8-letter words containing r, e, i, g
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- key ring — a ring, usually of metal, for holding keys.
- kinglier — Comparative form of kingly.
- kringles — Plural form of kringle.
- lagering — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- large it — to enjoy oneself or celebrate in an extravagant way
- lartigue — Jacques Henri [zhahk ahn-ree] /ʒɑk ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1894–1986, French photographer and painter.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- legerity — physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
- leggiero — Misspelling of leggero.
- levering — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- lighters — Plural form of lighter.
- ligroine — a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
- lingered — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- lingerer — Agent noun of linger; one who lingers.
- lingerie — underwear, sleepwear, and other items of intimate apparel worn by women.
- lingster — an interpreter
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- litreage — a capacity measured in litres
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- log fire — a fire on which logs are burned
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- lysergic — Used in designation of lysergic acid, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- maggiore — Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- magister — Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- magritte — René [French ruh-ney] /French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Belgian painter.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- margined — Having a margin.
- maritage — the right of a lord to choose the spouses of his wards
- marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- megafirm — A very large firm.
- meringue — merengue.
- meriting — Present participle of merit.
- metering — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- mightier — having, characterized by, or showing superior power or strength: mighty rulers.
- migraine — an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- migrated — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- migrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of migrate.
- misgrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- mitering — the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.