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9-letter words containing g, a, r, e, p

  • germplasm — Alternative spelling of germ plasm.
  • glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
  • godparent — a godfather or godmother.
  • grab rope — a rope supported to afford a hold for a person walking up a gangplank, working aloft, etc.
  • grace cup — a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
  • grand pre — a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.
  • grape ivy — a hairy vine, Cissus rhombifolia, native to tropical America, having glossy trifoliate leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • grapelice — lice that are destructive to grape plants
  • grapelike — Resembling a grape or some aspect of grapes.
  • grapeline — grapnel.
  • grapeseed — The seed of the grape.
  • grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
  • grapetree — any of various plants of the genus Coccoloba, esp C. uvifera, a shrubby plant resembling a grapevine
  • grapevine — a town in N Texas.
  • graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
  • graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
  • graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.
  • grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
  • grappelli — Stéphane (ˈstɛfən) 1908–97, French jazz violinist: with Django Reinhardt, he led the Quintet of the Hot Club of France between 1934 and 1939
  • grapplers — Plural form of grappler.
  • graspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
  • graspless — (of a person's hand) having no grasp, and hence loose, relaxed, etc
  • gray pine — jack pine.
  • 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.
  • greenspanAlan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
  • grip tape — adhesive tape used for friction
  • groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
  • groupmate — A member of the same group.
  • groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
  • gyroplane — autogiro.
  • hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
  • hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
  • ideograph — an ideogram.
  • integraph — integrator (def 2).
  • interpage — to print (matter) on intervening pages
  • keg party — a beer bust.
  • lager top — a pint or half-pint of lager with a dash of lemonade
  • large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
  • leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
  • lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
  • magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
  • megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
  • nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
  • oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
  • operagoer — a person who attends opera performances.
  • operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
  • orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
  • pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
  • palsgrave — a German count palatine.
  • pandering — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
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