7-letter words containing o, r, g, a
- goddard — Robert Hutchings [huhch-ingz] /ˈhʌtʃ ɪŋz/ (Show IPA), 1882–1945, U.S. physicist: pioneer in rocketry.
- godward — Also, Godwards. toward God.
- goldarn — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goliard — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gomeral — a fool.
- gopuram — A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
- gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- gordita — A Mexican flatbread made from cornmeal and stuffed with meat, cheese, vegetables, or a sweet filling.
- gorgias — c483–c375 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- gorizia — a city in NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, N of Trieste.
- gormand — gourmand.
- gourami — a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- gournia — a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
- gradino — (architecture) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar.
- graeco- — Greek
- grafton — Sue, born 1940, U.S. detective novelist.
- gramont — Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- granado — Obsolete form of grenade.
- granjon — a style of type originally cut by the French designer Robert Granjon.
- grannom — a widespread caddis fly, Brachycentrus subnubilus, the larvae of which attach their cases to vegetation under running water and are esteemed as a bait by anglers
- granola — a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- grantor — a person or organization that makes a grant.
- grapho- — writing or drawing
- grayout — a temporary impairment of vision due to lack of oxygen
- grayson — David, pen name of Ray Stannard Baker.
- groaned — Simple past tense and past participle of groan.
- groaner — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- groanes — Plural form of groane.
- grogram — a coarse fabric of silk, of silk and mohair or wool, or of wool, formerly in use.
- guapore — a river forming part of the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia, flowing NW to the Mamoré River. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- gwalior — a former state in central India, now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- gyrator — to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
- gyrocar — a car or coach that runs on a single rail and is stabilized by gyroscopes that move in opposing directions
- hagborn — born of a hag or witch.
- hogarth — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- homager — a vassal.
- hornbag — a promiscuous woman
- hygroma — a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeated injury
- isogram — a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- jargons — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- jargony — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- jargoon — A variety of zircon.
- karengo — an edible Pacific seaweed, Porphyra columbina
- katorga — the system of labour camps in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, a precursor to the Gulag system
- koftgar — (in India) a person skilled in the art of inlaying steel with gold (koftgari)
- langour — Misspelling of languor.
- langreo — a city in N Spain.
- languor — lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
- legator — a person who bequeaths; a testator.