8-letter words starting with gr
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandees — Plural form of grandee.
- grandest — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grandeur — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grandkid — grandchild.
- grandmas — Plural form of grandma.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grandpap — (informal) grandfather.
- grandpas — Plural form of grandpa.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- grangers — Plural form of granger.
- 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.
- granitic — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- grannies — Informal. a grandmother.
- grantees — Plural form of grantee.
- granters — Plural form of granter.
- grantham — a town in E England, in Lincolnshire: birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher. Pop: 34 592 (2001)
- granting — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- grantors — Plural form of grantor.
- granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- grapheme — a minimal unit of a writing system.
- graphene — A fullerene consisting of bonded carbon atoms in sheet form one atom thick.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- graphium — a writing stylus
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- grappled — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- grappler — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- grapples — Plural form of grapple.
- grasmere — a lake in Westmoreland, in NW England. 1 mile (1.6 km) long.
- graspers — Plural form of grasper.
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- grass up — to inform on (someone), esp to the police
- grassers — Plural form of grasser.
- grassier — Comparative form of grassy.
- grassily — in a grassy manner
- grassing — any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family.
- grassman — Hermann Günther [her-mahn gyn-tuh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈgün tər/ (Show IPA), 1809–77, German mathematician and linguist.
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gratinee — to cook (food) au gratin
- gratings — Plural form of grating.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grattoir — a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- gratuity — a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
- gravamen — the part of an accusation that weighs most heavily against the accused; the substantial part of a charge or complaint.