6-letter words containing n, e, r
- gerund — (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).
- geryon — a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist, killed by Hercules, who stole the monster's cattle as his tenth labour
- gesner — Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- ginger — a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.
- ginner — A person who operates a gin.
- girned — Simple past tense and past participle of girn.
- girnel — a large chest for storing meal
- girner — a person who girns
- girnie — peevish
- gnawer — A rodent or other similar type of animal that gnaws.
- gonder — city in NW Ethiopia: former capital: pop. 88,000
- goners — Plural form of goner (persons who are in a desperate strait or doomed).
- gorhen — a female red grouse
- govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- graben — a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- graine — the eggs of the silkworm
- grande — a town in NE Oregon.
- grange — a campaign for state control of railroads and grain elevators, especially in the north central states, carried on during the 1870s by members of the Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange) a farmers' organization that had been formed for social and cultural purposes.
- graven — a past participle of grave3 .
- greene — Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- greens — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- greeny — Slightly green.
- gretna — a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- grinde — Obsolete spelling of grind.
- groane — Obsolete spelling of groan.
- growen — (obsolete) Past participle of grown.
- groyne — groin (def 4).
- grunge — dirt; filth; rubbish.
- gunner — a person who operates a gun or cannon.
- gunter — Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.
- gurnet — Alternative form of gurnard (fish).
- gurney — a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- gyrene — a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- hander — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hanger — a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- hanker — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- harden — to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
- harken — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- harten — (obsolete) To hearten; to encourage; to incite.
- hebron — an ancient city of Palestine, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–97; since 1997 under Palestinian self-rule.
- hendra — a virus that affects humans and horses, causing a fatal, influenza-like illness
- hendry — Stephen. born 1969, Scottish snooker player: world champion 1990, 1992–96, and 1999
- henner — a challenge
- herein — in or into this place.
- hereon — hereupon.
- hering — Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- herman — Woodrow ("Woody") 1913–1987, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
- hermon — Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
- hernia — the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- heroin — a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.