8-letter words containing g, r
- go-round — go-around (defs 2, 3).
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- goadster — a goadsman
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- gobblers — Plural form of gobbler.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goffered — Simple past tense and past participle of goffer.
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- goldberg — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- gombroon — a type of Persian pottery ware.
- gomorrah — Also, Douay Bible, Gomorrha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
- 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.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gongster — a person who strikes a gong
- gonopore — an opening through which eggs or sperm are released, especially in invertebrates.
- good for — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- goodrich — Samuel Griswold [griz-wuh ld,, -wohld,, -wawld] /ˈgrɪz wəld,, -woʊld,, -wɔld/ (Show IPA), ("Peter Parley") 1793–1860, U.S. author and publisher.
- goodsire — a grandfather
- goodyear — Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gorbelly — a protruding belly.
- gordimer — Nadine, 1923–2014, South African short-story writer and novelist: Nobel Prize 1991.
- gore-tex — a type of synthetic fabric which is waterproof yet allows the wearer's skin to breathe; used for sportswear
- gorgeous — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- gorgerin — the neckline portion of a capital of a column, or a feature forming the junction between a shaft and its capital.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- goriness — covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- gormless — lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.
- gospeler — a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
- gospodar — a hospodar; a master
- gossaert — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- gossamer — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- gossiper — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossipry — Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
- goteborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.
- 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.
- governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- governer — Alternative spelling of governor.
- governor — the executive head of a state in the U.S.
- grab bag — a container or receptacle from which a person at a party or the like draws a gift without knowing what it is.
- grab bar — a bar attached to a wall near a bathtub or shower to provide a handgrip for a person who is bathing.
- grab-bag — a container or receptacle from which a person at a party or the like draws a gift without knowing what it is.