8-letter words containing i, g, o, r
- geronimo — (Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- gerontic — geriatric.
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- gingerol — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for the heat of ginger.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- gloomier — Comparative form of gloomy.
- gloriole — a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
- gloriosa — any plant of the bulbous tropical African genus Gloriosa, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse climbers for their showy flowers of yellow, orange, and red: family Liliaceae
- glorioso — (obsolete) A boaster.
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glorying — Present participle of glory.
- glossier — Comparative form of glossy.
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- 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)
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- 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
- gordimer — Nadine, 1923–2014, South African short-story writer and novelist: Nobel Prize 1991.
- 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.
- 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.
- gracioso — a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graffito — Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grattoir — a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- gridiron — a football field.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- grimoire — a manual of magic or witchcraft used by witches and sorcerers.
- grind on — If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.
- griseous — gray; pearl-gray.
- grissino — Italian breadstick