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Answer for the clue "Gritty ", 8 letters:
sabulous

Word definitions for sabulous in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sandy," 1630s, from Latin sabulosus , from sabulum "coarse sand" (see sand (n.)).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. sandy or gritty.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sabulous \Sab"u*lous\, a. [L. sabulosus.] Sandy; gritty.

Usage examples of sabulous.

The prophecy which he had uttered against her, the sabulous atrocity which he had radiated into her, had crammed every corner of her soul with a loathing and rejection indistinguishable from self-abhorrence.

He pried his eyes wide, scraped his eyelids across the sabulous exhaustion in his gaze, and saw Memla.