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8-letter words containing gra

  • landgrab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
  • langrage — a kind of shot consisting of bolts, nails, etc., fastened together or enclosed in a case, formerly used for damaging sails and rigging in sea battles.
  • lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
  • lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
  • logogram — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
  • lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
  • mailgram — a telegram sent to a post office and subsequently printed and delivered by the post office to the addressee
  • malgrado — in spite of
  • mamogram — Non-standard spelling of mammogram.
  • margrave — (formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.
  • marigram — a graphic representation from a marigraph.
  • matgrass — widespread perennial European grass with dense tufts of bristly leaves, characteristic of peaty moors
  • migraine — an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
  • migrants — Plural form of migrant.
  • migrated — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
  • migrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of migrate.
  • migrator — (computing) A computer program that helps move objects between locations, e.g. from a legacy system to a new technology.
  • misgrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • misgraff — badly matched
  • misgraft — to graft wrongly
  • monogram — a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
  • musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
  • myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
  • nanogram — one billionth of a gram. Abbreviation: ng.
  • nomogram — a graph, usually containing three parallel scales graduated for different variables so that when a straight line connects values of any two, the related value may be read directly from the third at the point intersected by the line.
  • nonagram — A geometric figure which resembles a pentagram except that it has nine points instead of five.
  • nutgrass — A perennial sedge, Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.
  • odograph — a recording odometer.
  • ondogram — The recording produced by an ondograph.
  • optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
  • palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
  • paragram — a play on words; a pun
  • paygrade — a level on a pay scale
  • pellagra — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
  • picogram — one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
  • pingrass — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, with fernlike leaves
  • postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
  • pregrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
  • programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • prograph — (language)   A visual dataflow programming language and environment from the Technical University of Halifax. Prograph is an entirely graphical visual programming language, other than for the text of method names, and supports the program development process in a highly-interactive fashion. Operation icons are connected by data links through which information flows. It supports object orientation via class-based data abstraction with single inheritance. Prograph is available for the Macintosh, and soon for Windows and Unix, from TGS Systems.
  • redgrave — Sir Michael (Scudamore) [skuhd-uh-mawr,, -mohr,, skoo-duh-] /ˈskʌd əˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr,, ˈsku də-/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, English actor.
  • regrator — a person who regrates or buys up commodities in advance and sells them for a higher price, esp during a crisis
  • renogram — a kidney scan monitoring the throughput by the kidney of a radioactive chemical injected into the bloodstream
  • ribgrass — English plantain.
  • rotgrass — a type of grass that is thought to cause sheeprot
  • ryegrass — any of several European grasses of the genus Lolium, as L. perenne (perennial ryegrass) grown for forage in the U.S.
  • sangraal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
  • sawgrass — any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.
  • seagrass — Seagrass is a plant that grows in shallow salt water and is used especially to make mats and floor coverings.
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