9-letter words containing g, a, i, l
- gratingly — irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.
- gravelike — resembling a grave
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- graylings — Plural form of grayling.
- 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.
- grevillea — An evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.
- 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.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- 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.
- 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.
- gymnasial — relating to gymnasium schools
- hagiology — the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
- hallooing — Present participle of halloo.
- hallowing — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- halt sign — a sign instructing traffic to stop and then proceed only if the road ahead is clear
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- haltingly — faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
- hangnails — Plural form of hangnail.
- harigalds — the intestines of an animal
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- hatchling — a young bird, reptile, or fish recently emerged from an egg.
- haughtily — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headlight — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- healingly — in a healing manner, intended to heal
- heartling — a term of endearment, little heart
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- hemialgia — pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- high-tail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- highballs — Plural form of highball.
- highlands — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hog latin — pig Latin.
- hooligans — Plural form of hooligan.
- iatrology — Medical science.
- ideal gas — a gas composed of molecules on which no forces act except upon collision with one another and with the walls of the container in which the gas is enclosed; a gas that obeys the ideal gas law.
- idealogue — One given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
- idle gear — a gear placed between a driving and a driven gear to transmit motion between them.
- ignitable — to set on fire; kindle.