8-letter words containing o, r, a, i
- for gain — If you do something for gain, you do it in order to get some advantage or profit for yourself, and for no other reason.
- foraging — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- foramina — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- foraying — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- foresail — the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- forfairn — worn out
- forhaile — to distress
- forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- formalin — a clear, colorless, aqueous solution of 40 percent formaldehyde.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- frailero — an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- gabbroic — Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- 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.
- groaning — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hair oil — hairstyling product
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair