9-letter words containing i, s, o, g
- geostatic — of or relating to pressure exerted by the weight of overlying rock.
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- gestation — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- ghettoise — Alternative spelling of ghettoize.
- ghostfish — wrymouth.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- ghostlily — In a ghostly way.
- ghostview — An X Window System interface to the ghostscript PostScript interpreter.
- gibbosity — the state of being gibbous.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gilsonite — an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- gingerous — (of hair) reddish
- ginormous — extremely large; huge.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- girondist — French History. a member of a political party (1791–93) of moderate republicans whose leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.
- give odds — to offer a bet with favourable odds
- gladiolus — any plant of the genus Gladiolus, of the iris family, native especially to Africa, having erect, sword-shaped leaves and spikes of flowers in a variety of colors.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glissando — performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.
- gloamings — Plural form of gloaming.
- globalise — Alternative spelling of globalize.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globalist — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- globesity — obesity as affecting a very large percentage of the global population: the public-health crisis of globesity.
- globulins — Plural form of globulin.
- gloomiest — Superlative form of gloomy.
- glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
- glorioles — Plural form of gloriole.
- glossiest — Superlative form of glossy.
- glossitis — inflammation of the tongue.
- glottises — Plural form of glottis.
- glowstick — Alternative spelling of glow stick.
- gloxinias — Plural form of gloxinia.
- glucoside — any of an extensive group of compounds that yield glucose and some other substance or substances when treated with a dilute acid or decomposed by a ferment or enzyme.
- glutinous — of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky.
- glycoside — any of the class of compounds that yield a sugar and an aglycon upon hydrolysis.
- gneissoid — resembling gneiss.
- gneissose — (geology) Having properties similar to gneiss.
- gnostical — pertaining to knowledge.
- goatishly — In a goatish way.
- goatskins — Plural form of goatskin.
- godliness — conforming to the laws and wishes of God; devout; pious.
- godsister — The daughter of one's godparent.
- goings-on — conduct or behavior, especially when open to criticism: We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.
- gold disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 250 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 500 000 copies
- goldsinny — any of various small European wrasses, esp the brightly coloured Ctenolabrus rupestris
- goldsmith — Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist.
- goldspink — a goldfinch