9-letter words containing g, r, a, d
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- get ready — the state or condition of being ready.
- gift card — gift voucher in plastic card form
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- girl band — A girl band is a band consisting of young women who sing pop music and dance.
- glaciered — covered by, or coming from, glaciers
- glad rags — You can refer to clothes that you wear to parties and other special occasions as your glad rags.
- gladiator — (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators.
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- glandered — affected with glanders.
- glandular — consisting of, containing, or bearing glands.
- glissader — One who glissades.
- go around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- go-around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.
- godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- gold card — A gold card is a special type of credit card that gives you extra benefits such as a higher spending limit.
- 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.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- good hair — hair showing evidence of some European strain in a person's blood
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- gradating — Present participle of gradate.
- gradation — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- gradatory — (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
- gradeless — Without a grade.
- grademark — a symbol noting the relative quality of a product, as lumber.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- gradually — taking place, changing, moving, etc., by small degrees or little by little: gradual improvement in health.
- graduands — Plural form of graduand.
- graduated — of, relating to, or involved in academic study beyond the first or bachelor's degree: graduate courses in business; a graduate student.
- graduates — Plural form of graduate.
- graduator — One who determines or indicates graduation.
- grand cru — See under cru.
- grand feu — a firing of ceramics at a high temperature.
- grand fir — a large fir, Abies grandis, of the western coast of North America, having a narrow, pointed crown and yielding a soft wood used for lumber, pulp, and boxes.
- grand mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
- grand pre — a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.
- grandaddy — Alternative spelling of granddaddy.
- grandaunt — an aunt of one's father or mother; great-aunt.
- grandbaby — an infant grandchild.
- granddads — Plural form of granddad.
- grandeurs — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grandezza — Magnificent or stately appearance; grandeur.
- grandgent — Charles Hall, 1862–1939, U.S. philologist and essayist.