8-letter words containing g, r, o, u
- go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-round — go-around (defs 2, 3).
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gorgeous — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmets — Plural form of gourmet.
- gourmont — Remy de [ruh-mee duh] /rəˈmi də/ (Show IPA), 1858–1915, French critic and novelist.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseous — gray; pearl-gray.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- gross up — to increase (net income) to its pretax value
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grounder — ground ball.
- groupage — the action of gathering people or objects into a group or groups
- groupers — Plural form of grouper.
- groupies — Plural form of groupie.
- grouping — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- groupism — the tendency to conform to the general thinking and behavior of a group.
- groupist — a follower of a group
- grouplet — a small group
- groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
- grousers — Plural form of grouser.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- grow out — hairstyle: allow to lengthen
- grown-up — having reached the age of maturity.
- grownups — a mature, fully grown person; adult.
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- grubworm — grub (def 1).
- gruesome — causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- gruiform — of or relating to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- guacharo — a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.
- guarddog — a dog that guards a property or person
- guerdons — Plural form of guerdon.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guerrero — a state in S Mexico. 24,885 sq. mi. (64,452 sq. km). Capital: Chilpancingo.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- gumdrops — Plural form of gumdrop.
- gun room — a room in which guns are kept.
- gunrooms — Plural form of gunroom.