8-letter words containing g, e, o, t, r
- gore-tex — a type of synthetic fabric which is waterproof yet allows the wearer's skin to breathe; used for sportswear
- gossaert — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- goteborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.
- gourmets — Plural form of gourmet.
- great go — great (def 20).
- great on — enthusiastic about
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- grommets — Plural form of grommet.
- grossest — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grottoed — having, or enclosed in, a grotto
- grottoes — Plural form of grotto.
- grouplet — a small group
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- longterm — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- mortgage — the rights conferred by it, or the state of the property conveyed.
- negators — Plural form of negator.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- negatron — Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- nitrogen — a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nor gate — Computers. NOR circuit.
- ostreger — a keeper of hawks
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- outargue — to outdo or defeat in arguing: That man could outargue the devil himself.
- outglare — (transitive) To surpass or outdo in glaring.
- outraged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrage.
- outrages — Plural form of outrage.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- postgres — (database) An active DBMS developed at the University of California at Berkeley by a team led by Michael Stonebraker (1986-1994). Postgres was later taken by Illustra and developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought by Informix and integrated into their product, Universal Server.
- protegee — a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- regrator — a person who regrates or buys up commodities in advance and sells them for a higher price, esp during a crisis
- regrowth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- ringtone — telephone's ringing sound
- 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.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- 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.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- 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)
- songster — a person who sings; a singer.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- 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.