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9-letter words containing g, o, d, y

  • goodwilly — a volunteer.
  • 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.
  • gradatory — (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
  • gray body — any body that emits radiation at each wavelength in a constant ratio less than unity to that emitted by a black body at the same temperature.
  • gray code — (hardware)   A binary sequence with the property that only one bit changes between any two consecutive elements (the two codes have a Hamming distance of one). The Gray code originated when digital logic circuits were built from vacuum tubes and electromechanical relays. Counters generated tremendous power demands and noise spikes when many bits changed at once. E.g. when incrementing a register containing 11111111, the back-EMF from the relays' collapsing magnetic fields required copious noise suppression. Using Gray code counters, any increment or decrement changed only one bit, regardless of the size of the number. Gray code can also be used to convert the angular position of a disk to digital form. A radial line of sensors reads the code off the surface of the disk and if the disk is half-way between two positions each sensor might read its bit from both positions at once but since only one bit differs between the two, the value read is guaranteed to be one of the two valid values rather than some third (invalid) combination (a glitch). One possible algorithm for generating a Gray code sequence is to toggle the lowest numbered bit that results in a new code each time. Here is a four bit Gray code sequence generated in this way: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 The codes were patented in 1953 by Frank Gray, a Bell Labs researcher.
  • gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
  • grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
  • grey body — a body that emits radiation in constant proportion to the corresponding black-body radiation
  • greyhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
  • gwendolyn — a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white.”.
  • gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
  • hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
  • hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
  • hydrology — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
  • hygrodeik — A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
  • iridology — the inspection of the iris of the eye as an aid in determining a person's state of health or in diagnosing a health problem.
  • joyriding — The action or practice of driving fast and dangerously in a stolen car for enjoyment.
  • modifying — Make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme.
  • moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
  • noddingly — by way of nodding, usually slightly
  • nondrying — not drying
  • old glory — the national flag of the U.S., consisting of 13 horizontal stripes that are alternately red and white, representing the original states, and of a blue field containing 50 white stars, representing the present states.
  • paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
  • parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • playdough — children's modelling clay
  • poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
  • pterygoid — wing-shaped
  • puppy dog — puppy (def 1).
  • radiology — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
  • rough-dry — to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.
  • salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
  • sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
  • sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
  • splodgily — in a splodgy manner
  • ungodlily — in an ungodly manner
  • very good — excellent
  • yodelling — (British) present participle of yodel.
  • zsigmondy — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1865–1929, German chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1925.
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