8-letter words containing g, i, r, a
- garbling — Present participle of garble.
- garcinia — Mangosteen (of the genus Garcinia).
- gardenia — any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- gardiner — Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gargling — Present participle of gargle.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- garlicky — a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gas fire — A gas fire is a fire that produces heat by burning gas.
- gas ring — A gas ring is a metal device on top of a cooker or stove, where you can burn gas in order to cook food on it.
- gasalier — A gas-powered chandelier.
- gaselier — Alt form gasalier.
- gasifier — An apparatus used to perform gasification.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gastrick — Obsolete form of gastric.
- gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer
- gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
- gearings — Plural form of gearing.
- gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- gerardia — any plant of the genus Gerardia
- germaine — a female given name.
- germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- germanic — of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
- ghardaia — a city in N Algeria.
- gharials — Plural form of gharial.
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gill bar — branchial arch (def 1).
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- gimcrack — a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- giraffes — Plural form of giraffe.
- giraffid — An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi).
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- gisarmes — Plural form of gisarme.
- give ear — to give attention, esp. favorable attention; listen; heed
- gizzards — Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.