8-letter words containing d, n, r
- grandpap — (informal) grandfather.
- grandpas — Plural form of grandpa.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- grenaded — a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- grenades — Plural form of grenade.
- gridding — Adding a grid of lines to a map etc.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- gridiron — a football field.
- 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.
- 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.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grounder — ground ball.
- grudging — done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
- grundies — men's underpants
- gruntled — Pleased, satisfied, and contented.
- grønland — Greenland
- guardant — (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guerdons — Plural form of guerdon.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- gurindji — an Aboriginal people of N central Australia
- gurnards — Plural form of gurnard.
- gynandry — hermaphroditism.
- gyrodyne — A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hairband — A band for securing or tying back one's hair.
- hand-car — a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- handcart — a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handiron — andiron.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- handrail — a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hangared — a shed or shelter.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hard-won — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won, you mean that they worked hard to gain or achieve it.
- hardened — made or become hard or harder.
- hardener — a person or thing that hardens.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)