8-letter words containing g, r, p
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- grogshop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- gross up — to increase (net income) to its pretax value
- 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.
- grown-up — having reached the age of maturity.
- grownups — a mature, fully grown person; adult.
- grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
- grumpier — Comparative form of grumpy.
- grumpily — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- grumping — Present participle of grump.
- grumpish — Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy.
- grumpity — Nonce variation of the word grump, usually used as an intensifier.
- gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- gumdrops — Plural form of gumdrop.
- gunpaper — a type of paper treated with nitric acid so that it has a composition similar to that of guncotton.
- guruship — The status of a guru.
- guy rope — A guy rope is a rope or wire that has one end fastened to a tent or pole and the other end fixed to the ground, so that it keeps the tent or pole in position.
- gyp-room — a pantry, especially one attached to a student's quarters.
- hairgrip — A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- harpagon — (obsolete) a grappling hook.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- impinger — Any of several instruments in which fine particles (dust) in a gas are analysed by blowing them through a jet onto a wetted plate, prior to being counted.
- impugner — One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
- in-group — a narrow exclusive group; clique.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- jerepigo — a usually red heavy dessert wine
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- kopfring — a metal ring welded to the nose of a bomb to reduce its penetration in earth or water.
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- lard pig — a large type of pig used principally for lard
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- leg rope — a rope used to secure an animal by its hind leg
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
- m-prolog — 1. Marseille Prolog. 2. An extension to Prolog involving modules.
- megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.