8-letter words containing g, r, o
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- 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.
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- droughts — Plural form of drought.
- droughty — dry.
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- druglord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- e region — the region of the ionosphere in which the E layer forms.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- edgerton — Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- egg roll — a cylindrical casing of egg dough filled with a minced mixture of meat or shrimp, bamboo shoots, onions, etc., and fried in deep fat.
- ego trip — sth done to satisfy yourself
- egregore — An angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
- el greco — real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour
- encoring — Present participle of encore.
- engorged — Simple past tense and past participle of engorge.
- engorges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engorge.
- engroove — to put a groove into; to fit into a groove
- enrobing — Present participle of enrobe.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- ergogram — a tracing produced by an ergograph
- ergotism — Poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.
- ergotize — to affect with ergot
- erigeron — A widely distributed herbaceous plant of the daisy family, which is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
- eryngoes — Plural form of eryngo.
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- estrogen — Any of a group of steroid hormones that promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body. Such hormones are also produced artificially for use in oral contraceptives or to treat menopausal and menstrual disorders.
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- exoergic — (physics, chemistry) Occurring with the release of energy.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- 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.