8-letter words containing ge
- horologe — any instrument for indicating the time, especially a sundial or an early form of clock.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hox gene — any of a class of genes that determines the basic structure and orientation of an organism.
- hugeness — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- hungered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunger.
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogeum — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- ice ages — (often initial capital letters) the glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene Epoch.
- id badge — a badge that serves to identify the person wearing it
- imidogen — the imido group, especially in an uncombined state.
- immerged — Simple past tense and past participle of immerge.
- impinged — to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
- impinger — Any of several instruments in which fine particles (dust) in a gas are analysed by blowing them through a jet onto a wetted plate, prior to being counted.
- impinges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impinge.
- impledge — to pledge
- implunge — to submerge
- in large — as a totality or on a broad scale
- indigene — a person or thing that is indigenous or native; native; autochthon.
- indigent — lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
- indigest — (obsolete) crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
- indulged — 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.
- 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.
- indulges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indulge.
- infringe — to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
- ingender — Obsolete spelling of engender.
- ingenium — genius; talent
- ingenius — Misspelling of ingenious.
- ingenues — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- ingested — Simple past tense and past participle of ingest.
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- inrigger — a rowboat having oarlocks on the gunwales.
- integers — Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
- interage — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
- iron age — the period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, marked by the use of implements and weapons made of iron.
- isogenic — (of organisms) having the same or closely similar genotypes.
- jaggedly — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- jazz age — the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances.
- jiggered — confounded; damned: I'm jiggered if I know what that sign means.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kedgeree — East Indian Cookery. a cooked dish consisting of rice, lentils, and spices.
- kegeling — the sport of bowling.
- la farge — John, 1835–1910, U.S. painter, stained-glass designer, and writer.