9-letter words containing g, e, n, r
- germanely — In a manner that is germane, relevantly.
- germanide — (chemistry) any binary compound of germanium and a more electropositive element.
- germanism — a usage, idiom, or other feature that is characteristic of the German language.
- germanist — a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- germanite — a mineral consisting of a complex copper arsenic sulphide containing germanium, gallium, iron, zinc, and lead: an ore of germanium and gallium
- germanium — a scarce, metallic, grayish-white element, normally tetravalent, used chiefly in transistors. Symbol: Ge; atomic weight: 72.59; atomic number: 32; specific gravity: 5.36 at 20°C.
- germanize — to adopt or cause to adopt German customs, speech, institutions, etc
- germanous — containing bivalent germanium.
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germinant — beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- germiness — the state of being germy
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- gesturing — Present participle of gesture.
- get round — cajole
- get wrong — be mistaken about sth
- gettering — the removal of residual gas from a partial vacuum by use of a getter.
- gibbering — to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
- ginastera — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–83, Argentine composer.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- gingering — Present participle of ginger.
- gingerous — (of hair) reddish
- giorgione — (Giorgione de Castelfranco; Giorgio Barbarelli) 1478?–1511, Italian painter.
- giraffine — relating to the giraffe
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- gittarone — an acoustic bass guitar
- glandered — affected with glanders.
- glariness — Quality of being glary; a dazzling brilliancy.
- glen more — valley across N Scotland, traversed by the Caledonian Canal: 60 mi (97 km) long
- glen rock — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- glendower — Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.
- glengarry — a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.
- glowering — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glycerine — a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- gnarliest — gnarled.
- gnateater — any small, long-legged antbird of the genus Conopophaga, of South America.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- goffering — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- goitrogen — any goiter-producing substance, as thiouracil.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldenrod — any composite plant of the genus Solidago, most species of which bear numerous small, yellow flower heads.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- goldurned — goldarn.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- gonophore — an asexually produced bud in hydrozoans that gives rise to the equivalent of a medusa.
- gonorrhea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.