9-letter words containing g, o, b
- gastrobot — a robot that is able to supply itself with sugar, which it uses as a source of fuel
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- gear knob — a gear lever
- gearboxes — Plural form of gearbox.
- genoa jib — a large triangular jib sail, often with a foot that extends as far aft as the clew of the mainsail
- genophobe — A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- geobotany — phytogeography.
- get about — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- ghostball — (baseball) A type of pitch; the knuckleball.
- gibbosity — the state of being gibbous.
- gibeonite — one of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Israelites. Josh. 9.
- gill book — book gill.
- gin block — a block having a large sheave in an open metal frame, used especially to support a cargo whip.
- glassboro — a borough in SW New Jersey.
- globalise — Alternative spelling of globalize.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globalist — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globalize — to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- globesity — obesity as affecting a very large percentage of the global population: the public-health crisis of globesity.
- globetrot — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- globosely — In a globose manner.
- globulins — Plural form of globulin.
- globulite — (mineral) A rudimentary spherical form of crystallite.
- globulous — globe-shaped; spherical.
- glory box — a box in which a young woman stores clothes, etc, in preparation for marriage
- glove box — glove compartment.
- go back n — (networking) A data link layer protocol.
- go before — precede
- go beyond — exceed
- go blooey — out of order; faulty.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- go to bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
- godesberg — a city in W Germany, SE of Bonn.
- gogglebox — a television set.
- gold bond — a bond payable in gold.
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- goldsboro — a city in E North Carolina.
- golf ball — a small, white ball with a tough cover and a resilient core of rubber, used in playing golf.
- golf club — any of various long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads, for hitting the ball in golf. Compare iron (def 5), wood1 (def 8).
- gong buoy — a buoy in which one or more gongs are struck by hammers that swing freely with the motion of the buoy.
- good book — the Bible.
- goody bag — A goody bag is a bag of little gifts, often given away by manufacturers in order to encourage people to try their products.
- goofballs — Plural form of goofball.
- goose bay — an air base in S central Labrador, in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the great circle route between New York and London: used as a fuel stop by some transatlantic airplanes.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- grab rope — a rope supported to afford a hold for a person walking up a gangplank, working aloft, etc.