English words: gg to ghost post

300 English words, part 28 of 84 of the words starting with G, A to Z. 22 have a page of their own.

English words gg to ghost post

gg adjective, interjection, noun /d͡ʒiːd͡ʒiː/: Abbreviation of gigagram.
gganbu noun: A best friend.
GGBFS noun: Initialism of ground granulated blast-furnace slag.
GGBS noun: Synonym of GGBFS.
GGE noun: Initialism of gasoline gallon equivalent.
GGer noun: Abbreviation of Gamergater /GamerGater.
GGEV noun: Acronym of Grampus griseus endogenous virus.
ggez phrase: Abbreviation of good game, easy (used to taunt the loser).
GGG adjective: Initialism of good, giving, and game, as qualities of a good sex partner.
GGMU interjection: Initialism of Glory Glory Man United.
GGO noun: Initialism of ground-glass opacity.
ggotsin noun: Traditional Korean silk shoes embroidered with flowers.
ggp noun, phrase: Alternative letter-case form of ggp (“gotta go potty”).
GGR noun: Initialism of greenhouse gas removal
ggs interjection, noun /d͡ʒiːd͡ʒizː/: Synonym of good game or good going.
GGT noun: Initialism of gamma-glutamyltransferase.
ggwp phrase: Initialism of good game, well played.
gh adjective, interjection, noun: Initialism of growth hormone.
ghaap noun: hoodia
Ghadames proper noun: A town in Lybia
Ghadamesian adjective: Of, from, or relating to the Libyan town of Ghadamis.
Ghaffari proper noun: A surname from Persian.
ghaffir noun: A guard or member of a historical police force, especially in Egypt and Palestine.
ghafir noun: Alternative spelling of ghaffir.
ghaghra noun: Alternative form of ghagra.
ghagra noun /ˈɡaɡɹə/: A long ornamented skirt or petticoat, tightened with a drawstring and often hung with bells, worn in Rajasthan and other parts of India.
ghair muqallid noun: nondenominational Muslim; without taqlid
ghaist noun: ghost
ghaita noun: Alternative form of rhaita.
ghalakinoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Ghaly proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
ghamping noun: Camping in a place that is said to have ghosts.
Ghan noun: A Middle-Eastern camel driver in Australia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
ghana noun /ˈɑːnə/: A style of Maltese folk singing
Ghana-Must-Go noun: A kind of zippable tote bag of woven nylon.
Ghanaian adjective, noun /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/: Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.
Ghanaianism noun: A word or phrase typical of Ghanaian speakers.
Ghanaianization noun: The act or process of making something Ghanaian.
Ghanaianize verb: To make Ghanaian.
Ghanaianness noun: The quality or state of being Ghanaian.
Ghanan adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people; Ghanaian.
Ghanem proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
Ghanese adjective: Synonym of Ghanaian.
ghani noun: A powered mortar and pestle used to extract oil.
Ghannam proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
ghanta noun: A type of bell, usually constructed of brass, used in Hindu rituals.
ghar soap noun: Synonym of Aleppo soap.
gharana noun: An Indian system of social organization linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and by adherence to a particular musical style and ideology.
gharara noun: A traditional garment of Lucknow in India, consisting of kurti, dupatta, and wide-legged flaring trousers which are often elaborately embroidered.
Gharbia proper noun: A governorate in north-eastern Egypt.
ghari noun: Alternative form of ghurree (“period of 24 minutes”).
gharial noun /ˈɡɛə.ɹi.əl/: A crocodilian of species Gavialis gangeticus, of the family Gavialidae.
Gharib proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
gharri noun: Alternative form of gharry.
gharrial noun: Alternative form of gharial.
gharrie noun: Alternative form of gharry.
gharry noun /ˈɡæɹi/: A wheeled cart or carriage, usually horsedrawn.
gharuwood noun: agarwood
ghasal noun: Alternative spelling of ghazal.
ghasard noun: A South Asian folk medicine, a brown powder given to relieve constipation in babies.
ghasdana noun: A levi for horse fodder collected by Marathas, originally a form of pillage.
ghasel noun: Alternative spelling of ghazal.
Ghashghai noun: Alternative form of Qashqai.
Ghassan proper noun: A former Arab kingdom in the Levant which functioned as a client state to the Byzantine Empire.
