8-letter words containing gan
- kaingang — Caingang.
- largando — allargando.
- larrigan — a knee-high boot of oiled leather with a moccasin foot, worn by lumbermen and trappers.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- magangue — a city in NW Colombia.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- manganic — of or containing manganese, especially in the trivalent state.
- manganin — Any of several alloys of copper, manganese and nickel used in the manufacture of electrical resistors because of the thermal stability of their resistance.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- milligan — Spike, real name Terence Alan Milligan. 1918–2002, Irish radio, stage, and film comedian and author, born in India. He appeared in The Goon Show (with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe; BBC Radio, 1952–60) and his films include Postman's Knock (1962), Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall (1972), The Three Musketeers (1974), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), and Yellowbeard (1982). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2000
- mitigant — Tending to mitigate.
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- namangan — a city in E Uzbekistan, NW of Andizhan.
- neopagan — Alternative spelling of neo-pagan.
- nonpagan — a person who is not a pagan
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- okanagan — a river in North America that flows south from Okanagan Lake in Canada into the Columbia River in NE Washington, US Length: about 483 km (300 miles)
- okinagan — a member of a North American Indian people living in the Okanagan River valley in British Columbia and Washington
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- 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.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organoid — Resembling an organ of the body.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- overgang — to dominate
- pagandom — the part of the world inhabited by pagans.
- paganini — Niccolò [nik-uh-loh;; Italian neek-kaw-law] /ˈnɪk əˌloʊ;; Italian ˌnik kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1784–1840, Italian composer and violinist.
- paganism — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- paganist — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- paganize — to make pagan.
- phrygana — another name for garigue, used esp in Greece
- rattigan — Terence, 1911–77, English playwright.
- saganash — (among the Algonquian Indians) a European
- taganrog — a seaport in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Gulf of Taganrog.
- toboggan — a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, often with low handrails on the sides, used especially in the sport of coasting over snow or ice.
- veganism — a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- wanganui — a port in New Zealand, on SW North Island: centre for a dairy-farming and sheep-rearing district. Pop: 43 600 (2004 est)
- wannigan — a lumberjack's trunk.
- waukegan — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, N of Chicago.
- wolfgang — a male given name.