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

  • ossifrage — the lammergeier.
  • ostringer — astringer.
  • ostrogoth — a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, a.d. 493–555.
  • outrights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outright.
  • outspring — to spring out
  • overgrass — to grow grass on top of
  • oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
  • overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
  • oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
  • parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
  • part song — a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
  • pastorage — pastorate.
  • pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
  • pergolesi — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
  • personage — a person of distinction or importance.
  • pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
  • posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
  • posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
  • progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
  • prognoses — Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
  • prognosis — Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
  • prologist — a prologue writer or performer
  • promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
  • proposing — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
  • purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
  • racegoers — Plural form of racegoer.
  • reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconsign — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
  • recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
  • regressor — to move backward; go back.
  • religiose — characterized by religiosity.
  • religioso — a musical piece meant to be played devotionally
  • religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • resoiling — to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
  • resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
  • righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • rightmost — farthest to the right side
  • ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
  • road sign — traffic notice
  • rodgersia — a type of flowering plant which grows in shady and moist conditions
  • rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
  • rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
  • roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
  • root sign — the symbol √ placed before a number or quantity to indicate the extraction of a root, esp a square root. The value of a higher root is indicated by a raised digit in front of the symbol, as in 3√
  • rose-slug — the larva of any of several sawflies, especially Endelomyia aethiops or Cladius isomerus, that skeletonize the foliage of roses.
  • rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
  • rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
  • roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
  • roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
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