9-letter words containing g, r, a, d
- guanadrel — a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.
- guard dog — a large, aggressive dog, as a German shepherd or Doberman pinscher, trained to guard persons or property and often to attack or restrain on command.
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guardafui — Cape, a cape at the E extremity of Africa.
- guardedly — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- guardians — Plural form of guardian.
- guardless — Defenceless.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- guardroom — a room used by military guards during the period they are on duty.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- guardsman — a person who acts as a guard.
- guardsmen — Plural form of guardsman.
- gurdwaras — Plural form of gurdwara.
- haggardly — In a haggard manner.
- hagridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hagriding — Present participle of hagride.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- handguard — A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.
- harangued — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- hard drug — an addicting drug capable of producing severe physical or psychological dependence, as heroin.
- hard sign — the Cyrillic letter Ъ, ъ as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is not palatalized: not in official use since 1918.
- hard-edge — of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of abstract painting associated with the 1960s and marked chiefly by sharply outlined geometric or nongeometric forms.
- hardanger — embroidery openwork having elaborate symmetrical designs created by blocks of satin stitches within which threads of the embroidery fabric are removed.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- hardgrass — any of several types of coarse grass
- harigalds — the intestines of an animal
- harmdoing — the doing of harm
- hazarding — Present participle of hazard.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headguard — a padded helmet worn to protect the head in contact sports such as rugby and boxing
- headright — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- high road — A high road is a main road.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hodograph — the figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.
- hydrangea — any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograms — Plural form of idiogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- idle gear — a gear placed between a driving and a driven gear to transmit motion between them.
- indagator — to investigate; research.
- indearing — Present participle of indear.
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- indrawing — An inhale of breath.