8-letter words containing g, r
- arrogate — If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
- arrowing — Present participle of arrow.
- art song — a song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text
- asa gray — Asa [ey-suh] /ˈeɪ sə/ (Show IPA), 1810–88, U.S. botanist.
- ash gray — pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
- asperger — a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- asperges — a short rite preceding Mass, in which the celebrant sprinkles those present with holy water to the accompaniment of the chant Asperges me, Domine
- aspiring — If you use aspiring to describe someone who is starting a particular career, you mean that they are trying to become successful in it.
- assigner — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- assignor — a person who transfers or assigns property
- assuager — Someone who or something which assuages.
- assuring — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- astragal — a small convex moulding, usually with a semicircular cross section
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- asynergy — defective coordination between parts, as muscles or limbs, that normally act in unison.
- at grade — on the same level
- at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
- attagirl — an expression of approval
- attiring — Present participle of attire.
- augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
- augurate — The position or office of an augur.
- augurers — Plural form of augurer.
- auguries — Plural form of augury.
- auguring — an excessively talkative person.
- aurignac — a village in S France: many prehistoric artifacts found in area.
- autogiro — a self-propelled aircraft supported in flight mainly by unpowered rotating horizontal blades
- autograf — (tool) A system for describing bar charts.
- autogyro — autogiro
- auvergne — a region of S central France: largely mountainous, rising over 1800 m (6000 ft)
- avengers — to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for: to avenge a grave insult.
- averaged — Simple past tense and past participle of average.
- averager — person who calculates average claims
- averages — Achieve or amount to as an average rate or amount over a period of time.
- averring — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- averting — Present participle of avert.
- avigator — aerial navigation.
- avogadro — Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo), Conte di Quaregna. 1776–1856, Italian physicist, noted for his work on gases
- awarding — Present participle of award.
- baby-gro — an all-in-one babysuit made of stretchy material
- babygirl — (slang, mostly, AAVE) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- badgered — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badgerer — One who badgers.
- badgerly — resembling a badger
- bagheera — a crush-resistant velvet made of uncut pile and used in the manufacture of evening wear and wraps.
- bagpiper — a person who plays the bagpipes
- bagworms — Plural form of bagworm.
- balaguer — Joaquin (ˈjoːakɪn). 1907–2002, Dominican statesman; president of the Dominican Republic (1960–62, 1966–78, 1986–96)
- ballarag — (archaic, transitive) To bully; to threaten.
- ballyrag — bullyrag.
- bandager — someone who bandages