9-letter words containing g, r, i, e
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- lightener — That which lightens.
- lightered — Simple past tense and past participle of lighter.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- 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).
- lindegren — Erik (Johan) [ey-rik yoo-hahn] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈyu hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1910–68, Swedish poet and literary critic.
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- lingereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- lingering — 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.
- 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.
- littering — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- longliner — a commercial fishing vessel that uses a longline.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- magaziner — Someone who writes for a magazine.
- magisters — Plural form of magister.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- magnifier — a person or thing that magnifies.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mammering — to stammer or mutter.
- margarine — a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.
- margarite — Mineralogy. a gray, pink, or yellow mica, occurring in brittle monoclinic crystals. an aggregate of small, rudimentary crystals resembling minute globules in a row: found in glassy volcanic rocks.
- marginate — having a margin.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marriages — Plural form of marriage.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- massinger — Philip, 1583–1640, English dramatist: collaborated with John Fletcher.
- mastering — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- megacurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- menagerie — a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.
- menninger — Charles Frederick, 1862–1953, and his sons Karl Augustus, 1893–1990, and William Claire, 1899–1966, U.S. psychiatrists.
- mentoring — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- meringues — Plural form of meringue.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.