9-letter words containing i, r, g, a
- gas-fired — using a gas for fuel.
- gastrique — A syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar.
- gastritis — inflammation of the stomach, especially of its mucous membrane.
- gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
- gaucherie — lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- gauleiter — the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- gelligaer — a town in S Wales, in Caerphilly county borough. Pop (including Ystrad Mynach): 17 185 (2001)
- generalia — generalities
- generical — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- georgiana — a female given name.
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- geraldine — a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- geriatric — of or relating to geriatrics, old age, or aged persons.
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- 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.
- 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).
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gift card — gift voucher in plastic card form
- gift-wrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gigahertz — one billion hertz. Abbreviation: GHz.
- gigaliter — Alternative spelling of gigalitre.
- gigalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 109 litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: Gl.
- gigameter — Alternative spelling of gigametre.
- gigametre — (chiefly, International, British, Canada) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
- gill arch — branchial arch.
- gilravage — riotous festivity
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- ginastera — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–83, Argentine composer.
- giraffine — relating to the giraffe
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- girl band — A girl band is a band consisting of young women who sing pop music and dance.
- gittarone — an acoustic bass guitar
- glaciered — covered by, or coming from, glaciers
- gladiator — (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators.