9-letter words containing g, r, b
- grubbling — Present participle of grubble.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- gruenberg — Louis, 1884–1964, U.S. pianist and composer, born in Russia.
- grumbling — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- guanabara — a state in SE Brazil. 452 sq. mi. (1170 sq. km). Capital: Rio de Janeiro.
- guayabera — a sport shirt or lightweight jacket, often with several large front pockets, modeled upon a loose, smocklike shirt originally worn by men in Cuba.
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- gunnbjorn — Mount, the highest peak in Greenland, in the SE part. 12,139 feet (3702 meters).
- gutenberg — Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] /yoʊˈhɑn əs/ (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hamburger — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
- hapsburgs — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
- harborage — shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
- harboring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- herbology — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heuneburg — an excavated prehistoric site in S Germany, near Ulm, consisting chiefly of a great early Iron Age fortification dating mostly to the second half of the first millennium b.c. and indicating that the inhabitants carried on an extensive trade with cities in the eastern Mediterranean.
- high-bred — of superior breed.
- high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- imbroglio — a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
- inburning — burning within
- inselberg — monadnock (def 1).
- irrigable — capable of being irrigated.
- irrigably — in an irrigable manner
- jabbering — rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- jarlsberg — a hard mild-tasting yellow-coloured cheese with holes in it
- jibbering — Present participle of jibber.
- jitterbug — a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- kreymborg — Alfred, 1883–1966, U.S. poet, playwright, and critic.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- land grab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- lederberg — Joshua, 1925–2008, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1958.
- leg break — a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
- leg-break — a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- longbeard — bellarmine.