8-letter words containing u, r, g
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glue ear — accumulation of fluid in the middle ear in children, caused by infection and sometimes resulting in deafness
- glutaral — Glutaraldehyde.
- glutaric — Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives.
- go round — go-around (defs 2, 3).
- go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-round — go-around (defs 2, 3).
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gorgeous — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmets — Plural form of gourmet.
- gourmont — Remy de [ruh-mee duh] /rəˈmi də/ (Show IPA), 1858–1915, French critic and novelist.
- gracchus — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graduall — Obsolete form of gradual.
- graduals — Plural form of gradual.
- graduand — a student who is about to graduate or receive a degree.
- graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- graduses — Plural form of gradus.
- grandeur — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- graphium — a writing stylus
- grass up — to inform on (someone), esp to the police
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- gratuity — a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
- gray urn — a smooth, urn-shaped edible mushroom, Urnula craterium, commonly found in North America on fallen hardwood.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- greenbug — a pale-green aphid, Schizaphis graminum, of North America, destructive of wheat, other small grains, and alfalfa.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- grey gum — any of various eucalyptus trees of New South Wales having dull grey bark, esp Eucalyptus punctata
- griefful — (archaic) Expressing or full of grief; painful.
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseous — gray; pearl-gray.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- gross up — to increase (net income) to its pretax value
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grounder — ground ball.
- groupage — the action of gathering people or objects into a group or groups