9-letter words containing a, s, l, g
- galinsoga — any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Galinsoga, especially G. ciliata or G. parviflora, having small flower heads with short, sparse white rays.
- gall wasp — any wasp of the family Cynipidae, the larvae of which form characteristic galls on plants.
- gallerias — Plural form of galleria.
- galleries — Plural form of gallery.
- gallerist — The owner or operator of an art gallery.
- gallflies — Plural form of gallfly.
- galliards — Plural form of galliard.
- gallicism — a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.
- gallienus — (Publius Licinius Egnatius) died a.d. 268, emperor of Rome 253–268 (son of Valerian).
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gallowses — Plural form of gallows.
- gallstone — an abnormal stonelike mass, usually of cholesterol, formed in the gallbladder or bile passages.
- galvanise — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvanism — Electricity. electricity, especially as produced by chemical action.
- galvanist — a person who studies or practises galvanism
- galveston — a seaport in SE Texas, on an island at the mouth of Galveston Bay.
- game laws — a law enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting the number and kinds of game that may be taken and by designating periods of the year when specified game may be taken.
- ganglions — Plural form of ganglion.
- gantlines — Plural form of gantline.
- gaoleress — a female gaoler
- garblings — Plural form of garbling.
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- garrulous — excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
- gas black — finely powdered carbon produced by burning natural gas. It is used as a pigment in paints, etc
- gas field — a district yielding natural gas.
- gas pedal — Automotive. gas (def 5b).
- gas plant — a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong-smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor.
- gas-pedal — Automotive. gas (def 5b).
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- gaslights — (British) Plural form of gaslight.
- gasolines — Plural form of gasoline.
- gastrular — Of or pertaining to a gastrula.
- gastrulas — Plural form of gastrula.
- gatefolds — Plural form of gatefold.
- gauntlets — Plural form of gauntlet.
- gauss law — the principle that the total electric flux of a closed surface in an electric field is equal to 4π times the electric charge inside the surface.
- genialise — make genial
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germplasm — Alternative spelling of germ plasm.
- gestalten — a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- ghostball — (baseball) A type of pitch; the knuckleball.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gilgamesh — a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.
- giltheads — Plural form of gilthead.
- gippsland — a fertile region of SE Australia, in SE Victoria, extending east along the coast from Melbourne to the New South Wales border. Area: 35 200 sq km (13 600 sq miles)
- glaciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glaciate.
- glad rags — You can refer to clothes that you wear to parties and other special occasions as your glad rags.