9-letter words containing a, g, o
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardroom — a room used by military guards during the period they are on duty.
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- gummatous — a rubbery, tumorlike lesion associated with tertiary syphilis.
- gustation — the act of tasting.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- guttation — a process in which water in liquid form is given off by plants.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynocracy — gynarchy.
- gyrations — Plural form of gyration.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- gyromancy — a method of prediction or prophecy in which a person moves round and round in a circle and the place at which they fall to the ground is said to be highly significant
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- gyrovague — a vagrant monk who wandered from one monastery to another.
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hagiology — the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
- half-long — (of a speech sound) of intermediate length; neither short nor fully long.
- hallooing — Present participle of halloo.
- hallowing — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- hang over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanger-on — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangerson — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- harborage — shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
- harboring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- harmdoing — the doing of harm
- harrogate — a town in N England, in North Yorkshire: a former spa, now a centre for tourism and conferences. Pop: 70 811 (2001 est)
- harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- have a go — try sth
- have-a-go — (of people attempting arduous or dangerous tasks) brave or spirited
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hektogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- hemogenia — pseudohemophilia.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- hexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- high road — A high road is a main road.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hoatching — infested; swarming
- hodograph — the figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.