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9-letter words containing o, l, d, g

  • loliginid — any member of the squid family Loliginidae, having an elongated conical body and partially retractable tentacles.
  • long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
  • longbeard — bellarmine.
  • longboard — A type of long surfboard.
  • longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
  • longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
  • longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
  • longwords — Plural form of longword.
  • lordlings — Plural form of lordling.
  • loudening — Present participle of louden.
  • low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
  • lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
  • lug-soled — (of a shoe, boot, etc.) having lugs on the sole, as to provide secure footing on rugged terrain.
  • marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
  • mcdougallWilliam, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
  • megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
  • modelling — model
  • moldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
  • moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
  • mongoloid — resembling the Mongols.
  • moonglade — (poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
  • mouldings — Plural form of moulding.
  • mudlogger — a person in the oil industry who checks the mud for traces of oil or gas
  • noddingly — by way of nodding, usually slightly
  • nonglazed — not glazed
  • obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • occluding — Present participle of occlude.
  • odelsting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
  • off-glide — a transitional sound produced as the vocal organs move from a previous speech sound to an inactive position or to the position of a following sound. Compare on-glide.
  • oil gland — uropygial gland.
  • old glory — the national flag of the U.S., consisting of 13 horizontal stripes that are alternately red and white, representing the original states, and of a blue field containing 50 white stars, representing the present states.
  • old guard — the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
  • oldenburg — Claes (Thure) [klous too r-uh] /klaʊs ˈtʊər ə/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
  • paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
  • paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
  • pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
  • pedologic — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
  • plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
  • playdough — children's modelling clay
  • plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
  • poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
  • prolonged — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
  • radiogold — a radioactive isotope of gold, used in the medical treatment of certain conditions
  • radiology — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
  • reloading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
  • rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
  • ridgepole — the horizontal timber or member at the top of a roof, to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened.
  • rockledge — a city in E central Florida.
  • salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
  • scoldings — the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof: I got a scolding for being late again.
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