8-letter words containing e, l, g
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- angerful — Full of anger, expressing anger.
- anglaise — an old English country-dance.
- angledug — an earthworm
- anglepod — an American wild flowering plant with angular pods, belonging to the milkweed family
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- angleton — a town in S Texas.
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angulate — having angles or an angular shape
- angulose — having angles
- apologie — Archaic spelling of apology.
- apologue — an allegory or moral fable
- appeling — Present participle of appel.
- areology — the study of the planet Mars
- argental — relating to or containing silver
- arguable — If you say that it is arguable that something is true, you believe that it can be supported by evidence and that many people would agree with it.
- argutely — in an argute manner
- at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- badgerly — resembling a badger
- balaguer — Joaquin (ˈjoːakɪn). 1907–2002, Dominican statesman; president of the Dominican Republic (1960–62, 1966–78, 1986–96)
- balayage — a technique for highlighting hair in which bleach or dye is painted onto sections of the hair with a brush
- balisage — a method of marking a land route with dim lighting so that vehicles can travel at higher speeds in blackout conditions.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- bangable — (slang) Sexually attractive.
- bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
- be along — to come or arrive
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- becudgel — to arm with a cudgel
- bedaggle — to soil the bottom of (garments) by trailing through dirt
- bedlight — a bedlamp.
- bee glue — propolis.
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- begirdle — to surround with a girdle
- beguiler — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- belching — to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.
- belgique — a kingdom in W Europe, bordering the North Sea, N of France. 11,779 sq. mi. (30,508 sq. km). Capital: Brussels.
- belgorod — city in W European Russia, on the Donets River: pop. 318,000
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- belitong — Billiton.
- belitung — island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea, between Borneo & Sumatra: 1,866 sq mi (4,833 sq km)
- belonged — to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually followed by to): He belongs to the Knights of Columbus.
- belonger — a native-born Caribbean person
- belt bag — a bag that can be attached to a belt
- bemingle — to mingle
- bengalee — a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh.
- benguela — a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop: about 200 000 (1990 est)
- benignly — having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.