8-letter words containing g, o, n, d
- edgerton — Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- encoding — (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- endogeny — Growth from within.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- engorged — Simple past tense and past participle of engorge.
- engouled — (of a cross, bend, etc) disappearing into the mouth of an animal
- fandango — a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time, performed by a man and woman playing castanets.
- flooding — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- fogbound — unable to sail or navigate because of heavy fog.
- foldings — Plural form of folding.
- fondling — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
- founding — simple past tense and past participle of find.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- fungoids — Plural form of fungoid.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- get down — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- glenwood — a town in SW Iowa.
- go round — go-around (defs 2, 3).
- go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-round — go-around (defs 2, 3).
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- god-damn — the utterance of “goddamn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- god-king — a human sovereign believed to be a deity or to have godlike attributes.
- godendag — a medieval Flemish club having a spike at the end.
- godsends — Plural form of godsend.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- goldtone — gold-coloured
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gondwana — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- gonidium — (in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.
- gonoduct — a duct leading from a gonad to the exterior, through which gametes pass
- good and — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- goodness — the state or quality of being good.
- gospodin — a title of respect corresponding to Mr.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.