8-letter words containing g, r, b
- grumbler — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
- grumbles — Plural form of grumble.
- gun brig — a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.
- habsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hagberry — Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- herbaged — covered with grass or herbage
- herzberg — Gerhard [gair-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈgɛər hɑrd,, -hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1904–1999, Canadian physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971.
- high bar — a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highbred — of superior breed.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- icebergs — Plural form of iceberg.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- jedburgh — a border town in the Borders region, in SE Scotland: ruins of an abbey.
- kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- landgrab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- leesburg — a city in central Florida.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- lüneburg — a city in N Germany, in Lower Saxony: capital of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1369; prominent Hanse town; saline springs. Pop: 70 614 (2003 est)
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- mr---big — a man having the highest authority, control, prestige, or influence in a group, field, situation, or the like, especially in the underworld.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- newburgh — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- nurnberg — German name of Nuremberg.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- orbiting — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- orenburg — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- oxbridge — Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- pub grub — food served in a pub
- rabbling — a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
- rag bolt — barb bolt.
- rambling — aimlessly wandering.
- re-begin — to begin (something) again
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- rib cage — the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.
- ribgrass — English plantain.
- ringbark — girdle (def 11).
- ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.