8-letter words containing d, i, r, g
- gardiner — Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gerardia — any plant of the genus Gerardia
- ghardaia — a city in N Algeria.
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- gibbered — Simple past tense and past participle of gibber; to talk incomprehensibly.
- gingered — Spiced with ginger.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- giraffid — An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi).
- girdling — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- gizzards — Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.
- gliddery — slippery
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goodrich — Samuel Griswold [griz-wuh ld,, -wohld,, -wawld] /ˈgrɪz wəld,, -woʊld,, -wɔld/ (Show IPA), ("Peter Parley") 1793–1860, U.S. author and publisher.
- goodsire — a grandfather
- gordimer — Nadine, 1923–2014, South African short-story writer and novelist: Nobel Prize 1991.
- gradatim — (in prescriptions) by degrees; gradually.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- gradings — Plural form of grading.
- grandkid — grandchild.
- gravidae — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
- gravidas — Plural form of gravida.
- greedier — Comparative form of greedy.
- greedily — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- grid map — a map on which a network of horizontal and vertical lines are superimposed, for locating points
- gridding — Adding a grid of lines to a map etc.
- griddled — Simple past tense and past participle of griddle.
- griddles — Plural form of griddle.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- gridiron — a football field.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grignard — (François Auguste) Victor [frahn-swa oh-gyst veek-tawr] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1935, French organic chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.
- grillade — a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- grim dig — an obdurate soldier
- grimaced — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- grimaldi — Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.
- grimdark — (fandom) Having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere.
- grimhild — (in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun.
- grind in — to make (a conical valve) fit its seating by grinding them together in the presence of an abrasive paste
- 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.
- grinders — Plural form of grinder.
- grindery — a workshop for grinding edge tools.
- grinding — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- grizzled — gray; grayish; devoid of hue.