9-letter words containing g
- dogfishes — Plural form of dogfish.
- doggerman — a sailor on a dogger
- dogginess — the quality or characteristic of being doggy
- doggishly — In a doggish manner.
- doggy bag — a small bag provided on request by a restaurant for a customer to carry home leftovers of a meal, ostensibly to feed a dog or other pet.
- doghanged — hangdog.
- doghouses — Plural form of doghouse.
- doglegged — Simple past tense and past participle of dogleg.
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- dogmatise — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- dogmatize — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatory — dogmatic
- dognapped — Simple past tense and past participle of dognap.
- dognapper — Agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
- dogrobber — an orderly of a navy or army officer
- dogshores — the pieces of timber used to prop up a boat prior to its launch
- dolgellau — a market town and tourist centre in NW Wales, in Gwynedd. Pop: 2407 (2001)
- dominguin — Luis Miguel [lwees mee-gel] /lwis miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), (Luis Miguel González Lucas) 1926–1996, Spanish bullfighter.
- dong quai — an aromatic herb, Angelica sinensis, of the parsley family, native to China and Japan, used to treat menopausal symptoms, premenstrual syndrome, and menstrual irregularity.
- doodlebug — any of various small, squat vehicles.
- doojigger — Thingy, thingamajig.
- dosiology — the study of doses of drugs
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughball — a small ball of bread dough, cooked in a stew, as an accompaniment to a meal, etc
- doughboys — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- doughfoot — an infantryman in the U.S. Army, especially in World War II.
- doughlike — Resembling dough.
- doughnuts — Plural form of doughnut.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- doughtily — In a doughty manner.
- doumergue — Gaston [gas-tawn] /gasˈtɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1863–1937, French statesman: president of France 1924–31.
- dove grey — a brownish-grey colour
- dowelling — Present participle of dowel.
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downgyved — (poetic, obsolete) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
- downlight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a metal cylinder, mounted on or recessed into the ceiling so that a beam of light is directed downward.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downstage — at or toward the front of the stage.
- downswing — a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- downweigh — (transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
- drabbling — Present participle of drabble.
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drag down — demoralize
- drag hunt — drag (def 27c).
- drag into — To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable.
- drag king — a female who dresses as a man and impersonates male characteristics for public entertainment