9-letter words containing i, n, r, e
- germ line — the lineage of cells culminating in the germ cells
- germanide — (chemistry) any binary compound of germanium and a more electropositive element.
- germanism — a usage, idiom, or other feature that is characteristic of the German language.
- germanist — a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- germanite — a mineral consisting of a complex copper arsenic sulphide containing germanium, gallium, iron, zinc, and lead: an ore of germanium and gallium
- germanium — a scarce, metallic, grayish-white element, normally tetravalent, used chiefly in transistors. Symbol: Ge; atomic weight: 72.59; atomic number: 32; specific gravity: 5.36 at 20°C.
- germanize — to adopt or cause to adopt German customs, speech, institutions, etc
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germinant — beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- germiness — the state of being germy
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- 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).
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- gesturing — Present participle of gesture.
- gettering — the removal of residual gas from a partial vacuum by use of a getter.
- gibbering — to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
- ginastera — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–83, Argentine composer.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- gingering — Present participle of ginger.
- gingerous — (of hair) reddish
- giorgione — (Giorgione de Castelfranco; Giorgio Barbarelli) 1478?–1511, Italian painter.
- giraffine — relating to the giraffe
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- gittarone — an acoustic bass guitar
- glariness — Quality of being glary; a dazzling brilliancy.
- glowering — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glycerine — a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- gnarliest — gnarled.
- goffering — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- goitrogen — any goiter-producing substance, as thiouracil.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- gorgonise — turn to stone
- gorgonize — to affect as a Gorgon; hypnotize; petrify.
- governing — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- grainiest — Superlative form of grainy.
- grainless — Without grain.
- grainline — The line of the warp on a piece of fabric.
- granaries — Plural form of granary.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- granitite — a granite rich in biotite.
- granitize — to subject to granitization.
- granivore — Any animal that eats seeds as the main part of its diet.
- granulite — a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.