8-letter words containing g, r, i, l
- 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.
- gabrieli — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1510–86, Italian organist and composer.
- gaillard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- galeries — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
- galleria — a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usually with a vaulted roof and lined with commercial establishments.
- galliard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- ganglier — Comparative form of gangly.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garbling — Present participle of garble.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gargling — Present participle of gargle.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- garlicky — a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- gasalier — A gas-powered chandelier.
- gaselier — Alt form gasalier.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- germline — Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.
- gharials — Plural form of gharial.
- gilberts — Plural form of gilbert.
- gill bar — branchial arch (def 1).
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- gingerly — with great care or caution; warily.
- gingerol — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for the heat of ginger.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- girdling — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- girliest — featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show; girlie magazines.
- girllike — Resembling a girl.
- girlness — (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- girtline — gantline.
- glaciers — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- glairing — the white of an egg.
- glargine — (medicine) A form of slow-release insulin.
- glassier — Comparative form of glassy.
- glaziers — Plural form of glazier.
- glaziery — the work of a glazier; glasswork.
- gleamier — Comparative form of gleamy.
- gleipnir — a bond with magic properties, forged by elves, and used by the gods to bind Loki.
- glibbery — slippery; untrustworthy
- gliddery — slippery
- glimmers — Plural form of glimmer.
- glimmery — Glimmering; shimmery.