English Words: G

18,276 words · Page 1 of 366

gcharacter

The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

g'dayintj

Hi, hello.

G8name

The eight leading industrialized nations: Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and Russia.

Ganoun

A member of a particular ethnic group in Ghana and Togo.

GAAPnoun

Acronym of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Gaasname

A village in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

gabnoun

Idle chatter.

GABAnoun

Acronym of gamma-aminobutyric acid.

GABAergicadj

Pertaining to or producing the neurotransmitter GABA.

Gabaldonname

A surname from Spanish.

gabapentinnoun

An anticonvulsant drug C₉H₁₇NO₂ structurally related to gamma-aminobutyric acid that is administered orally as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures.

Gabbardname

A surname.

Gabbyname

A diminutive form of the male given name Gabriel.

Gabename

A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.

gabelnoun

Any rent, charge, tribute, custom, tax, duty, excise etc.

gabinoun

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

gablenoun

The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

gabledadj

Having one or more gables.

Gabonname

A country in Central Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Capital: Libreville.

Gaborname

A surname from Hungarian.

Gaboronename

The capital city of Botswana.

Gabrielname

A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].

Gabrielename

A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Gabriellaname

A female given name from Hebrew from the Italian feminine form of Gabriel.

Gabriellename

A female given name from French.

Gabyname

A female given name from French.

gacnoun

The Southeast Asian fruit Momordica cochinchinensis, a reddish spiny gourd with high lycopene content.

gachanoun

A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.

gadintj

An exclamation roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.

Gaddafiname

A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy).

Gaddisname

A surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Geddes.

gadflynoun

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.

gadgetnoun

A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.

gadgetrynoun

Machines, technology.

gadoliniumnoun

A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.

Gaelnoun

A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic.

Gaelicname

Goidelic; any Goidelic language.

Gaetaname

A coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy.

Gaetzname

A surname.

gafverb

Initialism of give a fuck.

gaffnoun

A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.

gaffenoun

A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.

gaffernoun

A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

gaffesnoun

plural of gaffe

Gaffneyname

A surname from Irish.

gagnoun

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.

gagaadj

Mentally senile.

Gaganname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Gagarinname

A transliteration of the Russian surname Гага́рин (Gagárin).

gageverb

To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.

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.

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