8-letter words that end in on
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- gohonzon — (in Nichiren Buddhism) the paper scroll to which devotional chanting is directed
- going on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- gombroon — a type of Persian pottery ware.
- gonfalon — a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.
- gonfanon — a gonfalon that hangs directly from a pole, especially from the shaft of a lance just below the lance head.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- great on — enthusiastic about
- gridiron — a football field.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- grillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- grind on — If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- hagueton — acton.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- handiron — andiron.
- hands on — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- hard-won — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won, you mean that they worked hard to gain or achieve it.
- harpagon — (obsolete) a grappling hook.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- hazleton — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- heavy on — using large quantities of
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- heptagon — a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.
- hereupon — upon or on this.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hokinson — Helen, c1900–49, U.S. cartoonist.
- houghton — Henry Oscar, 1823–95, U.S. publisher.
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hypopyon — an effusion of pus into the anterior chamber of the eye.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- ideation — the process of forming ideas or images.
- ignition — the act or fact of igniting; state of being ignited.
- ignitron — a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.