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10-letter words containing g, i, r, a

  • gravimeter — an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a solid or liquid.
  • gravimetry — the measurement of weight or density.
  • gravitated — Simple past tense and past participle of gravitate.
  • gravitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gravitate.
  • gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
  • gray birch — a small, bushy birch, Betula populifolia, of stony or sandy areas of the eastern U.S., having grayish-white bark and triangular leaves.
  • gray friar — a Franciscan friar: so called from the traditional color of the habit worn by the order.
  • gray's inn — See under Inns of Court (def 1).
  • greasiness — smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
  • great rift — a group of large dark clouds in the Milky Way between the constellations Cygnus and Sagittarius.
  • grecianize — to make like the ancient Greeks
  • gregarines — Plural form of gregarine.
  • gregarious — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • grenadiers — Plural form of grenadier.
  • grenadilla — granadilla.
  • grenadines — a syrup made from pomegranate juice.
  • gressorial — adapted for walking, as the feet of some birds.
  • grey friar — a Franciscan friar
  • grievances — Plural form of grievance.
  • griffonage — (rare) Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.
  • grillsteak — a flat fried cake of minced beef or lamb that is usually grilled from frozen
  • grimaldian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in northwestern Italy.
  • grimalkins — Plural form of grimalkin.
  • grisailles — Plural form of grisaille.
  • groceteria — a grocery store in which customers pick up products from shelves and pay for them on leaving the store, as opposed to one in which they are served by a shop assistant
  • groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
  • grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
  • guarantied — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
  • guaranties — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
  • guard hair — the long, usually stiff outer hair protecting the underfur in certain animals.
  • guard ring — a ring worn tightly in front of another ring to prevent the latter from slipping off the finger.
  • guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
  • guardrails — Plural form of guardrail.
  • guarnerius — a violin made by Guarneri or by a member of his family.
  • guerrillas — Plural form of guerrilla.
  • guide rail — a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.
  • guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
  • guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
  • gum arabic — a water-soluble, gummy exudate obtained from the acacia tree, especially Acacia senegal, used as an emulsifier, an adhesive, in inks, and in pharmaceuticals.
  • guy friday — a man who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
  • gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
  • gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
  • gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
  • gyniolatry — an extreme form of love and attachment to women
  • gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
  • gyrational — Of, pertaining to, or caused by gyration.
  • gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
  • hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
  • hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
  • hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
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