8-letter words containing o, r, g, e
- congreve — William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
- converge — If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions.
- coregent — a joint regent
- corsages — Plural form of corsage.
- corteges — Plural form of cortege.
- cosgrave — Liam (ˈliːəm). born 1920, Irish statesman; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1973–77)
- cosigner — a cosignatory
- cottager — a person who lives in a cottage
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- couraged — Having a specified form or amount of courage.
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- coverage — The coverage of something in the news is the reporting of it.
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- cryogens — Plural form of cryogen.
- d region — the lowest region of the ionosphere, extending from a height of about 60 kilometres to about 90 kilometres: contains a low concentration of free electrons and reflects low-frequency radio waves
- dago red — a cheap red wine, especially a jug wine of Italian origin.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- de groot — Huig [hœikh] /hœɪx/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- defogger — A defogger is a device that removes condensation from the window of a vehicle by blowing warm air onto it.
- degorger — a device for removing a fishhook from the throat of a fish.
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- dig over — If you dig over an area of soil, you dig it thoroughly, so that the soil becomes looser and free from lumps.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- disgorge — to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- dog rose — an Old World wild rose, Rosa canina, having pink or white flowers.
- dogberry — the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana.
- dogeared — (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dogooder — Alternative spelling of do-gooder.
- dogshore — any of several shores for holding the hull of a small or moderate-sized vessel in place after keel blocks and other shores are removed and until the vessel is launched.
- dojigger — (informal) A thing whose name is not known; a whatsit or doohickey.
- dordogne — a river in SW France, flowing W to the Gironde estuary. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- e region — the region of the ionosphere in which the E layer forms.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- edgerton — Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- egg roll — a cylindrical casing of egg dough filled with a minced mixture of meat or shrimp, bamboo shoots, onions, etc., and fried in deep fat.
- ego trip — sth done to satisfy yourself
- egregore — An angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
- el greco — real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour