8-letter words containing n, o, g, r
- 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.
- ignitron — a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- ignoring — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- in-group — a narrow exclusive group; clique.
- ingroove — to cut a groove into
- inground — sunk into the ground; built into the ground
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- 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.
- kangaroo — any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kopfring — a metal ring welded to the nose of a bomb to reduce its penetration in earth or water.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- korngold — Erich Wolfgang [er-ik woo lf-gang;; German ey-rikh vawlf-gahng] /ˈɛr ɪk ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈeɪ rɪx ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Austrian composer, conductor, and pianist in the U.S.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- languour — Alternative spelling of languor.
- largando — allargando.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- 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.
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- long run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- long-run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- longeron — a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.
- longford — a county in Leinster, in the N Republic of Ireland. 403 sq. mi. (1044 sq. km). County seat: Longford.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- longhorn — any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usually with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of living or decaying trees.
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- 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.
- longword — (computing) A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (specific number of bits depends upon architecture).
- lordling — a minor, unimportant, or petty lord.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- louvring — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- lungworm — any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- majoring — a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- 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.
- martagon — A Eurasian lily.
- 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.
- minoring — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- mongered — Simple past tense and past participle of monger.
- mongrels — Plural form of mongrel.