8-letter words containing g, r
- generous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- genetrix — a female progenitor
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- geniture — birth; generation.
- gennaker — a type of sail used for downwind sailing
- genogram — a graphic representation of the personalities and interplay of generations within a family, used to identify repetitive patterns of behavior; a psychological family tree.
- genseric — a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.
- gentrice — gentility; high birth.
- gentries — Plural form of gentry.
- 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.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geoffrey — a male given name: from Germanic, meaning “divine peace.”.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geologer — (dated) A geologist.
- geometer — geometrician.
- geometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
- geoprobe — a probing device used for sampling soil
- georgann — a female given name.
- george 3 — (operating system) The operating system for the ICL 1900 mainframe. Lots of two-letter commands.
- george i — 1660–1727, king of England 1714–27.
- george v — 1865–1936, king of England 1910–36 (son of Edward VII).
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgics — Plural form of georgic.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geotherm — a line or surface within or on the earth connecting points of equal temperature
- 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.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- gerardia — any plant of the genus Gerardia
- gerberas — Plural form of gerbera.
- germaine — a female given name.
- germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- germanic — of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
- germano- — German, German and
- germfree — free of germs; sterile: This kind of research should be done in a germfree laboratory.
- germiest — Superlative form of germy.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- germless — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- germline — Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.
- geronimo — (Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- gerontic — geriatric.
- geronto- — indicating old age
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- gertrude — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “strength.”.
- geschrei — a yell; shout.
- gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gestured — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gestures — Make a gesture.