9-letter words that end in re
- flue-cure — to dry or cure by warm air that has been passed through flues.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- foreshore — the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
- fourscore — four times twenty; eighty.
- frugivore — any chiefly fruit-eating organism, as certain bats.
- full bore — moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
- full fare — a price (of a travel, cinema ticket, etc) without any discounts
- full-bore — moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
- furniture — the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.
- fuse wire — current-carrying wire made from an alloy which melts at a fairly low temperature
- gällivare — a town in N Sweden, within the Arctic Circle: iron mines. Pop: 19 191 (2004 est)
- garniture — something that garnishes; decoration; adornment.
- gasometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of gasometer.
- geosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- get there — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gigalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 109 litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: Gl.
- gigametre — (chiefly, International, British, Canada) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
- glassware — Ornaments and articles made from glass.
- glen more — valley across N Scotland, traversed by the Caledonian Canal: 60 mi (97 km) long
- go before — precede
- go figure — expression incomprehension
- gonophore — an asexually produced bud in hydrozoans that gives rise to the equivalent of a medusa.
- gossamere — Obsolete form of gossamer.
- grand pre — a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- granivore — Any animal that eats seeds as the main part of its diet.
- grassfire — A fire burning over grass or grassland.
- greenware — (ceramics, usually, uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
- groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
- guenevere — a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white, fair.”.
- guiltware — /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money. 2. Shareware that works.
- guinevere — Arthurian Romance. wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.
- gynophore — the elongated stalk of a pistil.
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hair care — Hair care is all the things people do to keep their hair clean, healthy-looking, and attractive.
- half fare — the sum charged or paid for conveyance in a bus, train, aeroplane, etc, by children, pensioners, etc, when it is equal to half the cost of the price paid by a regular passenger
- half-acre — a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- 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.
- hard core — pornography: obscene
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- heartsore — heartsick.
- hellebore — any of several plants of the genus Helleborus, of the buttercup family, having basal leaves and clusters of flowers, especially H. niger, the Christmas rose.
- herbivore — a herbivorous animal.
- high wire — a tightrope stretched very high above the ground.
- hog score — a line at each end of the rink, parallel to the foot score and usually 7 yards (6.4 meters) in advance of the tee.
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- home care — a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
- home-care — of, relating to, or designating care, especially medical care, given or received at home: a member of the hospital's home-care staff.