8-letter words containing g, r, o, a
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- dragoman — (in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- ergogram — a tracing produced by an ergograph
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- faggotry — (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).
- fair go! — come off it!; I don't believe it!
- fairgoer — a person attending a fair
- far gone — departed; left.
- far-gone — remote.
- farragos — Plural form of farrago.
- faubourg — a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- floorage — floor space.
- footgear — covering for the feet, as shoes, boots, etc.
- for gain — If you do something for gain, you do it in order to get some advantage or profit for yourself, and for no other reason.
- foragers — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- foraging — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- foraying — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- fotograf — Eye dialect of photograph.
- frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frottage — a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface. Compare rubbing (def 2).
- gabbroic — Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gaborone — a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). Capital: Gaborone.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- galloper — One who gallops.
- gambroon — a type of twilled linen cloth, often used for lining clothes
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- garbanzo — chickpea (def 1).
- garboard — The first range of planks or plates laid on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.