8-letter words containing o, r, a
- 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.
- germano- — German, German and
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gheraoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gherao.
- gheraoes — Plural form of gherao.
- 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.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- 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
- glossary — a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- 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.
- goadster — a goadsman
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gomorrah — Also, Douay Bible, Gomorrha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- goodyear — Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- gospodar — a hospodar; a master
- gossaert — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- gossamer — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- 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.
- gralloch — the entrails of a deer
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- grantors — Plural form of grantor.
- 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.
- gray fox — a fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, ranging from Central America through the southwestern and eastern U.S., having blackish-gray upper parts and rusty-yellowish feet, legs, and ears.
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.