9-letter words containing e, a, g
- graywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
- graywater — dirty water from sinks, showers, bathtubs, washing machines, and the like, that can be recycled, as for use in flushing toilets.
- grazeable — (of land) Suitable for grazing animals.
- greasiest — Superlative form of greasy.
- great ape — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- great auk — a large, flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, of rocky islands off North Atlantic coasts: extinct since 1844.
- great dog — the constellation Canis Major.
- great tit — an Old World titmouse, Parus major, yellowish green above with white cheeks.
- great toe — big toe.
- great war — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbreviation: WWI.
- great-one — Wayne ("The Great One") born 1961, Canadian ice hockey player.
- greatcoat — a heavy overcoat.
- greatness — unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- green bag — a bag or briefcase made of green cloth, formerly used by lawyers for carrying documents.
- green ban — a trade union ban on any development that might be considered harmful to the environment
- green bay — an arm of Lake Michigan, in NE Wisconsin. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- green sea — a solid mass of water breaking over the bow or bulwark of a ship.
- green tax — any tax imposed with the aim of regulating activity in a way that benefits the environment
- green tea — a tea that is steamed to prevent fermentation and then rolled and dried.
- greenaway — Kate (Catherine) 1846–1901, English painter and author and illustrator of children's books.
- greenback — a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
- greendale — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- greengage — any of several varieties of light-green plums, as Prunus insititia italica.
- greenhand — an inexperienced person, esp a sailor
- greenhead — a male mallard.
- 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.
- greensand — a sandstone containing much glauconite, which gives it a greenish hue.
- greenspan — Alan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
- greenward — Towards an ecologically friendly situation.
- greenware — (ceramics, usually, uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
- greenwash — Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- gregarian — (obsolete) gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort.
- gregarine — a type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.
- gregorian — of or relating to any of the popes named Gregory, especially Gregory I or Gregory XIII.
- gremolata — A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
- grenadian — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- grenadier — (in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
- grenadine — a syrup made from pomegranate juice.
- grevillea — An evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.
- grey area — If you refer to something as a grey area, you mean that it is unclear, for example because nobody is sure how to deal with it or who is responsible for it, or it falls between two separate categories of things.
- grey seal — a greyish species of earless seal, Halichoerus grypus
- grey-wave — denoting a company or an investment that is potentially profitable but is unlikely to fulfil expectations before the investor has grey hair
- greybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
- greyscale — Alternative spelling of grayscale.
- greywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
- greywater — Alternative spelling of gray water.
- grid leak — a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.