8-letter words containing l, a, g, r
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- grappled — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- grappler — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- grapples — Plural form of grapple.
- grassily — in a grassy manner
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- graveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- gravelly — of, like, or abounding in gravel.
- grayling — any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus, related to the trouts but having a longer and higher, brilliantly colored dorsal fin.
- graymail — a means of preventing prosecution, as for espionage, by threatening to disclose government secrets during trial.
- grazable — Suitable for grazing by animals.
- greasily — In a greasy manner.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- grillade — a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- grillage — a framework of crossing beams used for spreading heavy loads over large areas.
- grimaldi — Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- grønland — Greenland
- guerilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- gulf war — a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- gurkhali — the language of the Gurkhas, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
- gutteral — Misspelling of guttural.
- guttural — of or relating to the throat.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hagglers — Plural form of haggler.
- hair gel — a jelly-like substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- hologram — a negative produced by exposing a high-resolution photographic plate, without camera or lens, near a subject illuminated by monochromatic, coherent radiation, as from a laser: when it is placed in a beam of coherent light a true three-dimensional image of the subject is formed.
- igdrasil — Ygdrasil
- in large — as a totality or on a broad scale
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- la farge — John, 1835–1910, U.S. painter, stained-glass designer, and writer.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- lagering — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- lagerlof — Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.
- laggards — Plural form of laggard.
- lagrange — Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), Comte, 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer.
- laguerre — Edmond-Nicolas [ed-mawn-nee-kaw-lah] /ɛd mɔ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, French mathematician.
- landgrab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- langered — (slang, Ireland) extremely drunk.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- 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.