9-letter words containing g, e, r, o
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- bell frog — any of several tree frogs having a bell-like call.
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- bigorexia — muscle dysmorphia.
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- bioregion — a natural ecological community in which the biodiversity and ecosystem are distinct
- bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- bodeguero — a wine-seller or grocer
- bog paper — toilet paper
- bogometer — (humour) /boh-gom'-*t-er/ A notional instrument for measuring bogosity. Compare the "wankometer" described in the wank entry.
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- borghetto — (in Italy) a settlement outside a city's walls
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- bourgogne — Burgundy2
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bridgeton — a city in SW New Jersey.
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- brokerage — A brokerage or a brokerage firm is a company of brokers.
- brokering — the work of a broker or brokerage
- browridge — the ridge of bone over the eye sockets
- burgeoned — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
- by george — a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
- cataloger — a person, normally in a library, who catalogues literary materials
- categoric — Categoric means the same as categorical.
- censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation
- cockering — Present participle of cocker.
- coffering — a box or chest, especially one for valuables.
- coleridge — Samuel Taylor. 1772–1834, English Romantic poet and critic, noted for poems such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), Kubla Khan (1816), and Christabel (1816), and for his critical work Biographia Literaria (1817)
- compering — a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- concierge — (Britain) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
- configure — If you configure a piece of computer equipment, you set it up so that it is ready for use.
- congeners — Plural form of congener.
- congeries — a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap
- congo red — a brownish-red soluble powder, used as a dye, a diagnostic indicator, a biological stain, and a chemical indicator. Formula: C32H22N6O6S2Na2