8-letter words containing r, i, g, d
- groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
- grudging — done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
- grundies — men's underpants
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guilders — Plural form of guilder.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gurindji — an Aboriginal people of N central Australia
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hagrider — a person or thing that causes distressing anxiety or apprehension
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- highbred — of superior breed.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- idiogram — Karyogram.
- igdrasil — Ygdrasil
- immerged — Simple past tense and past participle of immerge.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- ingender — Obsolete spelling of engender.
- inground — sunk into the ground; built into the ground
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- jiggered — confounded; damned: I'm jiggered if I know what that sign means.
- kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- lard pig — a large type of pig used principally for lard
- 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.
- lordling — a minor, unimportant, or petty lord.
- madrigal — a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- margined — Having a margin.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- migrated — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- misgrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- mridanga — an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
- niggards — Plural form of niggard.
- nonrigid — not rigid.
- norridge — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- off-grid — energy: not from main supply
- old girl — Chiefly British. a former student at a girl's school, especially a preparatory school.
- ordering — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- organoid — Resembling an organ of the body.
- overgild — to cover with gilding.