9-letter words containing o, d, u, r
- fortitude — mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
- foulbrood — any of several bacterial diseases of honeybee larvae, characterized by the putrefying of body tissues.
- found art — art comprised of found objects.
- foundered — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- foundrous — founderous.
- four-door — (of a vehicle) having two doors on each side
- four-eyed — having or seeming to have four eyes.
- fructidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16.
- fruitwood — any of various woods from fruit-bearing trees, used for cabinetmaking and the like.
- full word — (especially in Chinese grammar) a word that has lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning; a word or morpheme that functions grammatically as a contentive.
- get round — cajole
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- 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.
- gold rush — a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
- goldurned — goldarn.
- good turn — a helpful and friendly act; good deed; favour
- gorehound — an enthusiast of gory horror films
- gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- graduator — One who determines or indicates graduation.
- grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- grewhound — a greyhound
- greyhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- 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.
- guard dog — a large, aggressive dog, as a German shepherd or Doberman pinscher, trained to guard persons or property and often to attack or restrain on command.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardroom — a room used by military guards during the period they are on duty.
- guideword — A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- harboured — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hardbound — (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.
- hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- herodotus — 484?–425? b.c, Greek historian.
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hoarhound — an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative.