8-letter words containing r, i, g, o, s
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- griseous — gray; pearl-gray.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- grossing — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- groupies — Plural form of groupie.
- groupism — the tendency to conform to the general thinking and behavior of a group.
- groupist — a follower of a group
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- growings — Plural form of growing.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- isegoria — Equality of all in freedom of speech.
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- isograft — syngraft.
- isograms — Plural form of isogram.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- moorings — the act of a person or thing that moors.
- mornings — in or during the morning regularly.
- negroism — the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- nigrosin — any of the class of deep blue or black dyes obtained by the oxidation of aniline, used as coloring agents in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing leather, wood, textiles, and furs.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- oragious — stormy or tempestuous
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- organise — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organist — a person who plays the organ.
- orgasmic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- orgastic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- proggins — a university proctor
- rigorism — extreme strictness.
- rigorous — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- ringtoss — a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- robosign — to sign (a document) without reviewing its contents or supporting documents: The bank instructed employees to robosign piles of mortgages.
- roosting — a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- roughish — rather rough: a roughish sea.
- rugosity — having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- scorning — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scroggie — having scrogs upon it
- scroggin — a tramper's home-made high-calorie sweetmeat
- seignior — a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.