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9-letter words containing g, r, o, s

  • glassworm — arrowworm.
  • glasswort — any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking.
  • glomerous — (obsolete) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
  • glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
  • glorioles — Plural form of gloriole.
  • glossator — a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
  • glowworms — Plural form of glowworm.
  • go astray — person: deviate from correct or good way
  • go shares — to share (something) with another or others
  • goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
  • goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.
  • gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
  • godesberg — a city in W Germany, SE of Bonn.
  • godsister — The daughter of one's godparent.
  • gold rush — a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
  • 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.
  • goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.
  • goldsboro — a city in E North Carolina.
  • gongorism — imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote.
  • good sort — a person of a kindly and likable disposition
  • goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
  • gooseherd — a person who tends geese.
  • gorgonise — turn to stone
  • goslarite — hydrated zinc sulphate
  • gospelers — Plural form of gospeler.
  • gospeller — a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
  • gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
  • gossamere — Obsolete form of gossamer.
  • gossamers — Plural form of gossamer.
  • gossamery — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
  • gossipers — Plural form of gossiper.
  • gossipper — a person who gossips
  • gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
  • goustrous — boisterous
  • governers — Plural form of governer.
  • governess — a woman who is employed to take charge of a child's upbringing, education, etc.
  • governors — Plural form of governor.
  • grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • grandioso — grand and imposing.
  • grandsons — Plural form of grandson.
  • granulosa — (anatomy) A layer of small cells that forms the wall of an ovarian follicle.
  • granulose — granular.
  • granulous — consisting of grains or granules
  • grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
  • 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.
  • gravitons — Plural form of graviton.
  • graystone — (uncountable) A type of gray, volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron.
  • greedsome — greedy
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