5-letter words containing e, r, g
- geber — (Jabir ibn Hayyan) 8th-century a.d, Arab alchemist.
- gebur — a tenant farmer
- gehry — Frank (Ephraim Goldberg) born 1929, U.S. architect, born in Canada.
- genre — a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.
- genro — any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- gerah — an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- gerar — an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- gerbe — (now obsolete) A (wheat) sheaf.
- gerim — Plural form of ger.
- germs — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- germy — full of germs.
- gerne — to grin
- gerry — Geraldine Anne ("Gerry") 1935–2011, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1978–84; first woman chosen as the vice-presidential nominee of a major political party 1984.
- gezer — an ancient Canaanite town, NW of Jerusalem.
- giber — to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
- giver — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- glare — a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.
- glore — (archaic) to glare.
- gluer — One who glues.
- goers — Plural form of goer.
- gofer — an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- gomer — an undesirable hospital patient.
- goner — a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gored — to make or furnish with a gore or gores.
- goren — Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gores — Plural form of gore.
- gorey — Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- gorge — to swallow, especially greedily.
- gorse — any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- goter — Obsolete form of gutter.
- gower — John, 1325?–1408, English poet.
- grace — William Russell, 1832–1904, U.S. financier and shipping magnate, born in Ireland: mayor of New York City 1880–88.
- grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- grame — (obsolete) Anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance.
- grape — the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- grate — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- grave — the grave accent.
- graze — to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- great — unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- grebe — any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- grebo — (slang, UK, predominantly West Midlands) A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
- grece — a flight of steps, or a single step in a flight
- greco — (Domenikos Theotocopoulos) 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete.
- greed — excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- greek — of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
- green — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- greer — Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- grees — favor; goodwill.
- greet — to lament; bewail.
- grefa — griefo.