9-letter words containing g, l, o, t
- long shot — a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
- long stop — a fielder who stands behind the wicket keeper, and catches balls the wicket keeper misses
- long suit — Cards. the suit in which the most cards are held in a hand. (in bridge) a suit in which four or more cards are held in a hand.
- long tail — the segment of a market representing the large number of products that sell in small quantities, considered by some to be of greater financial value than the few products that sell in very large quantities
- long-list — A long-list for something such as a job or a prize is a large group that has been chosen from all the people who applied for the job, or all the people or things that are competing for the prize. The successful ones from this group are chosen to go on the shortlist.
- long-lost — You use long-lost to describe someone or something that you have not seen for a long time.
- long-term — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- long-time — You use long-time to describe something that has existed or been a particular thing for a long time.
- longboats — Plural form of longboat.
- longcloth — a fine, white, cotton cloth, of plain weave; high-grade muslin.
- longevity — a long individual life; great duration of individual life: Our family is known for its longevity.
- longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- longworth — Alice Lee Roosevelt ("Princess Alice") 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
- lorgnette — a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.
- los gatos — a town in W California.
- losingest — losing more than average; less successful than average.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- lovingest — extremely loving and affectionate.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- lymington — a market town in S England, in SW Hampshire, on the Solent: yachting centre and holiday resort. Pop: 14 227 (2001)
- mastology — Mammalogy.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- molesting — Present participle of molest.
- monoglots — Plural form of monoglot.
- monthling — a baby or a thing that is one month old
- monthlong — Which lasts a month, or approximately so.
- moonlight — the light of the moon.
- myologist — the science or branch of anatomy dealing with muscles.
- mythology — a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person: Greek mythology.
- neglector — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- neologist — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- nostalgia — a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- nostology — geriatrics.
- obbligato — (used as a musical direction) obligatory or indispensable; so important that it cannot be omitted.
- obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligatee — (government) A person who is obligated by law to do something.
- obligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate.
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.