8-letter words containing g, e, o
- foxglove — any Eurasian plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially D. purpurea, having drooping, tubular, purple or white flowers on tall spikes, and leaves that are the source of digitalis in medicine.
- frogeyed — (of a person) having a bulging eye or bulging eyes
- froggery — a collection of frogs
- froggies — Plural form of froggy.
- froglike — any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frottage — a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface. Compare rubbing (def 2).
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gaborone — a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). Capital: Gaborone.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- gallegos — Rómulo [raw-moo-law] /ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1969, Venezuelan educator, statesman, and novelist: president of Venezuela 1948.
- galleons — Plural form of galleon.
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galloper — One who gallops.
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- galoshes — a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- game boy — a handheld games console, made by the company Nintendo, which was popular in the 1990s
- gamecock — a rooster of a fighting breed, or one bred and trained for fighting.
- gamefowl — A gamebird.
- gamesome — playful; frolicsome.
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- gamodeme — an isolated breeding population
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gargoyle — a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garotter — garrote.
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garroter — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrotes — Plural form of garrote.
- garrotte — to execute by the garrote.
- gas oven — a domestic oven heated by gas
- gascogne — Gascony
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gasogene — gazogene.
- gasolene — gasoline.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gastero- — gastro-
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gatepost — the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
- gavottes — Plural form of gavotte.