9-letter words containing r, e, o, i
- goffering — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- goitrogen — any goiter-producing substance, as thiouracil.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- gorgonise — turn to stone
- gorgonize — to affect as a Gorgon; hypnotize; petrify.
- goslarite — hydrated zinc sulphate
- 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
- governing — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granivore — Any animal that eats seeds as the main part of its diet.
- gregorian — of or relating to any of the popes named Gregory, especially Gregory I or Gregory XIII.
- gregory i — Saint ("Gregory the Great") a.d. c540–604, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 590–604.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grievious — (chiefly, dialectal) Alternative form of grievous.
- gritstone — A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
- groceries — Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- groningen — a city in the NE Netherlands.
- grooviest — Superlative form of groovy.
- grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- guideword — A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
- hariolate — to practise divination or to prophesy
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonize — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- heilbronn — a city in N Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- heirlooms — Plural form of heirloom.
- heliborne — transported by helicopter: heliborne troops.
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- heraklion — Iraklion
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- herbivore — a herbivorous animal.
- herbivory — The eating of plants, especially ones that are still living.
- herborist — herbalist.
- herborize — botanize.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.