5-letter words containing e, r, g
- grege — to make heavy
- gregg — John Robert, 1864–1948, U.S. educator: inventor of a system of shorthand.
- grego — a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- grein — to desire fervently
- greta — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- greys — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- gride — to make a grating sound; scrape harshly; grate; grind.
- grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- grieg — Edvard [ed-vahrd;; Norwegian ed-vahrt] /ˈɛd vɑrd;; Norwegian ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.
- grike — (chiefly, British) A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants.
- grime — dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- gripe — Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- grise — (obsolete) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
- grofe — Ferde [fur-dee] /ˈfɜr di/ (Show IPA), (Ferdinand Rudolf von Grofé) 1892–1972, U.S. composer.
- grone — Obsolete spelling of groan.
- grope — to feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
- grote — George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grove — Sir George, 1820–1900, English musicologist.
- growe — Archaic spelling of grow.
- gruel — a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- grues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grue.
- grume — blood when viscous.
- guare — John, born 1938, U.S. playwright.
- gurge — a whirlpool.
- gweru — a city in central Zimbabwe.
- gyres — Plural form of gyre.
- huger — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- jager — any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
- juger — A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.
- krieg — war1 .
- lager — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- large — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- leger — Alexis Saint-Léger [a-lek-see san-ley-zhey] /a lɛkˈsi sɛ̃ leɪˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), St.-John Perse.
- liger — the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- luger — Someone who competes in the luge.
- marge — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- merge — to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- negro — Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- niger — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- norge — Norwegian name of Norway.
- ogler — One who ogles.
- ogres — Plural form of ogre.
- oreg. — Oregon
- orgel — Alternative form of orgul.
- orgue — (military) Any of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
- pager — beeper (def 3).
- parge — to coat or cover with plaster
- porge — to cleanse a slaughtered animal ceremonially in accordance with religious laws
- pregl — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1869–1930, Austrian chemist: Nobel prize 1923.