8-letter words containing g, o, r, i
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- copygirl — a girl employed by a newspaper or broadcast news office to carry copy and run errands
- coraggio — an exhortation for a person to be brave
- corcaigh — a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
- corkwing — a greenish or bluish European fish of the wrasse family, Ctenolabrus melops
- corpsing — Present participle of corpse.
- corrigan — Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
- cosigner — a cosignatory
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowgirls — Plural form of cowgirl.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- d region — the lowest region of the ionosphere, extending from a height of about 60 kilometres to about 90 kilometres: contains a low concentration of free electrons and reflects low-frequency radio waves
- dig over — If you dig over an area of soil, you dig it thoroughly, so that the soil becomes looser and free from lumps.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- digitron — a type of tube, for displaying information, having a common anode and several cathodes shaped in the form of characters, which can be lit by a glow discharge
- disgorge — to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- dog iron — an andiron.
- dojigger — (informal) A thing whose name is not known; a whatsit or doohickey.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- e region — the region of the ionosphere in which the E layer forms.
- ego trip — sth done to satisfy yourself
- encoring — Present participle of encore.
- enrobing — Present participle of enrobe.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- ergotism — Poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.
- ergotize — to affect with ergot
- erigeron — A widely distributed herbaceous plant of the daisy family, which is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
- exoergic — (physics, chemistry) Occurring with the release of energy.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- fair go! — come off it!; I don't believe it!
- fairgoer — a person attending a fair
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- figworts — Plural form of figwort.