8-letter words containing g, r, i, f
- frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frigidly — In a frigid manner; coldly.
- frilling — a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- fringers — Plural form of fringer.
- fringing — a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- frisking — Present participle of frisk.
- fritting — Present participle of frit.
- fritzing — Present participle of fritz.
- frizzing — the state of being frizzed.
- frocking — a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frogfish — any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins.
- froggies — Plural form of froggy.
- frogging — any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- froglike — any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frogling — A young or little frog.
- fronting — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frothing — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- frowning — Present participle of frown.
- frugging — a dance deriving from the twist.
- fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
- fruiting — any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- furigana — (human language, Japanese) (Or "rubi") Small hiragana, written above kanji (and these days sometimes above Latin characters) as a phonetic comment and reading aid. The singular and plural are both "furigana".
- gaff rig — a sailboat rig having one or more fore-and-aft gaff sails.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gas fire — A gas fire is a fire that produces heat by burning gas.
- gasifier — An apparatus used to perform gasification.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- generify — (computing) To make generic.
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- giraffes — Plural form of giraffe.
- giraffid — An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi).
- graffiti — plural of graffito.
- graffito — Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- grafting — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- grayfish — a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, especially the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
- greffier — (obsolete) A registrar or recorder; a notary.
- griefful — (archaic) Expressing or full of grief; painful.
- griefing — Present participle of grief.
- griffins — Plural form of griffin.
- griffith — Arthur, 1872–1922, Irish nationalist leader: a founder of Sinn Fein.
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grifters — Plural form of grifter.
- grifting — (sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- gruffily — in a gruffy manner
- gruffish — Somewhat gruff.