9-letter words containing r, o, s, a, l
- freeloads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeload.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- fumaroles — Plural form of fumarole.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gaoleress — a female gaoler
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- garrulous — excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glamorous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- glassboro — a borough in SW New Jersey.
- glasswork — the manufacture of glass and glassware.
- glassworm — arrowworm.
- glasswort — any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking.
- glossator — a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- 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.
- goslarite — hydrated zinc sulphate
- granulosa — (anatomy) A layer of small cells that forms the wall of an ovarian follicle.
- granulose — granular.
- granulous — consisting of grains or granules
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- grossular — Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- hair loss — the loss of human hair from the head; balding
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- hilarious — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- holograms — Plural form of hologram.
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- idolators — Plural form of idolator.
- immortals — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- isallobar — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal pressure changes.
- isolators — Plural form of isolator.
- jillaroos — Plural form of jillaroo.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- la crosse — a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.
- labor spy — an employee who is used by management to spy on union activities.
- laborious — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.