Ghassanian adjective, noun: Of the tribe of Ghassanids.
Ghassanid noun: A member of an Arab tribe that settled in the Levant and became a client state to the Byzantine Empire.
ghassoul noun: A kind of saponifying vulcanic clay used for hair and skin care.
Ghassulian adjective, noun: Of or relating to a culture and an archaeological stage dating to the Middle and Late Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant (c. 4400 – c. 3500 BC),...
ghast adjective, noun, verb /ɡæst/: Alternative form of gast.
ghastful adjective: Causing fear; terrifying.
ghastfully adverb: In a ghastful manner.
ghastfulness noun: Quality of being ghastful.
ghastily adverb: In a ghastly manner.
ghastlily adverb: In a ghastly manner.
ghastliness noun: The state of being ghastly.
ghastly adjective, adverb /ˈɡɑːs(t).li/: Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
ghastness noun /ˈɡæs(t)nəs/: Amazement; terror; fright; fear.
ghat noun /ɡɔːt/: A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.
ghatam noun: An earthenware pot used as a percussion instrument in the Carnatic music of South India.
ghatwal noun: The feudal chief of a jagir in certain districts, responsible for maintaining law and order with the aid of a military force.
ghatwali noun: The feudal tenure of a ghatwal.
ghau noun: Alternative spelling of gau.
ghaut noun /ɡɔːt/: Alternative form of ghut (“ravine leading to the sea”).
ghavial noun: Alternative form of gharial.
ghawa syndrome noun: A phenomenon in some Arabic dialects in which the second consonant in a word forms a cluster with the first consonant.
ghawazee noun /ɡəˈwɑːziː/: A type of female dancer popular in Egypt in the 19th century, who danced in a style similar to the belly dance.
Ghawazi noun: A group of Egyptian dancing girls of the Nawar people, whose suggestive dancing was seen as improper.
ghaychak noun: A double-chambered bowl lute used by the Iranian and Baloch people, with three or four strings and a short neck without frets.
ghayn noun: The Cyrillic letter Ғ in various Central Asian languages.
ghayr muqallid noun: Alternative spelling of ghair muqallid.
ghayra noun: Alternative form of ghayrah.
ghayrah noun: Protective jealousy; a person's dislike or displeasure over someone else sharing a right or privilege that belongs to them.
ghazal noun /ˈɡæzæl/: A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.
ghazeeyeh noun /ɡəˈziːjeɪ/: An Egyptian dancing girl
ghazel noun: Alternative spelling of ghazal.
ghazi noun, suffix /ˈɡɑːzi/: A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.
Ghaziabad proper noun: A large city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ghazipur proper noun: A city and district of Varanasi division, Uttar Pradesh, India.
ghazism noun: War waged against non-Muslims by Muslims.
Ghaznavid adjective, noun: Of or related to a dynasty of Turkic slave origin that ruled (975–1187) much of Persia, Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan and India.
Ghaznevid adjective, noun: Alternative form of Ghaznavid.
Ghazni proper noun: A city, the capital of the province of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan; the former capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.
ghazwa noun: Any of the battles in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad personally participated.
GHB noun: Initialism of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, often used as a date rape drug.
ghe noun: Alternative form of ge.
gheada noun /heɪˈɑːdə/: the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language.
Gheber noun: Alternative form of Guebre.
Ghebre noun: Alternative form of Gheber.
ghedda wax noun: Alternative spelling of gedda wax.
gheddic acid noun: Alternative form of geddic acid.
Ghede noun: In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa generally associated with death.
ghee noun /ɡʰiː/: A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
Gheen proper noun: A surname.
gheera noun: Alternative form of ghayrah.
gheerah noun: Alternative form of ghayrah.
Gheg adjective, noun /ɡɛɡ/: Northern Albanian, living north of the Shkumbin river, speaker of a Gheg dialect.
gheimeh noun: An Iranian stew dish made from meat and split peas.
Ghent proper noun /ˈɡɛnt/: The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
Ghent criteria noun: A set of clinical criteria used to diagnose Marfan syndrome.
Ghent system noun: An arrangement whereby the main responsibility for welfare payments, especially unemployment benefits, is held by trade or labour unions rather than a...
Ghentian adjective: Of or relating to Henry of Ghent (c. 1217–1293), scholastic philosopher.
