8-letter words containing gri
- grind in — to make (a conical valve) fit its seating by grinding them together in the presence of an abrasive paste
- 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.
- grinders — Plural form of grinder.
- grindery — a workshop for grinding edge tools.
- grinding — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- grinning — to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
- gripenet — [IBM] A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's internal VNET system, deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be taboo in more formal channels.
- grippers — Plural form of gripper.
- gripping — holding the attention or interest intensely; fascinating; enthralling: a gripping play; a gripping book.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- gris-nez — Cape, a cape in N France, near Calais: closest point in France to Great Britain.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- griseous — gray; pearl-gray.
- grisette — a young French workingwoman.
- grislier — Comparative form of grisly.
- grissini — Thin, crisp Italian breadsticks.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- gristing — grain to be ground.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- gritrock — Gritstone.
- gritters — Plural form of gritter.
- grittily — In a gritty way.
- gritting — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grizzled — gray; grayish; devoid of hue.
- grizzler — to complain; whimper; whine.
- grizzles — Plural form of grizzle.
- hagrider — a person or thing that causes distressing anxiety or apprehension
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- hairgrip — A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- integrin — (biochemistry) Any of many heterodimeric transmembrane proteins that function as receptors in communication between cells.
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- magritte — René [French ruh-ney] /French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Belgian painter.
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- negritic — of or relating to blacks or to the Negritos.
- off-grid — energy: not from main supply
- pilgrims — a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: pilgrims to the Holy Land.
- sinigrin — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KC 1 0 H 1 6 NO 9 S 2 ⋅H 2 O, found chiefly in the seeds of the black mustard, that deters some insect predators.
- the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed
- tigridia — any plant of the bulbous genus Tigridia, native to subtropical and tropical America, esp T. pavonia, the tiger flower or peacock tiger flower, grown for its large strikingly marked red, white, or yellow concave flowers: family Iridaceae
- tigrinya — a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.