8-letter words containing g, r
- grenades — Plural form of grenade.
- grenfell — Sir Wilfred Thomason [tom-uh-suh n] /ˈtɒm ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1865–1940, English physician and missionary in Labrador and Newfoundland.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- grepping — Present participle of grep.
- gretchen — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- greville — Fulke [foo lk] /fʊlk/ (Show IPA), 1st Baron Brooke, 1554–1628, English poet and statesman.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- grewsome — causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- grey fox — a greyish American fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, inhabiting arid and woody regions from S North America to N South America
- grey gum — any of various eucalyptus trees of New South Wales having dull grey bark, esp Eucalyptus punctata
- grey owl — Grey Owl, original name Archibald Belaney (1888–1938). Canadian writer and conservationist, born in England; adopted Native American identity
- greyback — grayback.
- greyhead — a person with grey hair
- greylist — to hold (someone) in suspicion, without actually excluding him or her from a particular activity
- greyness — The state or quality of being grey.
- gribbles — Plural form of gribble.
- grid map — a map on which a network of horizontal and vertical lines are superimposed, for locating points
- gridding — Adding a grid of lines to a map etc.
- griddled — Simple past tense and past participle of griddle.
- griddles — Plural form of griddle.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- gridiron — a football field.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- griefful — (archaic) Expressing or full of grief; painful.
- griefing — Present participle of grief.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grievers — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- 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.
- grignard — (François Auguste) Victor [frahn-swa oh-gyst veek-tawr] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1935, French organic chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.
- grillade — a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- grillage — a framework of crossing beams used for spreading heavy loads over large areas.
- grillers — Plural form of griller.
- grillery — a grill; grillroom.
- grilling — Present participle of grill.
- grillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- grim dig — an obdurate soldier
- grimaced — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- grimaces — Make a grimace.
- grimaldi — Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.
- grimdark — (fandom) Having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere.
- grimhild — (in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun.