7-letter words containing n, e, i, g
- ginseng — any of several plants of the genus Panax, especially P. pseudoginseng, of eastern Asia, or P. qinquefolius, of North America, having an aromatic root used medicinally.
- gironde — an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- gittern — cittern.
- give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- gleeing — to squint or look with one eye.
- gleenie — a guinea fowl
- glennie — Dame Evelyn (Elizabeth Ann). born 1965, Scottish percussionist and composer; profoundly deaf since the age of twelve
- glenoid — shallow or slightly cupped, as the articular cavities of the scapula and the temporal bone.
- glidden — Charles Jasper, 1857–1927, U.S. businessman: a pioneer in the telephone industry.
- glinted — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glisten — to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
- glueing — Present participle of glue; obsolete spelling of gluing.
- glycine — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, H 2 NCH 2 COOH, the simplest amino acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis and biochemical research. Symbol: G. Abbreviation: Gly;
- gmelina — a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
- gniezno — a city in W central Poland, ENE of Posen: important in the early history of the country; 10th-century cathedral.
- gobelin — made at the tapestry factory established in Paris in the 15th century by the Gobelins, a French family of dyers and weavers.
- goering — Hermann Wilhelm [her-mahn vil-helm,, hur-muh n-wil-helm;; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm,, ˈhɜr mənˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, German field marshal and Nazi party leader.
- goneril — (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- goonies — Slang. stupid, foolish, or awkward: a goony smile on his face.
- gradine — A low step or ledge, especially one at the back of an altar.
- grained — having, reduced to, consisting of, or bearing grain or grains (usually used in combination): fine-grained sand; large-grained rice.
- grainer — A knife for taking the hair off skins.
- granite — ice (def 4).
- grannie — Informal. a grandmother.
- gratine — to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- grecian — Greek (especially with reference to ancient Greece).
- greenie — Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- greisen — a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- greking — (obsolete) The break (of day); dawn.
- gremlin — a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- greying — Present participle of grey.
- grinded — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- grinder — a person or thing that grinds.
- grindle — bowfin.
- grinned — to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
- grinner — to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
- gripmen — Plural form of gripman.
- groined — (of a vault) formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults, usually with plain groins without ribs.
- guanine — a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 O, that is a fundamental constituent of DNA and RNA, in which it forms base pairs with cytosine. Symbol: G.
- guienne — a former province in SW France.
- guillen — Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1984, Spanish poet, in the U.S. 1940–75.
- guinean — a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- guineas — a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- gumline — the line where gums meet the teeth
- gunfire — the firing of a gun or guns.
- gunites — Plural form of gunite.
- gunnies — Plural form of gunny.
- gynecia — gynoecium.
- gynecic — of or relating to women.
- h-hinge — a strap hinge having the form of an H with the joint in the crossbar.