9-letter words containing g, o, a
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barograph — a self-recording aneroid barometer
- battology — the unnecessary repetition of words
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- ben hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- big board — the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- bigorexia — muscle dysmorphia.
- bigotgate — an incident in the 2010 British general election in which the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described in private a voter he had met as a ‘bigoted woman’ not realizing that his radio microphone was still on and that his comments were being recorded
- billabong — a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- black dog — depression or melancholy
- black fog — (in Cape Cod, Mass.) a dense fog.
- bloggable — interesting, enjoyable, or entertaining enough to be a topic for a blog or blog post
- blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
- bodyguard — A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone.
- bog paper — toilet paper
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- boogieman — 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.
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- booze hag — a girl or woman who drinks to excess
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- 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
- bourguiba — Habib ben Ali (hæˈbɪb bɛn ˈɑːlɪ). 1903–2000, Tunisian statesman: president of Tunisia (1957–87); a moderate and an advocate of gradual social change. He was deposed in a coup and kept under house arrest for the rest of his life
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- brokerage — A brokerage or a brokerage firm is a company of brokers.
- brown bag — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown-bag — If you brown-bag your lunch or you brown-bag it, you bring your lunch in a bag to work or school.
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- cacafuego — a person with a fiery temper
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- cacogenic — dysgenics.
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- caliology — the study of birds' nests
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.