8-letter words containing ran
- fragrant — having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
- francais — (borrowed) The French language.
- francaix — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1912–1997, French composer.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- francine — a female given name, form of Frances.
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- francize — to force to adopt French customs and the French language.
- frankest — Superlative form of frank.
- franking — The action of franking a letter or parcel.
- frankish — of or relating to the Franks.
- franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- furfuran — furan.
- generant — something that generates
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- grandame — a grandmother.
- grandams — Plural form of grandam.
- granddad — grandfather.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandees — Plural form of grandee.
- grandest — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grandeur — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grandkid — grandchild.
- grandmas — Plural form of grandma.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grandpap — (informal) grandfather.
- grandpas — Plural form of grandpa.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- grangers — Plural form of granger.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- granitas — Plural form of granita.
- granites — Plural form of granite.
- granitic — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- grannies — Informal. a grandmother.
- grantees — Plural form of grantee.
- granters — Plural form of granter.
- grantham — a town in E England, in Lincolnshire: birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher. Pop: 34 592 (2001)
- granting — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- grantors — Plural form of grantor.
- granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- guaranty — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- honduran — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honorand — the recipient of an honor, especially an honorary university degree.