9-letter words containing o, d, r, l
- 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.
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- glendower — Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- 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.
- 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.
- goldsboro — a city in E North Carolina.
- goldurned — goldarn.
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- good lord — Lord is used in exclamations such as 'good Lord!' and 'oh Lord!' to express surprise, shock, frustration, or annoyance about something.
- gorilloid — Lb anatomy Resembling (that of) a gorilla.
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- groundsel — groundsill.
- grovelled — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- hand-roll — (jargon) (From mainstream slang "hand-rolled cigarette" in opposition to "ready-made") To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process by hand; implies that the normal process failed due to bugs or was defeated by something exceptional in the local environment. "The worst thing about being a gateway between four different nets is having to hand-roll a new sendmail configuration every time any of them upgrades."
- hard coal — anthracite.
- hard loan — a foreign loan which is to be paid back in an agreed currency which has stability and economic strength
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- harold ii — 1022?–66, king of England 1066: defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings (son of Earl Godwin).
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold true — If a general statement holds true in particular circumstances, or if your previous statement holds true in different circumstances, it is true or valid in those circumstances.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- holohedry — The condition of a crystal whose point group is identical to that of its lattice.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- holy rood — the cross on which Jesus died.
- hordeolum — sty2 .
- howlround — the condition, resulting in a howling noise, when sound from a loudspeaker is fed back into the microphone of a public-address or recording system
- humoredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) American standard spelling of humouredly.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.