English Words: G
18,276 words · Page 1 of 366
The eight leading industrialized nations: Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and Russia.
An anticonvulsant drug C₉H₁₇NO₂ structurally related to gamma-aminobutyric acid that is administered orally as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures.
Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
The Southeast Asian fruit Momordica cochinchinensis, a reddish spiny gourd with high lycopene content.
A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
Any dipterous (“two-winged”) insect or fly of the family Oestridae (commonly known as a botfly) or Tabanidae (horsefly), noted for irritating animals by buzzing about them, and biting them to suck their blood; a gadbee.
A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic.
A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter G contains 18,276 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 366 pages, and you are currently viewing page 1. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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