8-letter words containing g, r
- get over — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get real — Be realistic
- gettered — Simple past tense and past participle of getter.
- ghaghara — a river in SW Tibet, Nepal, and N India, flowing S and SE to the Ganges River. 640 miles (1030 km) long.
- ghardaia — a city in N Algeria.
- gharials — Plural form of gharial.
- gheraoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gherao.
- gheraoes — Plural form of gherao.
- gherkins — Plural form of gherkin.
- ghiberti — Lorenzo [law-ren-tsaw] /lɔˈrɛn tsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1378–1455, Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and painter.
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- gibbered — Simple past tense and past participle of gibber; to talk incomprehensibly.
- 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.
- gilberts — Plural form of gilbert.
- gill bar — branchial arch (def 1).
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- gimcrack — a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
- gingered — Spiced with ginger.
- gingerly — with great care or caution; warily.
- gingerol — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for the heat of ginger.
- gingrich — Newt(on) born 1943, U.S. politician.
- ginsberg — Allen, 1926–97, U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ginsburg — Ruth Bader [bey-der] /ˈbeɪ dər/ (Show IPA), born 1933, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993.
- ginzberg — Asher [ash-er] /ˈæʃ ər/ (Show IPA), (Achad Ha-Am; Ahad Ha-am) 1856–1927, Hebrew philosophical writer and editor, born in Russia.
- ginzburg — Natalia (nataˈliːa). 1916–91, Italian writer and dramatist. Her books include The Road to the City (1942), Voices in the Evening (1961), and Family Sayings (1963)
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- giraffes — Plural form of giraffe.
- giraffid — An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi).
- 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.
- girgenti — former name of Agrigento.
- 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.
- girthing — Present participle of girth.
- girtline — gantline.
- gisarmes — Plural form of gisarme.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- gitterns — Plural form of gittern.
- give ear — to give attention, esp. favorable attention; listen; heed
- gizzards — Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.
- glabrate — Zoology. glabrous.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- 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.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food