9-letter words containing g
- agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- agterskot — the final payment to a farmer for crops
- aguadilla — a seaport in NW Puerto Rico.
- aguinaldo — Emilio [e-mee-lyaw] /ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1964, Filipino leader during the Spanish-American war: opposed to U.S. occupation.
- agustin i — Itúrbide, Agustín de.
- ahungered — very hungry.
- aigrettes — Plural form of aigrette.
- air cargo — cargo transported or to be transported by an air carrier.
- air gauge — a gauge for measuring air pressure.
- air right — a right of way in the air space above a property owner's land and the immovable property on it, subject to the public right of air navigation above the property at a legally prescribed altitude.
- air-thing — a direction.
- aitiology — Alternative form of aetiology.
- akutagawa — Ryunosuke [ryoo-naw-soo-ke] /ryʊˈnɔ sʊˌkɛ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1927, Japanese short-story writer and essayist.
- alalagmos — a war-cry used by the ancient Greeks, said to have been invented by Pan
- albondiga — A Spanish or Latin American variety of meatball.
- albuginea — (anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
- aldeburgh — a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)
- aldington — Richard. 1892–1962, English poet, novelist, and biographer. His novels include Death of a Hero (1929) and The Colonel's Daughter (1931), which reflect postwar disillusion following World War I
- algaecide — a chemical substance for killing and preventing the growth of algae
- algarroba — the edible pod of these trees
- algarrobo — a carob tree native to the Mediterranean region
- algebraic — Algebraic equations, expressions, and principles are based on or use algebra.
- algeciras — a port and resort in SW Spain, on the Strait of Gibraltar: scene of a conference of the Great Powers in 1906. Pop: 108 779 (2003 est)
- algicidal — killing or preventing the growth of algae
- algicides — Plural form of algicide.
- algidness — the state or quality of being algid
- alginates — Plural form of alginate.
- algol 68c — (language) A variant of ALGOL 68 developed by S. Bourne and Mike Guy of Cambridge University in 1975 and used as the implementation language for the CHAOS OS for the CAP capability computer. ALGOL 68C was ported to the IBM 360, VAX/VMS and several other platforms.
- algol 68s — (language) A subset of ALGOL 68 allowing simpler compilation, intended mainly for numerical computation. It was rewritten in BLISS for the PDP-11, and later in Pascal. It is available as shareware from Charles Lindsey <[email protected]>. Version 2.3 runs on Sun-3 under SunOS 4.x and Atari under GEMDOS (or potentially other computers supported by the Amsterdam Compiler Kit).
- algometer — an instrument for measuring sensitivity to pressure (pressure algometer) or to pain
- algometry — a device for determining sensitiveness to pain caused by pressure.
- algonkian — Algonquian
- algonquin — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canada
- algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
- alighting — to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
- alignment — An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle.
- alkekengi — the winter cherry plant or fruit.
- all along — If something has been true or been present all along, it has been true or been present throughout a period of time.
- all right — If you say that someone or something is all right, you mean that you find them satisfactory or acceptable.
- all-night — open, available or operating throughout the night
- all-right — safe; sound: Are you all right?
- allegator — (obsolete) A person who alleges.
- allegedly — reportedly; supposedly
- allegheny — river in W Pennsylvania, joining the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio: 325 mi (523 km)
- allegiant — a person who displays constancy, duty, and faithfulness, esp to a ruling body
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- allegoric — consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allgegory; figurative: an allegorical poem; an allegorical meaning.
- allergens — Plural form of allergen.
- allergies — Plural form of allergy.
- allergist — An allergist is a doctor who specializes in treating people with allergies.