8-letter words containing n, i, g, e, r
- greenies — Plural form of greeny.
- greening — a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greenish — somewhat green; having a tinge of green.
- greenlit — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greeting — the act or words of a person who greets.
- gremlins — Plural form of gremlin.
- grepping — Present participle of grep.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- griefing — Present participle of grief.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grimness — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- grinches — Plural form of grinch.
- grinders — Plural form of grinder.
- grindery — a workshop for grinding edge tools.
- gripenet — [IBM] A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's internal VNET system, deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be taboo in more formal channels.
- gris-nez — Cape, a cape in N France, near Calais: closest point in France to Great Britain.
- groening — Matt(hew). born 1954, US cartoonist and writer, creator and producer of The Simpsons television series from 1989
- grueling — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- grundies — men's underpants
- grungier — ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
- guarneri — Giuseppe Antonio [joo-zep-pe ahn-taw-nyaw] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Joseph Guarnerius) 1683–1745, Italian violinmaker.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guernica — Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- gunfires — Plural form of gunfire.
- guyliner — (informal) Eyeliner when used on men; usually associated with the goth and emo subcultures.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hireling — a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- impinger — Any of several instruments in which fine particles (dust) in a gas are analysed by blowing them through a jet onto a wetted plate, prior to being counted.
- impugner — One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
- in large — as a totality or on a broad scale
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- infringe — to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ingender — Obsolete spelling of engender.
- ingrates — Plural form of ingrate.