Ghentish adjective: From, of, or pertaining to, Ghent.
gherao noun, verb /ɡɛˈɹaʊ/: A protest in which a group of people surrounds a politician, building, etc. until demands are met.
gherkin noun /ˈɡɝkɪn/: A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
Gherman proper noun: A surname from Romanian.
ghersh noun: An old silver coin of Ethiopia.
ghetto adjective, noun, verb /ˈɡɛ.təʊ/: An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
ghetto bird noun: A police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).
ghetto blaster noun: A portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boombox.
ghetto booty noun: Large buttocks of a woman.
ghetto butt noun: Synonym of ghetto booty.
ghetto fabulous adjective: Wealthy, but of ghetto roots and ethic.
ghetto fence noun: A barrier intended to keep one group (usually against their will) separate from another.
ghetto house noun: A style of house music from Chicago, featuring drum machines and sometimes sexually explicit lyrics.
ghetto lottery noun: A financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.
ghetto palm noun: Synonym of tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
ghetto pass noun: The acceptance of white people into a nonwhite community; or, a privilege or permission granted to white people to appropriate nonwhite culture, attitudes,...
ghettoblaster noun: Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
ghettofabulous adjective: Alternative form of ghetto fabulous.
ghettoisation noun: Alternative spelling of ghettoization.
ghettoise verb: Alternative spelling of ghettoize.
ghettoish adjective: Characteristic of the ghetto, or of being from a ghetto.
ghettoism noun: The division of an area into ghettos; creation of a ghetto.
ghettoization noun: The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
ghettoize verb /ˈɡɛtoʊaɪz/: To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto.
ghettolike adjective: Similar to or resembling a ghetto.
ghettology noun: The study of ghettos.
ghettospeak noun: The dialect of English spoken by black people living in a ghetto.
ghettotech noun: A form of electronic dance music from Chicago, combining elements of house music with electro, hip-hop, and techno.
ghevar noun: A disc-shaped Rajasthani sweet with a honeycomb-like texture, made from ghee, maida, and sugar syrup.
ghewar noun: Alternative form of ghevar.
GHG noun: Initialism of greenhouse gas.
ghi noun: Alternative spelling of ghee.
Ghia proper noun: part of the name of several models of Ford motor cars.
Ghibeline noun: Alternative form of Ghibelline.
Ghibelline noun /ˈɡɪbəlin/: In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Holy Roman Emperor in a long struggle against the Guelphs and...
Ghibellinism noun: The Ghibelline movement.
ghibli noun /ˈɡɪbli/: sirocco
Ghibli-esque adjective: Alternative form of Ghibliesque
Ghibliesque adjective: Resembling the style of Studio Ghibli's anime.
Ghiblification noun: The process by which an image is transformed into a style resembling the work of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli using generative AI.
Ghiblified adjective, verb: Of an image: that has been transformed using generative AI into a style resembling the work of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli.
Ghiblify verb: To use generative AI to transform an image into a style resembling the work of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli.
GHIC noun: Initialism of Global Health Insurance Card.
ghichak noun: Alternative spelling of ghaychak.
GHIH noun: Initialism of growth hormone-inhibiting hormone.
ghijak noun: Alternative spelling of ghaychak.
ghilgai noun: Alternative form of gilgai.
Ghilji adjective, noun: A member of one of the largest Pashtun tribes, having the traditional homeland of Ghazni and Qalati Ghilji in Afghanistan.
ghillie noun, verb /ˈɡɪli/: A low-cut type of shoe with decorative lacing.
ghillie suit noun /ˈɡɪli ˈsuːt/: A type of overall covered in torn cloth shreds (faux foliage), used as camouflage by hunters and military snipers.
Ghilzai noun: Alternative form of Ghilji.
Ghilzay noun: Alternative form of Ghilji.
ghimel noun: Alternative form of gimel (“Semitic letter”).
Ghimire proper noun: A surname.
Ghiordes knot noun: A kind of symmetrical knot used in knotted-pile carpets, where the colored weft yarn passes over the two warp yarns and is pulled through between them and...
ghira noun: Alternative form of ghayrah.
Ghirardelli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
ghirsh noun: Dated form of qursh.
