8-letter words containing r, a, g, o
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gargoyle — a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- garofalo — Galofalo.
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garotter — garrote.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garroter — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrotes — Plural form of garrote.
- garrotte — to execute by the garrote.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gastero- — gastro-
- gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- gayomart — the first Aryan and the sixth creation of Ahura Mazda.
- genogram — a graphic representation of the personalities and interplay of generations within a family, used to identify repetitive patterns of behavior; a psychological family tree.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- georgann — a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.