9-letter words containing a, d, g, l
- gold leaf — gold in the form of very thin foil, as for gilding.
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- good deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- goodfella — a gangster, esp one in the Mafia
- gradeless — Without a grade.
- gradually — taking place, changing, moving, etc., by small degrees or little by little: gradual improvement in health.
- grand mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
- grassland — an area, as a prairie, in which the natural vegetation consists largely of perennial grasses, characteristic of subhumid and semiarid climates.
- gravelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- gray lady — a female worker in the American Red Cross who serves as a volunteer aide in medical services.
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- greendale — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- greenland — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- grid leak — a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- guanadrel — a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.
- guardedly — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- guardless — Defenceless.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- guildhall — (in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.
- guildsman — a member of a guild.
- haggardly — In a haggard manner.
- harigalds — the intestines of an animal
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headlight — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- highlands — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- ideal gas — a gas composed of molecules on which no forces act except upon collision with one another and with the walls of the container in which the gas is enclosed; a gas that obeys the ideal gas law.
- idealogue — One given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
- idle gear — a gear placed between a driving and a driven gear to transmit motion between them.
- ingerland — a jocular spelling of England, as pronounced in the chants of sports, esp football, supporters
- intangled — Simple past tense and past participle of intangle.
- jetlagged — a temporary disruption of the body's normal biological rhythms after high-speed air travel through several time zones.
- judgeable — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- la grande — a town in NE Oregon.
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- lagerfeld — Karl (Otto). born 1938, German fashion designer working mainly in Paris
- laggardly — in the manner of a laggard.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- land grab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landgrave — (in medieval Germany) a count having jurisdiction over a large territory.
- landsting — (formerly) the upper house of the Danish parliament.
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- languaged — Having a specified type or number of languages.