9-letter words containing p, o, g, r
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- frontpage — Alternative spelling of front page.
- galeproof — Capable of resisting a gale.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gas poker — a long tubular gas burner used to kindle a fire
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- 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.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- 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.
- goofproof — (of a product, procedure, etc.) designed to be simple enough for anyone to use or implement.
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- gorakhpur — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- 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
- gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
- 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.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- 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.
- groupwork — (education, therapy) Work done in groups.
- gruppetto — a turn
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- 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.
- gypsywort — a plant, Lycopus europaeus, that is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has white flowers
- gyropilot — automatic pilot.
- 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.
- hodograph — the figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.