9-letter words containing o, p, s
- geosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- glass pox — alastrim, or mild smallpox.
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- goal post — either of the two vertical posts that support a crossbar and form the opening of a goal in soccer, hockey, etc.
- goalposts — Plural form of goalpost.
- goldspink — a goldfinch
- 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.
- goodspeed — Edgar Johnson, 1871–1962, U.S. Biblical scholar and translator.
- goopiness — the quality of being goopy
- 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.
- goosestep — Alternative form of goose-step.
- gospelers — Plural form of gospeler.
- gospelise — evangelise
- gospelize — Preach the Gospel to; convert to Christianity.
- gospeller — a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
- 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.
- gossipers — Plural form of gossiper.
- gossiping — Present participle of gossip.
- gossipped — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossipper — a person who gossips
- gossypine — relating to cotton
- gossypose — raffinose.
- gowdspink — the goldfinch
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gypsywort — a plant, Lycopus europaeus, that is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has white flowers
- gyroscope — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- happen-so — chance; happenstance; accident: Meeting you today was pure happen-so.
- head shop — a shop selling paraphernalia of interest to drug users or associated with the use of drugs.
- hedgehops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hedgehop.
- heelposts — Plural form of heelpost.
- heliopsis — a genus of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helistops — Plural form of helistop.
- hemipodes — Plural form of hemipode.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- high spot — The high spot of an event or activity is the most exciting or enjoyable part of it.