8-letter words containing g, e, n, r, o
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- overgang — to dominate
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overhung — simple past tense and past participle of overhang.
- overking — a supreme king
- overlong — too or excessively long
- overwing — to fly above
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- prognose — to predict the course of (disease)
- 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.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- reground — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- 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.
- renegado — a renegade.
- renogram — a kidney scan monitoring the throughput by the kidney of a radioactive chemical injected into the bloodstream
- ringbone — a morbid bony growth on the pastern bones of a horse, often resulting in lameness.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- ringtone — telephone's ringing sound
- rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- roentgen — Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- ronggeng — a Malay traditional dance
- routeing — (networking) (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
- roweling — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- seignior — a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- songster — a person who sings; a singer.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- stronger — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- sturgeon — any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
- tetragon — a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.
- tongster — a tong member (a member of a Chinese secret society)
- towering — very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- underdog — a person who is expected to lose in a contest or conflict.
- undergod — a subordinate god
- unforged — genuine