8-letter words containing n, o, i, r
- gem iron — a heavy, usually cast-iron oven dish used for baking small cakes (gems)
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geronimo — (Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- gerontic — geriatric.
- gingerol — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for the heat of ginger.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- glorying — Present participle of glory.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- gorgerin — the neckline portion of a capital of a column, or a feature forming the junction between a shaft and its capital.
- goriness — covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- gridiron — a football field.
- 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
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- grind on — If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- groaning — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- groening — Matt(hew). born 1954, US cartoonist and writer, creator and producer of The Simpsons television series from 1989
- groining — Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grokking — to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
- grooming — a bridegroom.
- grooving — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- grossing — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grouping — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- growings — Plural form of growing.
- growling — Producing a growl.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- handiron — andiron.
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- hereinto — into this place.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hizzoner — a city mayor or a judge