9-letter words containing g, r, e, n
- green fee — a fee paid by golfers in order to play on a golf course.
- green run — a very easy run, suitable for complete beginners
- green sea — a solid mass of water breaking over the bow or bulwark of a ship.
- green tax — any tax imposed with the aim of regulating activity in a way that benefits the environment
- green tea — a tea that is steamed to prevent fermentation and then rolled and dried.
- green-lit — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenaway — Kate (Catherine) 1846–1901, English painter and author and illustrator of children's books.
- greenback — a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
- greenbelt — a town in central Maryland.
- greenberg — Henry B ("Hank") 1911–86, U.S. baseball player.
- greendale — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- greenfish — opaleye.
- greengage — any of several varieties of light-green plums, as Prunus insititia italica.
- greenhand — an inexperienced person, esp a sailor
- greenhead — a male mallard.
- greenhorn — an untrained or inexperienced person.
- greenland — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- greenlawn — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- greenline — (transitive) To ease access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific areas.
- greenling — any spiny-finned food fish of the genus Hexagrammos, of North Pacific coasts.
- greenmail — the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid.
- greenness — the quality or state of being green.
- greenough — Horatio, 1805–52, U.S. sculptor.
- greenroom — a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
- greensand — a sandstone containing much glauconite, which gives it a greenish hue.
- greenshoe — (finance) An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities offering at the offering price.
- greensome — a match for two pairs in which each of the four players tees off and after selecting the better drive the partners of each pair play that ball alternately
- greenspan — Alan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
- greenward — Towards an ecologically friendly situation.
- greenware — (ceramics, usually, uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
- greenwash — Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- greenweed — Any of several plants, of the genus Genista, related to broom.
- greenwich — a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
- greenwing — the common teal, Anas crecca
- greenwood — a city in W South Carolina.
- greetings — A polite word or sign of welcome or recognition.
- gregarian — (obsolete) gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort.
- gregarine — a type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.
- gregorian — of or relating to any of the popes named Gregory, especially Gregory I or Gregory XIII.
- 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.
- grenville — George, 1712–70, British statesman: prime minister 1763–65.
- grewhound — a greyhound
- greyhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- greystone — a grey igneous rock of volcanic origin
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- grievants — Plural form of grievant.
- griminess — The characteristic or quality of being grimy.