8-letter words containing g, o, d
- gridiron — a football field.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- grind on — If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- grottoed — having, or enclosed in, a grotto
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grounder — ground ball.
- groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
- groveled — (US) Simple past form of grovel.
- guandong — a former territory in NE China at the tip of Liaodong peninsula; leased to Japan 1905–45.
- guarddog — a dog that guards a property or person
- gudgeons — Plural form of gudgeon.
- guerdons — Plural form of guerdon.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- gumdrops — Plural form of gumdrop.
- gumshoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe.
- gun down — shoot dead
- gustnado — A strong whirlwind at the leading edge of a storm front or squall line.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gyrodyne — A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hand log — chip log.
- hang-dog — browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- hedgehog — an Old World, insect-eating mammal of the genus Erinaceus, especially E. europaeus, having spiny hairs on the back and sides.
- hedgehop — to fly an airplane at a very low altitude, as for spraying crops or for low-level bombing in warfare.
- hedgerow — a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hoagland — Edward, born 1932, U.S. novelist and essayist.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hodology — The study of pathways.
- hog wild — highly excited; without moderation or restraint
- hog-ward — someone who looks after hogs
- hog-wild — wildly or intemperately enthusiastic or excited.
- hogshead — a large cask, especially one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters).
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- horndogs — Plural form of horndog.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hounding — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- ideology — the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
- idiogram — Karyogram.