9-letter words containing i, r, g
- garotting — to execute by the garrote.
- garrisons — Plural form of garrison.
- garroting — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrulity — the quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity.
- gartering — Present participle of garter.
- 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)
- gemmiform — shaped like a bud.
- gendering — Present participle of gender.
- genderise — to divide, categorize, or deal with on the basis of gender distinctions: to genderize a list of first names.
- genderism — The belief that gender is a binary, comprising male and female, and that the aspects of a person's gender are inherently linked to their sex at birth.
- genderize — to divide, categorize, or deal with on the basis of gender distinctions: to genderize a list of first names.
- generalia — generalities
- generical — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- gengineer — (informal) A person skilled at gengineering.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- genocider — One who commits genocide.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometrid — belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.
- george ii — 1683–1760, king of England 1727–60 (son of George I).
- george iv — 1762–1830, king of England 1820–30 (son of George III).
- george vi — 1895–1952, king of England 1936–1952 (second son of George V; brother of Edward VIII).
- georgiana — a female given name.
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- geraldine — a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- gerbiling — Present participle of gerbil.
- 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.
- germ line — the lineage of cells culminating in the germ cells
- germ-like — resembling a germ
- 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
- germicide — an agent for killing germs or microorganisms.
- 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.