8-letter words containing g, a, r, d
- overglad — too glad
- overgoad — to goad excessively
- paradigm — Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- parading — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- pre-aged — (used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the): We must have improved medical care for the aged.
- pregrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- quadriga — a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses harnessed abreast.
- raddling — Present participle of raddle.
- radiguet — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–23, French novelist; the author of The Devil in the Flesh (1923) and Count d'Orgel (1924)
- rag doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- rag-doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- 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.
- red flag — communist symbol
- red sage — a showy, rank-smelling shrub, Lantana camara, of tropical America, having yellow flowers that turn orange or red.
- 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.
- redamage — to damage again
- redargue — to prove wrong or invalid; disprove; refute.
- redgrave — Sir Michael (Scudamore) [skuhd-uh-mawr,, -mohr,, skoo-duh-] /ˈskʌd əˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr,, ˈsku də-/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, English actor.
- regarded — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- regarder — someone who monitored woodlands and forest areas
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- renegade — a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- renegado — a renegade.
- 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
- 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.
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- road hog — a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- 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
- scragged — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- sluggard — a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
- staggard — a four-year-old male red deer.
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- tagboard — a strong cardboard suitable for tags or posters.
- targeted — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tigridia — any plant of the bulbous genus Tigridia, native to subtropical and tropical America, esp T. pavonia, the tiger flower or peacock tiger flower, grown for its large strikingly marked red, white, or yellow concave flowers: family Iridaceae