8-letter words containing n, o, g, r
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organist — a person who plays the organ.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organoid — Resembling an organ of the body.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- orogenic — (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- outgrown — to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- overgang — to dominate
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overhung — simple past tense and past participle of overhang.
- overking — a supreme king
- overlong — too or excessively long
- overwing — to fly above
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- pig iron — iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- pornomag — pornographic magazine
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- proggins — a university proctor
- prognose — to predict the course of (disease)
- prolonge — a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
- proofing — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propping — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- ragnarok — the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- rangiora — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Brachyglottis repanda, of New Zealand, having large ovate leaves and small greenish-white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- reground — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- renegado — a renegade.
- renogram — a kidney scan monitoring the throughput by the kidney of a radioactive chemical injected into the bloodstream
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigatoni — a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- ring off — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.