9-letter words containing g, r, i, l
- frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- franglais — French spoken or written with a large admixture of English words, especially those of American origin.
- frazzling — the state of being frazzled or worn-out.
- freckling — Present participle of freckle.
- fribbling — Present participle of fribble.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
- frizzling — Present participle of frizzle.
- frog lily — a yellow water lily.
- froglings — Plural form of frogling.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- fulbright — (James) William, 1905–95, U.S. politician: senator 1945–74.
- fulgurite — a tubelike formation in sand or rock, caused by lightning.
- fullering — a half-round hammer used for grooving and spreading iron.
- gabriella — a female given name.
- gabrielle — a feminine name: equiv. It. & Sp. Gabriella
- galbraith — John Kenneth, 1908–2006, U.S. economist, born in Canada.
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- gallerias — Plural form of galleria.
- galleried — a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- galleries — Plural form of gallery.
- gallerist — The owner or operator of an art gallery.
- galliards — Plural form of galliard.
- gällivare — a town in N Sweden, within the Arctic Circle: iron mines. Pop: 19 191 (2004 est)
- garblings — Plural form of garbling.
- garibaldi — Giuseppe [juh-sep-ee;; Italian joo-zep-pe] /dʒəˈsɛp i;; Italian dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1807–82, Italian patriot and general.
- garlicked — flavoured with garlic
- garrulity — the quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity.
- gauleiter — the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- gelligaer — a town in S Wales, in Caerphilly county borough. Pop (including Ystrad Mynach): 17 185 (2001)
- generalia — generalities
- generical — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- geraldine — a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- gerbiling — Present participle of gerbil.
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- germ line — the lineage of cells culminating in the germ cells
- germ-like — resembling a germ
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gigaliter — Alternative spelling of gigalitre.
- gigalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 109 litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: Gl.
- gilchrist — Adam (Craig). born 1971, Australian cricketer; a wicketkeeper-batsman, he took an Australian-record 416 dismissals in tests (1999–2008) and a world-record 472 dismissals in ODIs (1996–2008); his 33 international centuries is a record for a wicketkeeper
- gill arch — branchial arch.
- gillflirt — a flirtatious woman