8-letter words containing g, i, r, a
- misgraff — badly matched
- misgraft — to graft wrongly
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- mridanga — an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- nigerian — a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- niggards — Plural form of niggard.
- nightjar — a nocturnal European bird, Caprimulgus europaeus, of the family Caprimulgidae, having a short bill and a wide mouth and feeding on insects captured in the air.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- oliguria — scantiness of urine due to diminished secretion.
- oracling — Present participle of oracle.
- oragious — stormy or tempestuous
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- organise — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organist — a person who plays the organ.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organoid — Resembling an organ of the body.
- orgasmic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- orgastic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- pagurian — a hermit crab, especially of the genus Pagurus.
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- 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.
- parawing — paraglider.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- partying — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- pearling — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- pharming — the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
- phrasing — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- picogram — one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- pig farm — a farm where pigs are kept and reared
- pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pingrass — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, with fernlike leaves
- pirating — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- plagiary — plagiarism.
- playgirl — a woman who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.
- praising — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prancing — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- pranking — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- preimage — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.