6-letter words containing g, r, e, n
- gerund — (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).
- geryon — a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist, killed by Hercules, who stole the monster's cattle as his tenth labour
- gesner — Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- ginger — a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.
- ginner — A person who operates a gin.
- girned — Simple past tense and past participle of girn.
- girnel — a large chest for storing meal
- girner — a person who girns
- girnie — peevish
- gnawer — A rodent or other similar type of animal that gnaws.
- gonder — city in NW Ethiopia: former capital: pop. 88,000
- goners — Plural form of goner (persons who are in a desperate strait or doomed).
- gorhen — a female red grouse
- govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- graben — a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- graine — the eggs of the silkworm
- grande — a town in NE Oregon.
- grange — a campaign for state control of railroads and grain elevators, especially in the north central states, carried on during the 1870s by members of the Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange) a farmers' organization that had been formed for social and cultural purposes.
- graven — a past participle of grave3 .
- greene — Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- greens — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- greeny — Slightly green.
- gretna — a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- grinde — Obsolete spelling of grind.
- groane — Obsolete spelling of groan.
- growen — (obsolete) Past participle of grown.
- groyne — groin (def 4).
- grunge — dirt; filth; rubbish.
- gunner — a person who operates a gun or cannon.
- gunter — Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.
- gurnet — Alternative form of gurnard (fish).
- gurney — a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- gyrene — a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- hanger — a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- hering — Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- hinger — a tool for making hinges
- hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ingres — Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- junger — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1895–98, German author.
- kinger — a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- langer — Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- largen — (UK) To enlarge.
- linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- longer — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- lunger — a person or thing that lunges.
- manger — Praesepe.
- menger — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1840–1921, Austrian economist.
- mering — (as modifier)
- minger — an ugly, unpleasant, or smelly person or thing.