8-letter words containing a, g, o
- gargoyle — a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- garofalo — Galofalo.
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garotter — garrote.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garroter — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrotes — Plural form of garrote.
- garrotte — to execute by the garrote.
- gas coal — a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.
- gas oven — a domestic oven heated by gas
- gascogne — Gascony
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- gasogene — gazogene.
- gasolene — gasoline.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gastero- — gastro-
- gastonia — a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gatepost — the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
- gavottes — Plural form of gavotte.
- gayomart — the first Aryan and the sixth creation of Ahura Mazda.
- gazogene — an apparatus for impregnating a liquid with a gas, especially carbon dioxide.
- gazpacho — a soup made of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, oil, and vinegar, and served cold.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- genogram — a graphic representation of the personalities and interplay of generations within a family, used to identify repetitive patterns of behavior; a psychological family tree.
- geocache — A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.
- georgann — a female given name.
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.
- 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.
- germano- — German, German and
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- gheraoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gherao.
- gheraoes — Plural form of gherao.