9-letter words containing g, r, o, s
- roughshod — shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points.
- sailoring — the occupation or duties of a sailor.
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saragossa — a city in NE Spain, on the Ebro River.
- sarcology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the soft or fleshy body parts.
- sargon ii — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
- sb-prolog — Stony Brook Prolog. A public domain Prolog interpreter for Unix. Version 3.1. Distributed under the GNU General Public License. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- scalogram — an attitude scale in which a positive answer to an item implies agreement with items appearing lower on the scale.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scourging — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scourings — dirt or refuse removed by scouring.
- scrolling — computing: moving around screen
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- sedgemoor — a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.
- seigniory — the power or authority of a seignior.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- serogroup — a group of bacteria with a common antigen
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- short leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket
- shortgown — a short-skirted dress worn by women doing housework
- show girl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- shrug off — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- sign over — a token; indication.
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- signore's — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- signorial — relating to a signoria
- signorina — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- signorino — a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
- sloganeer — a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.
- sloop rig — gaff-topsail catfish.
- snodgrass — W(illiam) D(ewitt) [duh-wit] /dəˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1926–2009, U.S. poet.
- snow ring — basket (def 8).
- soaringly — in a soaring manner
- sociogram — a sociometric diagram representing the pattern of relationships between individuals in a group, usually expressed in terms of which persons they prefer to associate with.
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- soldering — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- song-bird — a bird that sings.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- sonograph — an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.
- sorrowing — experiencing or expressing sorrow