8-letter words containing n, o, g, e, r
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- ingroove — to cut a groove into
- iron age — the period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, marked by the use of implements and weapons made of iron.
- jargoned — Simple past tense and past participle of jargon.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- leghorns — Plural form of leghorn.
- ligroine — a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
- longeron — a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.
- longterm — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- mangrove — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.
- mcgovern — George (Stanley) 1922–2012, U.S. politician: Democratic presidential candidate 1972, senator 1963–81.
- merogony — the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.
- mongered — Simple past tense and past participle of monger.
- mongrels — Plural form of mongrel.
- monogerm — having or coming from a seed that will only develop into a single plant
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- negators — Plural form of negator.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- negatron — Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- negroism — the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- negroize — to cause to include black people or to have the qualities or characteristics of black people: efforts to Negroize the team.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- nitrogen — a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nonglare — (of a colour, paint, or surface) dull rather than shiny
- nongreen — not green, or lacking chlorophyll
- nor gate — Computers. NOR circuit.
- norridge — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nose rag — a handkerchief
- offering — an act or instance of offering: an offer of help.
- oppugner — Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
- orangelo — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a grapefruit.
- orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- ordering — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- orenburg — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River.
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- organise — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- orogenic — (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.