9-letter words containing p, o, e, r
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gas poker — a long tubular gas burner used to kindle a fire
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- germproof — not vulnerable to the action or penetration of germs.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- gonophore — an asexually produced bud in hydrozoans that gives rise to the equivalent of a medusa.
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- gospelers — Plural form of gospeler.
- 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.
- gossipper — a person who gossips
- grab rope — a rope supported to afford a hold for a person walking up a gangplank, working aloft, etc.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- gruppetto — a turn
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gynophore — the elongated stalk of a pistil.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- 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.
- hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.
- harpooned — Simple past tense and past participle of harpoon.
- harpooner — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- heatproof — not affected or damaged by heat, especially when placed in an oven or over a direct flame: heatproof cookware.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- hemotroph — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- herpetoid — reptilian, reptiliform
- heteropod — any marine invertebrate with a foot or feet adapted for swimming
- holeproof — (of fabric or an article of clothing) designed or made so as to prevent holes.
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homospore — (botany) any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- hoopsters — Plural form of hoopster.
- hoped-for — Hoped-for is used to describe something that people would like to happen, and which they usually think is likely or possible.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.