8-letter words containing i, r, u
- gruffish — Somewhat gruff.
- gruiform — of or relating to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots.
- grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
- grumpier — Comparative form of grumpy.
- grumpily — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- grumping — Present participle of grump.
- grumpish — Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy.
- grumpity — Nonce variation of the word grump, usually used as an intensifier.
- grundies — men's underpants
- grungier — ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- grunting — to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guarneri — Giuseppe Antonio [joo-zep-pe ahn-taw-nyaw] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Joseph Guarnerius) 1683–1745, Italian violinmaker.
- guaviare — a river in central and E Colombia, flowing E to the Orinoco River. 650 (1046 km) long.
- guericke — Otto von [awt-oh-fuh n] /ˈɔt oʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1602–86, German physicist.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guerilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guernica — Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- guilders — Plural form of guilder.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- guiltier — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- guisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gujarati — an Indic language of western India.
- gulliver — (slang) one's head.
- gun brig — a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.
- gunfires — Plural form of gunfire.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
- gurindji — an Aboriginal people of N central Australia
- gurkhali — the language of the Gurkhas, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
- gurmukhi — the script used for writing the Punjabi language
- guruship — The status of a guru.
- guyliner — (informal) Eyeliner when used on men; usually associated with the goth and emo subcultures.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- hari rud — a river in NW Afghanistan, NE Iran, and S Turkmenistan, flowing W and then N to the Kara Kum desert. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hierurgy — a holy act or rite of worship.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hippuric — of or relating to hippuric acid
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- huidobro — Vicente [bee-sen-te] /biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1948, Chilean poet.
- huissier — an usher
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.