9-letter words containing n, o, r, d
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- foundrous — founderous.
- fragonard — Jean Honoré [zhahn aw-naw-rey] /ʒɑ̃ ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1732–1806, French painter.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- front end — 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a "back end"). 2. Software that provides an interface to another program "behind" it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends that interfaced with mainframes.
- front-end — relating to foremost part
- frontload — Alternative form of front-load.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frontward — in a direction toward the front.
- gangboard — a raised walk on a sailing ship, crossing the waist and connecting the forecastle directly with the quarterdeck.
- gear down — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- genocider — One who commits genocide.
- geraldton — a seaport in W Australia.
- get round — cajole
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- girondist — French History. a member of a political party (1791–93) of moderate republicans whose leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.
- glendower — Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.
- go around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- go-around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldenrod — any composite plant of the genus Solidago, most species of which bear numerous small, yellow flower heads.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- goldurned — goldarn.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- good turn — a helpful and friendly act; good deed; favour
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- gorehound — an enthusiast of gory horror films
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- gradation — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandioso — grand and imposing.
- grandsons — Plural form of grandson.
- granitoid — resembling or having the texture of granite.
- grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- greenwood — a city in W South Carolina.
- grewhound — a greyhound
- greyhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- gridirons — Plural form of gridiron.
- grind out — extinguish: a cigarette, etc.
- groundage — a tax levied on ships that anchor in a port.
- grounders — Plural form of grounder.
- groundhog — woodchuck.
- grounding — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- groundman — a groundsman
- groundnut — Also called wild bean, potato bean. a twining, North American plant, Apios americana (or A. tuberosa), of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant brownish flowers and an edible tuber.
- groundout — a play in which a batter is put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to the infield.
- groundsel — groundsill.
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.