9-letter words containing r, d, o
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- gear down — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- genocider — One who commits genocide.
- geometrid — belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.
- geraldton — a seaport in W Australia.
- get round — cajole
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- girondist — French History. a member of a political party (1791–93) of moderate republicans whose leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.
- gladiator — (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators.
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- glendower — Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- go around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- go-around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.
- godesberg — a city in W Germany, SE of Bonn.
- godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- godmother — a woman who serves as sponsor for a child at baptism.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- godsister — The daughter of one's godparent.
- gold card — A gold card is a special type of credit card that gives you extra benefits such as a higher spending limit.
- gold rush — a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.
- goldenrod — any composite plant of the genus Solidago, most species of which bear numerous small, yellow flower heads.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- goldsboro — a city in E North Carolina.
- goldurned — goldarn.
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- good hair — hair showing evidence of some European strain in a person's blood
- good lord — Lord is used in exclamations such as 'good Lord!' and 'oh Lord!' to express surprise, shock, frustration, or annoyance about something.
- good sort — a person of a kindly and likable disposition
- good turn — a helpful and friendly act; good deed; favour
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- gooseherd — a person who tends geese.
- gorehound — an enthusiast of gory horror films
- gorilloid — Lb anatomy Resembling (that of) a gorilla.
- gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- gradation — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- gradatory — (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
- graduator — One who determines or indicates graduation.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandioso — grand and imposing.
- grandsons — Plural form of grandson.