Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z grindylow A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them. Grine A surname. Griner A surname. grinfuck To behave in a superficially polite or charming way while simultaneously acting in a deceptive, manipulative, or harmful manner. gringa A female gringo. Gringegalgona A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia gringo A white person from an English-speaking country, particularly the United States. Gringoland A land of gringos; in particular, the United States of America. Gringolandia The United States of America. gringophobia Fear or hatred of gringos. gringostan The United States of America. Grinling A surname. Grinnall A surname. grinnel The bowfin fish, Amia calva Grinnell A surname. grinning The act or expression of one who grins. grinningly With a grin. grinny Having or resembling a grin. Grinsell A surname. Grinshill A village and civil parish in northern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5223). grinsome Characterised or marked by grinning. Grinstead A surname from Old English. Grint A surname. Grinton A village and large civil parish (served by Grinton and Ellerton Abbey Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0498). grinworthy Worthy of being grinned at. Grinzo A surname. griot A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet. griotic Relating to, or characteristic of a griot. (a West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions) griotte A female griot. grip To take hold (of), particularly with the hand. gripe To complain; to whine. gripeful Disposed to gripe; gripey. griper One who gripes. gripesite A website aimed at making consumers more aware of deficient goods and services. gripeworthy Worthy of being griped about; deserving of criticism or complaint. gripey Tending to gripe. gripgrass The plant catchweed or cleavers (Galium aparine). griphite A vitreous, resinous, yellow or dark-brown, molecular compound that is both diploidal and isometric. griphopith Any of a group of morphologically similar early hominids of the genera Griphopithecus and Kenyapithecus. griping Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe. gripingly In a griping manner. gripless Lacking a grip. griplessness Lack of grip. gripman A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop. gripment Grip (holding). gripopterygid Any stonefly of the family Gripopterygidae grippable Capable of being gripped. grippal Relating to influenza. grippe Influenza, the flu. gripped excited; mesmerized gripper A person who or thing which grips something. Grippi A surname from Italian. grippie A grip; something used to take hold, or to reduce friction. grippiness The state, quality, or condition of being grippy. gripping Which catches someone's attention; exciting grippingly In a gripping manner. grippingness The quality of being gripping. gripple Griping; tenacious; gripping. grippleness The quality of being gripple. Grippo A surname. grippy Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well. gripsack A traveller's bag. gripsome Characterised or marked by gripping. gription The property of gripping and providing traction. Griqua Any of a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous and multiracial black people, originally populating the frontiers of the infant Cape Colony, living as seminomadic commandos of mounted gunmen. griquaite A rock composed of diopside, pyrope and orthopyroxene. Griqualand Various parts of South Africa where the Griqua people established communities, including Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad on KwaZulu-Natal's frontier with the Eastern Cape) and Griqualand West (the area around Kimberley). Griqualander A native or inhabitant of Griqualand. griqualandite An altered form of crocidolite. grisaille In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting. Grisales A surname from Spanish. grisamber ambergris Grisanti A surname from Italian. grisard Synonym of great black-backed gull Grisby A surname. Grischa A diminutive of the male given name Grigorij or Grigori, from Russia and other Slavic countries, equivalent to English Greg. grischunite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and sodium. grise A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. Griselda A woman of exemplary gentleness and patience. griselimycin Any of a group of cyclopeptide antibiotics used against tuberculosis griseofulvin An antifungal drug C₁₇H₁₇ClO₆ obtained from the mold Penicillium griseofulvum, used in humans and animals against fungal infections of the hair and skin. griseorhodin Any of a class of marine-derived rubromycins. griseous Having a gray, mottled appearance griseoviridin A streptogramin produced by Streptomyces griseoviridis. grisette A (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals. grisettish Resembling or characteristic of a grisette. Grisham A surname. Grishamesque In the style of John Grisham (born 1955), American writer of legal thrillers. Grishaverse A fictional shared universe of fantasy novels, short story collections, and a television adaptation created by American author Leigh Bardugo. griskin A lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig. grislily In a grisly manner. grisliness The characteristic or quality of being grisly. grisly Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying. grism A combination of diffraction grating and prism used to obtain spectra from selected parts of an image. Grismer A surname from German. Grismore A surname from German. grison A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel. grisons A canton of Switzerland (the French name) grisounite An explosive used in mining. grisoutine A safety explosive composed of nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, sodium- and potassium nitrates; now largely replaced by grisoutite grisoutite A type of safety explosive, made from nitroglycerine mixed with magnesium sulfate and sawdust, that could be used where firedamp was present Grissel A female given name from the Germanic languages; a medieval variant of Griselda, rare today. Grissell A surname. Grissett A surname. Grissinger A surname. grissino A narrow breadstick in Italian cuisine. Grissom A surname. grist Grain that is to be ground in a mill. gristbite To gnash one's teeth. Gristhorpe A village and civil parish (served by Gristhorpe and Lebberston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0881). gristle Cartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat. gristlehead A stupid person. gristleless Free from gristle. gristliness The quality or state of being gristly. gristly Resembling or containing gristle. gristmill A mill that grinds grain; especially, a small-scale local mill that grinds grain brought by a local farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage). gristmiller The miller who operates a gristmill. gristmilling The operation of a gristmill. Griston A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9499). Gristwood A surname. gristy grainy; gritty Griswold An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”). Griswoldville An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia, named after Samuel Griswold. grisy Grim, grisly. grit A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking. gritch To complain; to gripe. grith Guaranteed security, sanctuary, safe conduct. grithbreach breach of the peace, or its penalty. Gritjurk A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia gritless Free from grit. gritlessness Absence of grit. grito A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera. gritrock gritstone grits Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States. Gritsch A surname. gritsome Characterised or marked by grit (all senses); gritty gritstone A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser. gritten Made of or consisting of grits. gritter One who grits anything. grittily In a gritty way. grittiness The characteristic or quality of being gritty. gritting The act by which something is gritted. grittish Somewhat gritty. Grittleton A village and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8680). Gritton A surname. gritty Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. Gritz A surname from German. grivation The angle, at any point on the surface of the Earth, between grid north and magnetic north. grivet An Old World monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face. grivna a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus.