9-letter words containing o, g, m
- gloamings — Plural form of gloaming.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- glom onto — to take and hold; obtain
- 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.
- gloomiest — Superlative form of gloomy.
- glow lamp — a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.
- glow-worm — the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
- glowworms — Plural form of glowworm.
- gnomelike — Resembling a gnome.
- gnomology — a collection or anthology of gnomes or aphorisms.
- go formal — to go dressed in evening clothes
- goalmouth — the area between the goalposts directly in front of the goal in certain games, as soccer, lacrosse, and hockey.
- goat moth — a large European moth, Cossus cossus, with pale brownish-grey variably marked wings: family Cossidae
- goddammit — Alternative form of goddamn.
- goddamned — damned.
- goddamnit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- godmother — a woman who serves as sponsor for a child at baptism.
- gold mine — a mine yielding gold.
- gold-mine — a mine yielding gold.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- goldsmith — Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist.
- golomynka — an oily fish found only in Lake Baikal
- gomphoses — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gonangium — a reproductive polyp of a colonial hydroid, giving rise asexually to medusa buds.
- gongorism — imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote.
- good name — reputation
- good time — time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.
- good-time — time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- gossamere — Obsolete form of gossamer.
- gossamers — Plural form of gossamer.
- gossamery — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- gothamite — a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- gothicism — conformity or devotion to the gothic style in the arts.
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- goverment — Misspelling of government.
- gram atom — the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element.
- gram-atom — the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element.
- graniform — Formed from or like corn.
- granuloma — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- greedsome — greedy
- greenroom — a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
- greensome — a match for two pairs in which each of the four players tees off and after selecting the better drive the partners of each pair play that ball alternately
- gremolata — A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.