8-letter words containing n, g, a, r
- grenaded — a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- grenades — Plural form of grenade.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grignard — (François Auguste) Victor [frahn-swa oh-gyst veek-tawr] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1935, French organic chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.
- groaners — Plural form of groaner.
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- groaning — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- grønland — Greenland
- guaranty — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- guardant — (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guarneri — Giuseppe Antonio [joo-zep-pe ahn-taw-nyaw] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Joseph Guarnerius) 1683–1745, Italian violinmaker.
- guernica — Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- gunmaker — a person or company that makes guns.
- gunpaper — a type of paper treated with nitric acid so that it has a composition similar to that of guncotton.
- gurnards — Plural form of gurnard.
- gynandry — hermaphroditism.
- gynarchy — government by women.
- gyrating — Present participle of gyrate.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hangared — a shed or shelter.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harpagon — (obsolete) a grappling hook.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- harshing — Present participle of harsh.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- hiragana — the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- in large — as a totality or on a broad scale
- in-grain — to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ingrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft.
- ingrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingrain.