9-letter words containing r, e, g, i, n
- greenfish — opaleye.
- greenline — (transitive) To ease access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific areas.
- greenling — any spiny-finned food fish of the genus Hexagrammos, of North Pacific coasts.
- greenmail — the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid.
- greenwich — a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
- greenwing — the common teal, Anas crecca
- greetings — A polite word or sign of welcome or recognition.
- gregarian — (obsolete) gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort.
- gregarine — a type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.
- gregorian — of or relating to any of the popes named Gregory, especially Gregory I or Gregory XIII.
- grenadian — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- grenadier — (in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
- grenadine — a syrup made from pomegranate juice.
- grenville — George, 1712–70, British statesman: prime minister 1763–65.
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- grievants — Plural form of grievant.
- griminess — The characteristic or quality of being grimy.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- gritstone — A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
- groningen — a city in the NE Netherlands.
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- gruelling — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- guinevere — Arthurian Romance. wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.
- gum resin — a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.
- gun crime — offences involving firearms
- gurneyite — a supporter of Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847), an English Quaker, who, on a preaching tour of America, advocated Christian evangelical principles.
- guttering — a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
- hagridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hang fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- hankering — a longing; craving.
- harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- harkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- heartling — a term of endearment, little heart
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hellinger — Mark, 1903–47, U.S. writer and film producer.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- helsingør — a port in NE Denmark, in NE Zealand: site of Kronborg Castle (16th century), famous as the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Pop: 35 002 (2004 est)
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herringer — a person that catches herring
- hindering — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- hollering — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.