9-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- gesturing — Present participle of gesture.
- gettering — the removal of residual gas from a partial vacuum by use of a getter.
- gibbering — to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
- gin rummy — gin4 (def 1).
- ginastera — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–83, Argentine composer.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- gingering — Present participle of ginger.
- gingerous — (of hair) reddish
- ginormous — extremely large; huge.
- giorgione — (Giorgione de Castelfranco; Giorgio Barbarelli) 1478?–1511, Italian painter.
- giraffine — relating to the giraffe
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- girl band — A girl band is a band consisting of young women who sing pop music and dance.
- girondist — French History. a member of a political party (1791–93) of moderate republicans whose leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.
- gittarone — an acoustic bass guitar
- glariness — Quality of being glary; a dazzling brilliancy.
- glaringly — shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
- glowering — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glycerine — a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- gnarliest — gnarled.
- go in for — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goffering — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- goitrogen — any goiter-producing substance, as thiouracil.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- gongorism — imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote.
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- gorgonian — any of numerous alcyonarian corals of the order Gorgonacea, having a usually branching, horny or calcareous skeleton.
- gorgonise — turn to stone
- gorgonize — to affect as a Gorgon; hypnotize; petrify.
- governing — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grabbings — Plural form of grabbing.
- grabbling — Present participle of grabble.
- gradating — Present participle of gradate.
- gradation — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- grainiest — Superlative form of grainy.
- grainless — Without grain.
- grainline — The line of the warp on a piece of fabric.
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- granaries — Plural form of granary.
- grand fir — a large fir, Abies grandis, of the western coast of North America, having a narrow, pointed crown and yielding a soft wood used for lumber, pulp, and boxes.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandioso — grand and imposing.
- grandkids — grandchild.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- graniform — Formed from or like corn.