9-letter words containing l, o, r, g
- gargoyled — (of a building) Having gargoyles carved into it.
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- garrulous — excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- geraldton — a seaport in W Australia.
- gerfalcon — gyrfalcon.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- gladiator — (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators.
- glam rock — a style of rock music of the early 1970s, characterized by the glittery flamboyance and androgynous image of its performers
- glamorgan — a historic county in SE Wales, now part of Mid, South, and West Glamorgan.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glamorize — to make glamorous.
- glamorous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- glassboro — a borough in SW New Jersey.
- glasswork — the manufacture of glass and glassware.
- glassworm — arrowworm.
- glasswort — any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking.
- glen more — valley across N Scotland, traversed by the Caledonian Canal: 60 mi (97 km) long
- glen rock — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- glendower — Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.
- globetrot — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- glomerate — compactly clustered.
- glomerous — (obsolete) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
- glomerule — a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.
- glomeruli — Irregular plural form of glomerulus.
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- glorifier — Agent noun of glorify; one who glorifies.
- glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
- glorioles — Plural form of gloriole.
- glory box — a box in which a young woman stores clothes, etc, in preparation for marriage
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- gloryhole — (nonstandard,rare) To have sex through a glory hole.
- glossator — a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
- glow-worm — the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
- glowering — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glowworms — Plural form of glowworm.
- glycerole — Dated form of glycerol.
- go formal — to go dressed in evening clothes
- goal area — sport: zone surrounding the goal
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- gold card — A gold card is a special type of credit card that gives you extra benefits such as a higher spending limit.
- gold rush — a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.