8-letter words containing g, r
- crapping — (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creepage — a slow and gradual movement
- creeping — (of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws out roots at intervals
- cresting — an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
- cribbage — a game of cards for two to four, in which players try to win a set number of points before their opponents
- cribbing — the action of one that cribs
- crimping — Compress (something) into small folds or ridges.
- cringing — servile; obsequious
- cringles — Plural form of cringle.
- crisping — Present participle of crisp.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- cruising — Present participle of cruise.
- crumbing — Present participle of crumb.
- crunking — Present participle of crunk.
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- crusting — Present participle of crust.
- cryingly — exceptionally or markedly
- cryogens — Plural form of cryogen.
- cryology — the study of snow and ice.
- csg-tree — (graphics) (Or "status tree"?) An approach used in ray tracing to evaluate constructive solid geometry structures.
- cudgeler — One who beats with a cudgel.
- cudgerie — a large tropical rutaceous tree, Flindersia schottina, having light-coloured wood
- curating — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curdling — Present participle of curdle.
- curraghs — Plural form of curragh.
- currying — to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
- cutgrass — the general name for any grass of the genus Leersia, native to the Americas and Eurasia
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- d region — the lowest region of the ionosphere, extending from a height of about 60 kilometres to about 90 kilometres: contains a low concentration of free electrons and reflects low-frequency radio waves
- d-prolog — (language) A version of Prolog extended with defeasible reasoning.
- daggered — a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- dago red — a cheap red wine, especially a jug wine of Italian origin.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- daguerre — Louis Jacques Mandé (lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de). 1789–1851, French inventor, who devised one of the first practical photographic processes (1838)
- dahlgren — John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.