9-letter words containing g, r, o, s
- 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
- greystone — a grey igneous rock of volcanic origin
- gridirons — Plural form of gridiron.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grievious — (chiefly, dialectal) Alternative form of grievous.
- gritstone — A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
- groceries — Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- gromwells — Plural form of gromwell.
- groomsman — a man who attends the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony.
- groomsmen — Plural form of groomsman.
- grooviest — Superlative form of groovy.
- grosbeaks — Plural form of grosbeak.
- grosgrain — a heavy, corded ribbon or cloth of silk or rayon.
- gross out — something that is disgustingly offensive.
- gross ton — the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton) with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted.
- gross-out — something that is disgustingly offensive.
- grossbeak — Alternative form of grosbeak.
- grossness — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grossular — Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
- grosvenor — Gilbert Hovey, 1875–1966, U.S. geographer, writer, and editor.
- grotesque — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grounders — Plural form of grounder.
- groundsel — groundsill.
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- groveless — having no groves
- growthist — an advocate of the importance of economic growth
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
- guestroom — a room for the lodging of guests.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- gypsywort — a plant, Lycopus europaeus, that is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has white flowers
- gyrations — Plural form of gyration.
- gyroscope — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- hangerson — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- hedgerows — Plural form of hedgerow.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- here goes — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
- hiroshige — Ando [ahn-daw] /ˈɑnˈdɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Tokube") 1797–1858, Japanese painter.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.