8-letter words containing i, r, a, n
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- freaking — a fleck or streak of color.
- fredaine — a prank; a practical joke
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- friesian — horse
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- fun fair — an amusement park.
- furigana — (human language, Japanese) (Or "rubi") Small hiragana, written above kanji (and these days sometimes above Latin characters) as a phonetic comment and reading aid. The singular and plural are both "furigana".
- futanari — (anime, manga, uncountable) A genre of Japanese anime or manga featuring hermaphrodite characters, generally with female bodies plus a penis.
- ganglier — Comparative form of gangly.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- garaging — a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
- garbling — Present participle of garble.
- garcinia — Mangosteen (of the genus Garcinia).
- gardenia — any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- gardiner — Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
- gargling — Present participle of gargle.
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gas ring — A gas ring is a metal device on top of a cooker or stove, where you can burn gas in order to cook food on it.
- gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
- gearings — Plural form of gearing.
- 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.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- 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.
- 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.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- 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
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- glairing — the white of an egg.
- glargine — (medicine) A form of slow-release insulin.
- gnarling — a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- grabbing — Present participle of grab.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- gradings — Plural form of grading.
- grafting — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- grainage — the duty paid on grain
- grainger — Percy Aldridge [awl-drij] /ˈɔl drɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1961, Australian pianist and composer, in the U.S. after 1915.
- grainier — Comparative form of grainy.
- graining — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.