9-letter words containing g, r, a
- kingmaker — a person who has great power and influence in the choice of a ruler, candidate for public office, business leader, or the like.
- kirghizia — a republic in central Asia, S of Kazakhstan and N of Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan). 76,460 sq. mi. (198,500 sq. km). Capital: Bishkek.
- kirinyaga — the local name of Mount Kenya
- kissagram — Alternative form of kissogram.
- kissogram — A novelty greeting or message delivered by a man or woman who accompanies it with a kiss, arranged as a humorous surprise for the recipient.
- knotgrass — A common Eurasian plant of the dock family, with jointed creeping stems and small pink flowers. It is a serious weed in some areas.
- koorajong — kurrajong.
- krav maga — a form of exercise based on unarmed combat movements developed by the Israeli armed forces
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- l'allegro — L'Allegro.
- la grande — a town in NE Oregon.
- la grange — a city in W Georgia.
- la granja — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- la guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- lag screw — type of threaded bolt
- lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
- lager top — a pint or half-pint of lager with a dash of lemonade
- lagerfeld — Karl (Otto). born 1938, German fashion designer working mainly in Paris
- laggardly — in the manner of a laggard.
- lagomorph — any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas, resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- land grab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landgrave — (in medieval Germany) a count having jurisdiction over a large territory.
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- langrenus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.
- largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
- large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
- largeleaf — Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by large leaves.
- largeness — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- largesses — generous bestowal of gifts.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- largition — an act of, or the quality of, generosity or largesse
- lariating — Present participle of lariat.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- laryngeal — of, relating to, or located in the larynx.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
- lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- learnings — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leg break — a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.