9-letter words containing i, r, g
- 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.
- get right — be correct about
- gettering — the removal of residual gas from a partial vacuum by use of a getter.
- geyserite — a variety of siliceous sinter deposited about the orifices of geysers and hot springs.
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- gheorghiu — Angela. born 1965, Romanian soprano: noted for her performances and recordings of Italian opera
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- gi series — gastrointestinal series: x-ray examination of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract after barium sulfate is given rectally (barium enema) or orally as a contrast medium.
- gibbering — to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
- gibberish — meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
- 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.
- gilchrist — Adam (Craig). born 1971, Australian cricketer; a wicketkeeper-batsman, he took an Australian-record 416 dismissals in tests (1999–2008) and a world-record 472 dismissals in ODIs (1996–2008); his 33 international centuries is a record for a wicketkeeper
- gill arch — branchial arch.
- gillflirt — a flirtatious woman
- gilravage — riotous festivity
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- gimmickry — the use of gimmicks.
- gin rummy — gin4 (def 1).
- 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
- ginormous — extremely large; huge.
- giorgione — (Giorgione de Castelfranco; Giorgio Barbarelli) 1478?–1511, Italian painter.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- 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.
- girlishly — In a girlish manner.
- girondist — French History. a member of a political party (1791–93) of moderate republicans whose leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.
- gittarone — an acoustic bass guitar
- give over — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- 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.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glamorize — to make glamorous.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.