9-letter words containing a, n, e, r
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germinant — beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- ginastera — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–83, Argentine composer.
- giraffine — relating to the giraffe
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- gittarone — an acoustic bass guitar
- glandered — affected with glanders.
- glariness — Quality of being glary; a dazzling brilliancy.
- glengarry — a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.
- gnarliest — gnarled.
- gnateater — any small, long-legged antbird of the genus Conopophaga, of South America.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- gonorrhea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- governall — government
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- grainiest — Superlative form of grainy.
- grainless — Without grain.
- grainline — The line of the warp on a piece of fabric.
- granaries — Plural form of granary.
- grand feu — a firing of ceramics at a high temperature.
- grand pre — a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.
- grandeurs — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grandezza — Magnificent or stately appearance; grandeur.
- grandgent — Charles Hall, 1862–1939, U.S. philologist and essayist.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandness — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- granitite — a granite rich in biotite.
- granitize — to subject to granitization.
- granivore — Any animal that eats seeds as the main part of its diet.
- grantable — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- granulate — to form into granules or grains.
- granulite — a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
- granulose — granular.
- granville — Earl of, Carteret, John.
- grapeline — grapnel.
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- gratinate — to gratiné.
- gratineed — to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- grauncher — a person who crushes or destroys
- gravamens — Plural form of gravamen.
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.