9-letter words containing g, r, i, e
- engorging — Present participle of engorge.
- engrained — Simple past tense and past participle of engrain.
- engraving — A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
- enlarging — Present participle of enlarge.
- enquering — Present participle of enquere.
- enquiring — Present participle of enquire.
- enriching — Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
- enrolling — Present participle of enroll.
- ensnaring — Present participle of ensnare.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- epirogeny — epeirogeny
- ergatives — Plural form of ergative.
- ergogenic — (not in technical use) intended to enhance physical performance, stamina, or recovery.
- ergomania — an excessive desire to work or exercise
- ergonomic — (especially of workplace design) intended to provide optimum comfort and to avoid stress or injury.
- ergotized — Affected by the ergot fungus.
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- escorting — Present participle of escort.
- escrowing — Present participle of escrow.
- eulogizer — A person who eulogizes.
- ex gratia — payment not required, but made to show good faith or good intentions
- excreting — Present participle of excrete.
- excursing — Present participle of excurse.
- exergonic — (of a metabolic or chemical process) accompanied by the release of energy.
- exhorting — Present participle of exhort.
- exploring — The action of the verb explore.
- exporting — Present participle of export.
- extorting — Present participle of extort.
- extruding — Present participle of extrude.
- eyebright — any scrophulariaceous annual plant of the genus Euphrasia, esp E. nemorosa, having small white-and-purple two-lipped flowers: formerly used in the treatment of eye disorders
- fair game — a legitimate or likely object of attack, mockery, etc.: With his fat, round face, the politician was fair game for the cartoonists.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- farseeing — having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
- fathering — a male parent.
- featuring — a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- febrifuge — serving to dispel or reduce fever, as a medicine.
- feedgrain — any cereal grain used as a feed for livestock, poultry, or other animals.
- feininger — Andreas (Bernhard Lyonel) [an-drey-uh s,, ahn-] /ænˈdreɪ əs,, ɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. photographer, born in France.
- ferreting — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferriages — Plural form of ferriage.
- ferruling — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- fertigate — to fertilize and irrigate at the same time, by adding fertilizers to the water supply
- festering — Present participle of fester.
- fettering — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- fiberglas — finespun filaments of glass made into yarn that is woven into textiles, used in woolly masses as insulation, and pressed and molded as plastic material
- figpecker — A bird, the Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis.
- figurable — Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
- figurante — a ballerina who does not perform solo.