8-letter words containing e, a, r, n, i
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- friesian — horse
- ganglier — Comparative form of gangly.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- gardenia — any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- gardiner — Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
- gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
- gearings — Plural form of gearing.
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- germaine — a female given name.
- germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- germanic — of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
- glargine — (medicine) A form of slow-release insulin.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- grainage — the duty paid on grain
- grainger — Percy Aldridge [awl-drij] /ˈɔl drɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1961, Australian pianist and composer, in the U.S. after 1915.
- grainier — Comparative form of grainy.
- granites — Plural form of granite.
- grannies — Informal. a grandmother.
- gratinee — to cook (food) au gratin
- greasing — Present participle of grease.
- greaving — Present participle of greave.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- guarneri — Giuseppe Antonio [joo-zep-pe ahn-taw-nyaw] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Joseph Guarnerius) 1683–1745, Italian violinmaker.
- guernica — Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- hair net — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- hairline — a very slender line.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.