9-letter words containing a, r, t, l
- gauleiter — the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- geraldton — a seaport in W Australia.
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gigaliter — Alternative spelling of gigalitre.
- gigalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 109 litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: Gl.
- gladiator — (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators.
- glaserite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of potassium sulphate.
- glasswort — any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking.
- glomerate — compactly clustered.
- glossator — a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
- gnarliest — gnarled.
- 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.
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- golf cart — a small, battery-powered, three- or four-wheel vehicle used for transporting one or two golfers and their equipment around a golf course.
- goslarite — hydrated zinc sulphate
- gracility — The state of being gracefully slender.
- granolith — a composition stone for pavements, made from crushed granite or the like and cement.
- grantable — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- granulate — to form into granules or grains.
- granulite — a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- gratefull — Archaic form of grateful.
- grateless — (of a fireplace, etc) having no grate
- graticule — Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- gratingly — irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.
- gratulant — expressing gratification; congratulatory.
- gratulate — to hail with joy; express joy at.
- gremolata — A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
- 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.
- gutturals — Plural form of guttural.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- half term — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- half-term — Half-term is a short holiday in the middle of a school term.
- half-turn — a 180-degree turn; a direct reversal of direction or orientation, as from front to back or left to right.
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- hall tree — a stand or post having hooks or knobs for holding coats and hats; hatrack or clothes tree.
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- hard left — You use hard left to describe those members of a left wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- harestail — a species of cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, more tussocky than common cotton grass and having only a single flower head
- hariolate — to practise divination or to prophesy
- harlemite — a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- healthier — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- hear tell — to be told (about); learn (of)
- heartedly — having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- heartfelt — deeply or sincerely felt: heartfelt sympathy.