9-letter words containing g, o
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- gold-mine — a mine yielding gold.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.
- goldeneye — either of two diving ducks, Bucephala clangula, of Eurasia and North America, or B. islandica (Barrow's goldeneye) of North America, having bright yellow eyes.
- goldenrod — any composite plant of the genus Solidago, most species of which bear numerous small, yellow flower heads.
- goldfield — A district in which gold is found as a mineral.
- goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
- goldfinny — One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- goldovsky — Boris [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis/ (Show IPA), 1908–2001, U.S. conductor, pianist, and opera director, born in Russia.
- goldsboro — a city in E North Carolina.
- goldsinny — any of various small European wrasses, esp the brightly coloured Ctenolabrus rupestris
- goldsmith — Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist.
- goldspink — a goldfinch
- goldstick — a gilt rod carried by the colonel of the Life Guards or the captain of the gentlemen-at-arms
- goldstone — aventurine.
- goldurned — goldarn.
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- golf ball — a small, white ball with a tough cover and a resilient core of rubber, used in playing golf.
- golf cart — a small, battery-powered, three- or four-wheel vehicle used for transporting one or two golfers and their equipment around a golf course.
- 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).
- goliathan — huge; gigantic
- golliwogg — a grotesque black doll.
- golliwogs — Plural form of golliwog.
- golomynka — an oily fish found only in Lake Baikal
- gomphoses — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gonangium — a reproductive polyp of a colonial hydroid, giving rise asexually to medusa buds.
- goncharov — Ivan Alexandrovich [ih-vahn al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-,, ahy-vuh n;; Russian ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˈaɪ vən;; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1812–91, Russian novelist.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- gonfalons — Plural form of gonfalon.
- gong buoy — a buoy in which one or more gongs are struck by hammers that swing freely with the motion of the buoy.
- gongoozle — To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.
- gongorism — imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote.
- goniatite — An ammonoid fossil of an early type found chiefly in the Devonian and Carboniferous periods, typically with simple angular suture lines.
- gonococci — Irregular plural form of gonococcus.
- gonophore — an asexually produced bud in hydrozoans that gives rise to the equivalent of a medusa.
- gonorrhea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
- gonotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a gonangium.
- gonozooid — (zoology) A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore.
- gonsalves — Paul, 1920–74, U.S. jazz saxophonist.
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
- good book — the Bible.
- good deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- good hair — hair showing evidence of some European strain in a person's blood
- good hope — Cape of Good Hope.
- good life — a life abounding in material comforts and luxuries.
- good lord — Lord is used in exclamations such as 'good Lord!' and 'oh Lord!' to express surprise, shock, frustration, or annoyance about something.