9-letter words containing t, i, g, r
- frigatoon — a Venetian sailing ship with a square stern
- frightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- frighting — Present participle of fright.
- frigidity — the state or condition of being frigid.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- fruit gum — a type of chewy sweet with a fruit flavour
- fulbright — (James) William, 1905–95, U.S. politician: senator 1945–74.
- fulgurite — a tubelike formation in sand or rock, caused by lightning.
- fumigator — a person or thing that fumigates.
- futtering — Present participle of futter.
- galbraith — John Kenneth, 1908–2006, U.S. economist, born in Canada.
- gallerist — The owner or operator of an art gallery.
- gannister — ganister
- garagiste — a small-scale entrepreneurial wine-maker, originally from the Bordeaux region of France, esp one who does not adhere to the traditions of wine-making
- garniture — something that garnishes; decoration; adornment.
- garotting — to execute by the garrote.
- garroting — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrulity — the quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity.
- gartering — Present participle of garter.
- gastrique — A syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar.
- gastritis — inflammation of the stomach, especially of its mucous membrane.
- gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
- gauleiter — the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometrid — belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- geriatric — of or relating to geriatrics, old age, or aged persons.
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- germanist — a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- germanite — a mineral consisting of a complex copper arsenic sulphide containing germanium, gallium, iron, zinc, and lead: an ore of germanium and gallium
- germinant — beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- gesturing — Present participle of gesture.
- get right — be correct about
- gettering — the removal of residual gas from a partial vacuum by use of a getter.
- geyserite — a variety of siliceous sinter deposited about the orifices of geysers and hot springs.
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gift card — gift voucher in plastic card form
- gift-wrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gigahertz — one billion hertz. Abbreviation: GHz.
- gigaliter — Alternative spelling of gigalitre.
- gigalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 109 litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: Gl.