9-letter words containing g, r, p
- grapeline — grapnel.
- grapeseed — The seed of the grape.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- grapetree — any of various plants of the genus Coccoloba, esp C. uvifera, a shrubby plant resembling a grapevine
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- grappelli — Stéphane (ˈstɛfən) 1908–97, French jazz violinist: with Django Reinhardt, he led the Quintet of the Hot Club of France between 1934 and 1939
- grapplers — Plural form of grappler.
- grappling — a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
- graspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- graspless — (of a person's hand) having no grasp, and hence loose, relaxed, etc
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- gray pine — jack pine.
- great ape — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- greenspan — Alan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
- grill pan — a wide, shallow metal vessel used to contain food that is being cooked under a grill
- grip tape — adhesive tape used for friction
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- groupwork — (education, therapy) Work done in groups.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- gruppetto — a turn
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- gum print — a print made by the gum bichromate process.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gynophore — the elongated stalk of a pistil.
- gypsywort — a plant, Lycopus europaeus, that is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has white flowers
- gyropilot — automatic pilot.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- 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.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- hapsburgs — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.
- hiphugger — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hodograph — the figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.