8-letter words containing r, e, g, i
- beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
- begirdle — to surround with a girdle
- begrimed — dirty
- beguiler — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- bergerie — a farm, country estate, or other rural retreat maintained by a wealthy owner as a facility for rest and recreation.
- beringed — wearing a ring or rings
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America
- berrigan — an Australian tree, Pittosporum phylliraeoides, with hanging branches
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- besieger — to lay siege to.
- bewaring — to be wary, cautious, or careful of (usually used imperatively): Beware such inconsistency. Beware his waspish wit.
- big tree — a giant Californian coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, with a wide tapering trunk and thick spongy bark: family Taxodiaceae. It often reaches a height of 90 metres
- bigarade — a Seville orange
- bigender — Also, bigendered. noting or relating to a person who has two gender identities or some combination of both.
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
- breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breaming — to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter.
- breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- breezing — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- bridgend — a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- brigaded — a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brigitte — a female given name, French form of Bridget.
- burbidge — (Eleanor) Margaret (Peachey) [pee-chee] /ˈpi tʃi/ (Show IPA), born 1919, U.S. astronomer, born in England.
- burleigh — Burghley
- cagebird — A bird kept in a cage.
- canaigre — a dock, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the southern US, the root of which yields a substance used in tanning
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carriage — A carriage is an old-fashioned vehicle, usually for a small number of passengers, which is pulled by horses.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- chiggers — Plural form of chigger.
- choregic — relating to a choregus
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- clearing — A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
- clergies — Plural form of clergy.
- clerking — Present participle of clerk.
- clingier — Comparative form of clingy.
- coercing — Present participle of coerce.
- cognizer — a being that is able to cognize
- cohering — Present participle of cohere.