8-letter words containing g, r, e, t
- runagate — a fugitive or runaway.
- rutledge — Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln.
- scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- 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)
- songster — a person who sings; a singer.
- staggers — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- staggery — tending to stagger
- stargaze — to gaze at or observe the stars.
- steerage — a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- steering — Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip: He got a good steer about finding the right job.
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- sternage — the stern or rear of a ship
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- straggle — to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- strewage — strewn or discarded items
- strigate — (of animals) streaked with different colours
- strigine — of or like an owl
- strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- stringer — a person or thing that strings.
- stronger — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- sturgeon — any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
- tabering — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tagareen — a junk shop
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- targeted — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tear gas — Tear gas is a gas that causes your eyes to sting and fill with tears so that you cannot see. It is sometimes used by the police or army to control crowds.
- tear-gas — to subject to tear gas.
- teenager — a person in his or her teens.
- telegram — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
- telergic — relating to telergy
- teraglin — an edible marine fish, Zeluco atelodus, of Australia which has fine scales and is blue in colour
- tetragon — a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.
- thalberg — Irving (Grant) 1899–1936, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed
- the ring — the sport of boxing
- therblig — (in time and motion study) any of the basic elements involved in completing a given manual operation or task that can be subjected to analysis.
- thesiger — Wilfred (Patrick). 1910–2003, British writer, who explored the Empty Quarter of Arabia (1945–50) and lived with the Iraqi marsh Arabs (1950–58). His books include Arabian Sands (1958), The Marsh Arabs (1964), and My Kenya Days (1994)
- theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.