9-letter words containing g, o, s
- fossilogy — (archaic, 1776-19th century) The science or study of fossils.
- fosterage — the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- froglings — Plural form of frogling.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- frogstool — a toadstool.
- frontages — Plural form of frontage.
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- fulgorous — brilliant; dazzling
- fulgurous — characteristic of or resembling lightning: the fulgurous cracking of a whip.
- fungosity — the condition of being fungous.
- furloughs — Plural form of furlough.
- gaberones — former name of Gaborone.
- gadabouts — Plural form of gadabout.
- gainsboro — A light bluish grey colour.
- galactose — a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.
- galinsoga — any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Galinsoga, especially G. ciliata or G. parviflora, having small flower heads with short, sparse white rays.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gallowses — Plural form of gallows.
- gallstone — an abnormal stonelike mass, usually of cholesterol, formed in the gallbladder or bile passages.
- galveston — a seaport in SE Texas, on an island at the mouth of Galveston Bay.
- gambadoes — Gamashes; spatterdashes.
- game show — a television or radio program in which contestants answer questions or play games of skill or chance in order to win money or other prizes.
- gamecocks — Plural form of gamecock.
- gang show — an amateur theatrical performance with a cast made up of youth members of Scouts and Guides
- ganglions — Plural form of ganglion.
- gaoleress — a female gaoler
- garbanzos — Plural form of garbanzo.
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- garnishor — (legal) A person who garnishes; one who obtains a garnishment against another.
- garrisons — Plural form of garrison.
- garrulous — excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
- gas poker — a long tubular gas burner used to kindle a fire
- gas stove — a stove that uses natural gas as a fuel source
- gascoigne — George, 1525?–77, English poet.
- gasconade — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gasconism — the quality of being boastful; boastfulness
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- gasolines — Plural form of gasoline.
- gasometer — an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- gasometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of gasometer.
- gasometry — the measurement of gases.
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastrobot — a robot that is able to supply itself with sugar, which it uses as a source of fuel
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- gatefolds — Plural form of gatefold.