9-letter words containing i, g, p
- exploding — Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, decomposition, excessive internal pressure, or other process, typically scattering fragments widely.
- exploring — The action of the verb explore.
- exporting — Present participle of export.
- expulsing — Present participle of expulse.
- expunging — Present participle of expunge.
- figpecker — A bird, the Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis.
- figure up — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- fingertip — the tip or end of a finger.
- fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- gallipoli — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- galloping — at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
- gaspiness — the quality or state of being gaspy
- gaziantep — a city in S Turkey in Asia.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geophagia — Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
- geophilic — soil-loving
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- geoponics — the art or science of agriculture.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- get it up — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- giantship — the character, condition, or personality of a giant
- gift-wrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gillespie — John Birks [burks] /bɜrks/ (Show IPA), ("Dizzy") 1917–93, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer.
- gimme cap — a visored cap decorated with the symbol or name of a product, company, etc.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- gippsland — a fertile region of SE Australia, in SE Victoria, extending east along the coast from Melbourne to the New South Wales border. Area: 35 200 sq km (13 600 sq miles)
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- glidepath — the course followed by an aircraft or spacecraft when descending for a landing.
- glimpsing — Present participle of glimpse.
- glipizide — A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- godolphin — Sidney, 1st Earl of, 1645–1712, English statesman and financier.
- goldspink — a goldfinch
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- goopiness — the quality of being goopy
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- gospelise — evangelise
- gospelize — Preach the Gospel to; convert to Christianity.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- gossipers — Plural form of gossiper.
- gossiping — Present participle of gossip.
- gossipped — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossipper — a person who gossips