9-letter words containing g, o, r, b
- go before — precede
- gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
- godesberg — a city in W Germany, SE of Bonn.
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- goldsboro — a city in E North Carolina.
- 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.
- grass box — a container attached to a lawn mower that receives grass after it has been cut
- 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.
- grey body — a body that emits radiation in constant proportion to the corresponding black-body radiation
- grosbeaks — Plural form of grosbeak.
- grossbeak — Alternative form of grosbeak.
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- grout box — a conical object of expanded metal, buried in poured concrete with an anchor bolt held in its inner and smaller end.
- gunnbjorn — Mount, the highest peak in Greenland, in the SE part. 12,139 feet (3702 meters).
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- harborage — shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
- harboring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- herbology — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- imbroglio — a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kreymborg — Alfred, 1883–1966, U.S. poet, playwright, and critic.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
- oldenburg — Claes (Thure) [klous too r-uh] /klaʊs ˈtʊər ə/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- probingly — with a probing approach
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- ring buoy — a ring-shaped life preserver.
- rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- rub along — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- sb-prolog — Stony Brook Prolog. A public domain Prolog interpreter for Unix. Version 3.1. Distributed under the GNU General Public License. E-mail: <[email protected]>.