8-letter words containing t, o, g, a
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- catalogs — Plural form of catalog.
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- cogitate — If you are cogitating, you are thinking deeply about something.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- cognatic — related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- congrats — congratulations
- congratz — (Internet slang) congratulations.
- contango — (formerly, on the London Stock Exchange) postponement of payment for and delivery of stock from one account day to the next
- cottager — a person who lives in a cottage
- cottages — Plural form of cottage.
- cottagey — of or resembling a cottage
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- dog star — the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- dog tags — a small disk or strip attached to a dog's harness or collar stating owner, home, etc.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- donating — Present participle of donate.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- elongate — Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- faggotry — (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).
- fagoting — a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- flag out — to register (a commercial vehicle) in a country other than the one in which it operates, usually in order to take advantage of favourable rates of taxation
- flatlong — With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
- floatage — an act of floating.
- floating — being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- fontange — Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- footages — length or extent in feet: the footage of lumber.
- footgear — covering for the feet, as shoes, boots, etc.
- footpage — an errand-boy
- fotograf — Eye dialect of photograph.
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frottage — a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface. Compare rubbing (def 2).