9-letter words containing g, i, r, a, d
- gravidity — pregnant1 (def 1).
- 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.
- grid bias — the potential difference applied between a grid and the cathode of a vacuum tube.
- grid leak — a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.
- grid road — a municipal road that follows a grid line established by the original survey of the area.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- grudziadz — a city in N Poland, on the Vistula River.
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guardafui — Cape, a cape at the E extremity of Africa.
- guardians — Plural form of guardian.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- hagridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hagriding — Present participle of hagride.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- hard sign — the Cyrillic letter Ъ, ъ as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is not palatalized: not in official use since 1918.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- harigalds — the intestines of an animal
- harmdoing — the doing of harm
- hazarding — Present participle of hazard.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headright — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- high road — A high road is a main road.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograms — Plural form of idiogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- idle gear — a gear placed between a driving and a driven gear to transmit motion between them.
- indagator — to investigate; research.
- indearing — Present participle of indear.
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- indrawing — An inhale of breath.
- infra dig — beneath one's dignity.
- ingerland — a jocular spelling of England, as pronounced in the chants of sports, esp football, supporters
- ingrafted — engraft.
- ingrained — ingrained; firmly fixed.
- inroading — Present participle of inroad.
- integrand — the expression to be integrated.
- irrigated — Simple past tense and past participle of irrigate.
- jaghirdar — a person who holds a jaghire
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.