9-letter words containing a, l
- gratulant — expressing gratification; congratulatory.
- gratulate — to hail with joy; express joy at.
- graveless — having no grave or graves
- gravelike — resembling a grave
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- 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.
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.
- graylings — Plural form of grayling.
- grayscale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
- grazeable — (of land) Suitable for grazing animals.
- 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.
- greenlawn — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- greenmail — the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid.
- gremolata — A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
- grevillea — An evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.
- grey seal — a greyish species of earless seal, Halichoerus grypus
- greyscale — Alternative spelling of grayscale.
- grid leak — a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.
- grill pan — a wide, shallow metal vessel used to contain food that is being cooked under a grill
- grillages — Plural form of grillage.
- grimalkin — a cat.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- grisaille — monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
- grossular — Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- guacamole — a dip of mashed avocado mixed with tomato, onion, and seasonings.
- guanadrel — a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.
- guanazolo — a synthetic form of guanine that is used to inhibit the growth of tumours
- guanylate — (biochemistry) any salt or ester of guanylic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
- 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.
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- guatemala — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- guayaquil — a seaport in W Ecuador, on the Gulf of Guayaquil.
- guerillas — Plural form of guerilla.
- guerrilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guessable — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- guildhall — (in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.
- guildsman — a member of a guild.
- guillaume — Charles Édouard [French sharl ey-dwar] /French ʃarl eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, Swiss physicist: Nobel Prize 1920.
- guiltware — /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money. 2. Shareware that works.
- gum plant — gumweed.
- gun-metal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunbattle — A gunfight; a battle involving gunfire.
- gutturals — Plural form of guttural.