9-letter words containing g, r, i, e
- 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.
- grevillea — An evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.
- grid leak — a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- 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.
- grievious — (chiefly, dialectal) Alternative form of grievous.
- grillages — Plural form of grillage.
- griminess — The characteristic or quality of being grimy.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- grip tape — adhesive tape used for friction
- grisaille — monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
- grisettes — Plural form of grisette.
- grisliest — Superlative form of grisly.
- gritstone — A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
- grittiest — Superlative form of gritty.
- grizzlier — Comparative form of grizzly.
- groceries — Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- groningen — a city in the NE Netherlands.
- grooviest — Superlative form of groovy.
- grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- gruelling — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- guerillas — Plural form of guerilla.
- guerrilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guevarist — a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- guideword — A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
- guiltware — /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money. 2. Shareware that works.
- guinevere — Arthurian Romance. wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.
- gum resin — a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.
- gun crime — offences involving firearms
- gurdjieff — George Ivanovich (George S. Georgiades) 1872–1949, Armenian-born spiritual leader and author.
- gurneyite — a supporter of Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847), an English Quaker, who, on a preaching tour of America, advocated Christian evangelical principles.
- guttering — a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
- hagridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hang fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- hankering — a longing; craving.
- harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- harkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.