8-letter words containing e, l, g, r
- re-align — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- reallege — to assert without proof.
- red flag — communist symbol
- 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.
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- reedling — the bearded tit.
- regalian — of or relating to regalia or royalty
- regaling — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- regelate — to freeze by regelation.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- reguline — of, relating to, or of the nature of, a regulus.
- regulize — to separate (ore) into regulus and pure metal
- rejuggle — to juggle anew, to alter
- relacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- relaying — re-lay.
- relegate — to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- religio- — religion, religious, religion and
- religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- reliving — to experience again, as an emotion.
- repledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- replough — to plough again
- replunge — the act of replunging
- reveling — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- reviling — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- rheology — the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
- riesling — Horticulture. a variety of grape. the vine bearing this grape, grown in Europe and California.
- ringless — a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ringlets — locks of hair hanging down in spiral curls
- ringlike — shaped like a ring or circle
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- roseslug — any of various types of pest that feed on roses
- roughleg — any of several kinds of large hawk with feathered legs
- roweling — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- rugelach — a fruit-and-nut pastry shaped like a croissant
- ruggedly — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- rugulose — finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.
- rungless — one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- rutledge — Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.