8-letter words containing r, i, s, n
- frissons — Plural form of frisson.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frostnip — The first stage of frostbite.
- g-string — a loincloth or breechcloth, usually secured by a cord at the waist.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gas ring — A gas ring is a metal device on top of a cooker or stove, where you can burn gas in order to cook food on it.
- gearings — Plural form of gearing.
- generics — Plural form of generic.
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- genseric — a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.
- gentries — Plural form of gentry.
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
- gherkins — Plural form of gherkin.
- ginsberg — Allen, 1926–97, U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ginsburg — Ruth Bader [bey-der] /ˈbeɪ dər/ (Show IPA), born 1933, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993.
- girlness — (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- gitterns — Plural form of gittern.
- goriness — covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- gradings — Plural form of grading.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- granitas — Plural form of granita.
- granites — Plural form of granite.
- grannies — Informal. a grandmother.
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- grassing — any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family.
- gratings — Plural form of grating.
- greasing — Present participle of grease.
- greenies — Plural form of greeny.
- greenish — somewhat green; having a tinge of green.
- gremlins — Plural form of gremlin.
- 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
- griffins — Plural form of griffin.
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grimness — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- grinches — Plural form of grinch.
- grinders — Plural form of grinder.
- gris-nez — Cape, a cape in N France, near Calais: closest point in France to Great Britain.
- grissini — Thin, crisp Italian breadsticks.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- gristing — grain to be ground.
- 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.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- growings — Plural form of growing.
- grundies — men's underpants
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.