9-letter words containing a, d, o, g
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- mcdougall — William, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
- megadoses — Plural form of megadose.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megapodes — Plural form of megapode.
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- moonglade — (poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
- mortgaged — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- mossadegh — Mohammed, 1880–1967, Iranian statesman: premier 1951–53.
- negrohead — a type of low-quality India rubber
- nonfading — not fading
- nonglazed — not glazed
- nongraded — without grade levels: a nongraded school.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- oak ridge — a city in E Tennessee, near Knoxville: atomic research center.
- obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- off guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- off-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- oil gland — uropygial gland.
- old guard — the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
- ondograph — an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
- onondagan — a member of a tribe of Iroquoian Indians formerly inhabiting the region of Onondaga Lake.
- orangeade — a beverage consisting of orange juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.
- ordaining — Present participle of ordain.
- organised — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
- outdating — Present participle of outdate.
- outgassed — Simple past tense and past participle of outgas.
- outranged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrange.
- overgrade — to grade too highly
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- page mode — 1. (hardware, storage) See page mode DRAM. 2. (hardware) An operation mode of video terminals like the IBM 3270, in which the terminal only sends a completed input screen (page) to the host instead of sending each character as the keys are pressed.
- paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
- parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- pedagogic — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedagogue — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- podgorica — a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- powfagged — exhausted