9-letter words containing p, r, i, g
- droppings — the act of a person or thing that drops.
- drying up — When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- emploring — Present participle of implore.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- epirogeny — epeirogeny
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- exploring — The action of the verb explore.
- exporting — Present participle of export.
- figpecker — A bird, the Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis.
- figure up — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- fingertip — the tip or end of a finger.
- fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- gift-wrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- 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
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grape ivy — a hairy vine, Cissus rhombifolia, native to tropical America, having glossy trifoliate leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- grapelice — lice that are destructive to grape plants
- grapelike — Resembling a grape or some aspect of grapes.
- grapeline — grapnel.
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- grappelli — Stéphane (ˈstɛfən) 1908–97, French jazz violinist: with Django Reinhardt, he led the Quintet of the Hot Club of France between 1934 and 1939
- grappling — a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
- gray pine — jack pine.
- grill pan — a wide, shallow metal vessel used to contain food that is being cooked under a grill
- grip tape — adhesive tape used for friction
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- 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.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- gum print — a print made by the gum bichromate process.
- gyropilot — automatic pilot.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.