8-letter words containing g, o, r, i
- showgirl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- showring — an area where animals are displayed for sale or competition
- sign for — acknowledge receipt
- signiory — seigniory.
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- signoria — the government of an Italian city-state
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- snorting — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- storting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.
- throwing — the act of projecting or casting (something) through the air, esp with a rapid motion of the arm and wrist
- titograd — former name (1945–92) of Podgorica.
- torching — a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- torquing — Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- towering — very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- trigonal — of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- trigonic — pertaining to a trigon
- trigonum — trigone.
- trolling — to sing or utter in a full, rolling voice.
- trooping — an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trotting — (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
- turingol — (language) A high-level language for programming Turing Machines by Donald Knuth. It was the subject of the first construction of a nontrivial attribute grammar.
- tutoring — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- v region — variable region.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- vigneron — a winemaker.
- vigorish — a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.
- vigoroso — (a musical direction) vigorous or spirited in manner.
- vigorous — full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
- virogene — a type of virus-forming gene
- virology — the science dealing with the study of viruses and the diseases caused by them.
- wingover — an airplane maneuver involving a steep, climbing turn to a near stall, then a sharp drop of the nose, a removal of bank, and a final leveling off in the opposite direction.
- wordings — Plural form of wording.
- workgirl — a young female manual worker
- workings — Plural form of working.
- worrying — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- worsting — Present participle of worst.
- worthing — to happen or betide: woe worth the day.
- wronging — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- xeroxing — (sometimes lowercase) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.
- yoldring — a yellowhammer.