9-letter words containing p, o, g
- 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.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women
- gynophore — the elongated stalk of a pistil.
- gyp joint — any business establishment that charges excessively for poor-quality service or goods.
- 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.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- hedgehops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hedgehop.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- high spot — The high spot of an event or activity is the most exciting or enjoyable part of it.
- high tops — denoting a sneaker that covers the ankle.
- hippology — the study of horses.
- 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.
- holograph — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- home page — website's introductory page
- homograph — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
- hoplology — the study of weapons or armour
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hypnogeny — hypnosis or the induction of a hypnotic state
- hypnology — the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogeous — underground; subterranean.
- hypophyge — apophyge (def 2).
- ic-prolog — Clark & McCabe, Imperial College 1979. Logic language with coroutining.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- imploding — Present participle of implode.
- imploring — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- importing — Present participle of import.
- imposting — a tax; tribute; duty.
- improving — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- inpouring — The action of pouring something in; an infusion.
- jonkoping — a city in S Sweden.
- king post — a structural member running vertically between the apex and base of a triangular roof truss.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- lager top — a pint or half-pint of lager with a dash of lemonade
- lagomorph — any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas, resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- linkoping — a city in S Sweden.
- lip gloss — a cosmetic used to give shine, and often a tint, to the lips.
- lm-prolog — Lisp Machine Prolog. A Prolog interpreter in Zetalisp for the Lisp Machine developed by Ken Kahn and Mats Carlsson in 1983.