7-letter words containing a, i, g
- gracchi — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- gracias — (Spanish, colloquial) thank you.
- gracile — gracefully slender.
- gracing — Present participle of grace.
- gradine — A low step or ledge, especially one at the back of an altar.
- grading — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- gradino — (architecture) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar.
- gradins — Plural form of gradin.
- grained — having, reduced to, consisting of, or bearing grain or grains (usually used in combination): fine-grained sand; large-grained rice.
- grainer — A knife for taking the hair off skins.
- graming — Present participle of grame.
- gramsci — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1937, Italian political leader and theorist: a founder of the Italian Communist Party 1921.
- granita — frozen flavored ice.
- granite — ice (def 4).
- grannie — Informal. a grandmother.
- granthi — the caretaker of a gurdwara and the reader of the Guru Granth, who officiates at Sikh ceremonies
- graphic — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graspin — An Esprit project to develop a personal software engineering environment to support the construction and verification of distributed and non-sequential software systems.
- gratian — (Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- gratify — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gratine — to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- grating — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- gravida — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
- gravies — Plural form of gravy.
- graving — to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).
- gravity — the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
- grawlix — A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips.
- graying — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- grayish — having a tinge of gray; slightly gray: The sky was full of dark, grayish clouds.
- grazier — a person who grazes cattle for the market.
- grazing — a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
- grecian — Greek (especially with reference to ancient Greece).
- gremial — a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
- grimace — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- gringas — Plural form of gringa.
- gripman — a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- grisham — John. born 1955, US novelist and lawyer; his legal thrillers, many of which have been filmed, include A Time to Kill (1989), The Pelican Brief (1992), and The Summons (2002)
- gss-api — Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface
- guajira — a Cuban peasant dance with shifting rhythms.
- guangxi — autonomous region in S China: 85,097 sq mi (220,400 sq km); pop. 42,530,000; cap. Nanning
- guanine — a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 O, that is a fundamental constituent of DNA and RNA, in which it forms base pairs with cytosine. Symbol: G.
- guanyin — Kwan-yin.
- guarani — a member of an Indian people now living principally in Paraguay.
- guarini — Guarino [gwah-ree-naw] /gwɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1624–83, Italian architect.
- guarish — to heal
- guidage — guidance
- guinean — a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- guineas — a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- guisard — a person who wears a mask; mummer.
- guitars — Plural form of guitar.