8-letter words containing g, o, n, e
- great on — enthusiastic about
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- groaners — Plural form of groaner.
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- groening — Matt(hew). born 1954, US cartoonist and writer, creator and producer of The Simpsons television series from 1989
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grounder — ground ball.
- gudgeons — Plural form of gudgeon.
- guerdons — Plural form of guerdon.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- gunhouse — an armoured rotatable enclosure for guns on a warship
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gunsmoke — Smoke produced by the firing of a gun.
- gunstone — (obsolete) A cannonball.
- gunwomen — Plural form of gunwoman.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- 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.
- hagueton — acton.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- heptagon — a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.
- hexagons — Plural form of hexagon.
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- homogeny — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.
- honegger — Arthur [ahr-ther;; French ar-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; French arˈtʊər/ (Show IPA), 1892–1955, Swiss composer, born in France.
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hox gene — any of a class of genes that determines the basic structure and orientation of an organism.
- huguenot — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- 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.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- imidogen — the imido group, especially in an uncombined state.
- in vogue — fashionable
- indigoes — Plural form of indigo.