9-letter words containing g, e, n, a
- greendale — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- greengage — any of several varieties of light-green plums, as Prunus insititia italica.
- greenhand — an inexperienced person, esp a sailor
- greenhead — a male mallard.
- greenland — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- greenlawn — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- greenmail — the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid.
- greensand — a sandstone containing much glauconite, which gives it a greenish hue.
- greenspan — Alan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
- greenward — Towards an ecologically friendly situation.
- greenware — (ceramics, usually, uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
- greenwash — Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- gregarian — (obsolete) gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort.
- gregarine — a type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.
- gregorian — of or relating to any of the popes named Gregory, especially Gregory I or Gregory XIII.
- grenadian — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- grenadier — (in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
- grenadine — a syrup made from pomegranate juice.
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- grievants — Plural form of grievant.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- grocerant — A grocery store that sells prepared meals, either for eating on site or taking home.
- groundage — a tax levied on ships that anchor in a port.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- guanadrel — a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.
- guanidine — a colorless, crystalline, strongly alkaline, water-soluble solid, CH 5 N 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics, resins, rubber accelerators, and explosives.
- guanodine — (biochemistry, genetics) any of the three nucleotides guanosine monophosphate, guanosine diphosphate and guanosine triphosphate.
- guanosine — a ribonucleoside component of ribonucleic acid, comprising ribose and guanine.
- guanylate — (biochemistry) any salt or ester of guanylic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
- guarantee — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guardsmen — Plural form of guardsman.
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- guineapig — Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
- gun-metal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunbattle — A gunfight; a battle involving gunfire.
- gunmakers — Plural form of gunmaker.
- gynaeceum — (among the ancient Greeks) the part of a dwelling used by women.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hagridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hang fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- hang five — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.