8-letter words containing h, g, e
- photogen — a light oil obtained by the distillation of bituminous shale, coal, or peat: once commercially produced chiefly as an illuminant and as a solvent.
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- plughole — drainage hole in sink or bath
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- preweigh — to weigh beforehand
- prophage — a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
- ragwheel — a chain or sprocket wheel
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- recharge — to charge again with electricity.
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- regather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- regrowth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- replough — to plough again
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
- retaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rheology — the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
- rightest — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- roughage — rough or coarse material.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughleg — any of several kinds of large hawk with feathered legs
- rugelach — a fruit-and-nut pastry shaped like a croissant
- sage hen — the sage grouse, especially the female.
- saguache — Sawatch.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- schlager — a type of European popular music focusing on love and feelings
- schlegel — August Wilhelm von [ou-goo st vil-helm fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1767–1845, German poet, critic, and translator.
- seahenge — a Bronze Age timber circle discovered off the coast of Norfolk in E England. Dating from 2050 bc, it is thought to have been used as a ceremonial site
- seething — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- semihigh — moderately or fairly high
- sennight — a week.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shagreen — an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
- she-goat — a female goat
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- sheepdog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
- sheering — to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
- sheerleg — one of the spars of a sheerlegs
- sheeting — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
- shelling — act of removing shell
- shelving — material for shelves.