9-letter words containing o, g, r, a, d, e
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- gray code — (hardware) A binary sequence with the property that only one bit changes between any two consecutive elements (the two codes have a Hamming distance of one). The Gray code originated when digital logic circuits were built from vacuum tubes and electromechanical relays. Counters generated tremendous power demands and noise spikes when many bits changed at once. E.g. when incrementing a register containing 11111111, the back-EMF from the relays' collapsing magnetic fields required copious noise suppression. Using Gray code counters, any increment or decrement changed only one bit, regardless of the size of the number. Gray code can also be used to convert the angular position of a disk to digital form. A radial line of sensors reads the code off the surface of the disk and if the disk is half-way between two positions each sensor might read its bit from both positions at once but since only one bit differs between the two, the value read is guaranteed to be one of the two valid values rather than some third (invalid) combination (a glitch). One possible algorithm for generating a Gray code sequence is to toggle the lowest numbered bit that results in a new code each time. Here is a four bit Gray code sequence generated in this way: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 The codes were patented in 1953 by Frank Gray, a Bell Labs researcher.
- great dog — the constellation Canis Major.
- groundage — a tax levied on ships that anchor in a port.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- mortgaged — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- negrohead — a type of low-quality India rubber
- nongraded — without grade levels: a nongraded school.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- oak ridge — a city in E Tennessee, near Knoxville: atomic research center.
- orangeade — a beverage consisting of orange juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.
- organised — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
- outranged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrange.
- overgrade — to grade too highly
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- programed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- reloading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- road rage — a fit of violent anger by the driver of an automobile, especially one directed toward and endangering other motorists or pedestrians.
- rodgersia — a type of flowering plant which grows in shady and moist conditions
- roid rage — angry and aggressive behaviour caused by the use of anabolic steroids
- videogram — an audiovisual recording, as on a videotape or DVD
- water dog — a dog trained to hunt in water
- waterdogs — Plural form of waterdog.
- word game — any game or contest involving skill in using, forming, guessing, or changing words or expressions, such as anagrams or Scrabble.