage — a capacity measured in litres
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- log fire — a fire on which logs are burned
- log reel — a reel from which the line of a log chip runs.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- longeron — a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.
- longterm — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- lüneburg — a city in N Germany, in Lower Saxony: capital of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1369; prominent Hanse town; saline springs. Pop: 70 614 (2003 est)
- lysergic — Used in designation of lysergic acid, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- margelan — a city in E Uzbekistan, NW of Fergana.
- meagerly — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- meagrely — In a meagre way; poorly; inadequately.
- meleager — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek epigrammatist.
- mongrels — Plural form of mongrel.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- newsgirl — a girl who sells or delivers newspapers.
- nonglare — (of a colour, paint, or surface) dull rather than shiny
- oligomer — a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- oral gel — An oral gel is a semi-solid, jelly-like substance that is applied in the mouth.
- orangelo — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a grapefruit.
- outglare — (transitive) To surpass or outdo in glaring.
- overgall — to make sore all over
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overglad — too glad
- overlong — too or excessively long
- palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
- palmgren — Selim [sel-im,, sey-lim;; Finnish se-lim] /ˈsɛl ɪm,, ˈseɪ lɪm;; Finnish ˈsɛ lɪm/ (Show IPA), 1878–1951, Finnish pianist and composer.
- pearling — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- pellagra — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- prelegal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- prolonge — a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- ragwheel — a chain or sprocket wheel
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.