9-letter words containing g, o
- grass box — a container attached to a lawn mower that receives grass after it has been cut
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- grassroot — Grassroots.
- gravitino — the hypothetical fermionic partner of the graviton, predicted by the supergravity extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
- gravitons — Plural form of graviton.
- 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 iron — pig iron or cast iron having much of its carbon in the form of graphite and exhibiting a gray fracture.
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.
- grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- graystone — (uncountable) A type of gray, volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron.
- great dog — the constellation Canis Major.
- great toe — big toe.
- great-one — Wayne ("The Great One") born 1961, Canadian ice hockey player.
- greatcoat — a heavy overcoat.
- greedsome — greedy
- greek god — a man who is strikingly handsome and well built.
- greenhorn — an untrained or inexperienced person.
- greenough — Horatio, 1805–52, U.S. sculptor.
- greenroom — a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
- greenshoe — (finance) An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities offering at the offering price.
- greensome — a match for two pairs in which each of the four players tees off and after selecting the better drive the partners of each pair play that ball alternately
- greenwood — a city in W South Carolina.
- gregorian — of or relating to any of the popes named Gregory, especially Gregory I or Gregory XIII.
- gregory i — Saint ("Gregory the Great") a.d. c540–604, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 590–604.
- gregory v — (Bruno of Carinthia) died a.d. 999, German ecclesiastic: pope 996–999.
- gregory x — (Teobaldo Visconti) c1210–76, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1271–76.
- gremolata — A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
- grewhound — a greyhound
- grey body — a body that emits radiation in constant proportion to the corresponding black-body radiation
- grey vote — the body of elderly people's votes, or elderly people regarded collectively as voters
- greyhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- greystone — a grey igneous rock of volcanic origin
- grid road — a municipal road that follows a grid line established by the original survey of the area.
- gridirons — Plural form of gridiron.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grievious — (chiefly, dialectal) Alternative form of grievous.
- grillroom — a restaurant or dining room, as in a hotel, that specializes in serving grilled meat and fish.
- grillwork — material so formed as to function as or to have the appearance of a grille.
- grind out — extinguish: a cigarette, etc.
- gritstone — A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
- grivation — grid variation.
- grocerant — A grocery store that sells prepared meals, either for eating on site or taking home.
- groceries — Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- grommeted — Machinery. any of various rings or eyelets of metal or the like. an insulated washer of rubber or plastic, inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent grounding of a wire passing through the hole.
- gromwells — Plural form of gromwell.
- groningen — a city in the NE Netherlands.
- groomsman — a man who attends the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony.