8-letter words containing g, i, r, d
- overgird — to gird too tightly
- oxbridge — Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
- 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.
- pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- porridgy — resembling the taste, texture, or appearance of porridge
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- 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)
- 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.
- receding — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- red wing — (Tantangamini) c1750–c1825, Sioux leader.
- redesign — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- redigest — to digest again
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- reducing — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- reedling — the bearded tit.
- regicide — the killing of a king.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- residing — to replace the siding on (a building).
- resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- 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.
- riddling — a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- ridgling — any male animal, especially a colt, with undescended testicles.
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- 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.
- rigidify — to make or become rigid
- rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- rigidize — to make rigid, as through special processing or the addition of chemicals, plastics, etc.: rigidized aluminum.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- ringside — the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- ringwood — a town in N New Jersey.
- rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- rounding — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- striding — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.