Ghislaine proper noun /ɡɪˈleɪn/: A female given name from French.
ghit noun /ˈɡɪt/: Contraction of Google + hit, a hit obtained using the search engine Google.
ghittern noun: Alternative spelling of gittern.
ghiya noun: A type of squash (gourd) used in Indian cooking.
ghizite noun: A cryptomorphic type of analcime-basalt.
gho noun: The traditional male costume in Bhutan, consisting of a knee-length robe tied at the waist by a cloth belt.
ghobar numerals noun: Alternative form of ghubar numerals.
ghod noun /ɡɑd/: God.
ghods noun: plural of ghod
ghoema noun: A barrel-shaped drum associated with Cape Malay music.
ghoen noun: A large marble used in children's games
ghole noun: Alternative form of gole (“troops”).
Gholson proper noun: A surname.
Gholston proper noun: A surname.
Ghomara noun: A Berber group of tribes that inhabit Northern Morocco.
Ghon complex noun: Alternative form of Ghon's complex.
Ghon's complex noun: A kind of lesion in the lung caused by tuberculosis, consisting of a Ghon focus along with pulmonary lymphadenopathy within a nearby pulmonary lymph node,...
Ghonaqua noun: Alternative form of Gonaqua.
ghonnella noun /ɔːˈnɛlə/: The faldetta worn in Malta.
ghood adjective: Good.
ghoom noun, verb: To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.
ghoomar noun: A traditional folk dance of Rajasthan, with performers typically pirouetting while moving in and out of a wide circle.
ghoonghat noun: A headscarf worn by married Hindu, Jain and Sikh women.
ghoont noun /ɡuːnt/: A small pony, especially one used as a pack animal
ghooral noun: Alternative form of goral.
ghooting noun: A kind of inferior limestone.
Ghor proper noun: A province of Afghanistan.
ghora noun: Alternative form of gora (“white person”).
ghorab noun: Alternative spelling of grab (“type of sailing vessel”).
ghoral noun: Alternative form of goral.
ghorfa noun: A vaulted room used by Berbers for storing grain
ghorilka noun: Alternative spelling of horilka.
ghorkhar noun: Synonym of onager (“Asiatic wild ass”).
ghormeh sabzi noun: An Iranian herb stew.
Ghormley proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Ghosh proper noun: A surname from Bengali.
Ghoshal proper noun: A surname from Bengali.
Ghoshian adjective: Of or relating to the economist A. Ghosh.
Ghosn proper noun /ɡəʊn/: A surname from Arabic.
ghost adjective, noun, verb /ɡəʊst/: A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
ghost ant noun: An ant of species Tapinoma melanocephalum, with a dark head and pale or translucent legs and gaster, widespread in tropical and semitropical environments.
ghost apple noun: An apple-shaped ice formation occurring when an apple is coated by freezing rain and then decays and slides out of the icy casing.
ghost at the feast noun: A presence that mars one's enjoyment by causing guilt or reviving unwelcome memories.
ghost band noun: Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the...
ghost bat noun: An Australian bat, Macroderma gigas, with grey to white fur, long narrow wings, and sharp teeth.
ghost bicycle noun: Synonym of ghost bike.
ghost bike noun: A bicycle painted white and set up as a roadside memorial to indicate where a cyclist was killed by traffic.
ghost brand noun: A brand that is no longer successful in the mainstream but still retains some popularity among earlier consumers.
ghost bullet noun: A bullet that is shot by an unseen assailant or one that cannot be seen or heard when it is shot.
ghost bump noun: A goosebump, especially when caused by anything ghostly or ghastly.
ghost call noun: A telephone call for which, when the recipient of the call answers, there is no one on the other end.
ghost car noun: An unmarked police car or an unmarked vehicle used as a decoy by police.
ghost cat noun: Synonym of mountain lion
ghost catfish noun: Kryptopterus vitreolus, a small catfish endemic to Thailand and popular in the aquarium trade.
ghost catshark noun: Apristurus manis, a catshark of the family Pentanchidae.
ghost character noun: A character who is mentioned as appearing on stage, but does not do anything and seems to have no purpose.
ghost chili noun: Synonym of bhut jolokia.
ghost chili pepper noun: Synonym of bhut jolokia.
ghost chilli noun: Synonym of ghost pepper.
ghost company noun: A company, usually with no employees or tangible assets, and with no identifiable officers or owners.
ghost condensate noun: The proposed situation in which a ghost (an excitation of a field with a wrong sign of the kinetic term) acquires a vacuum expectation value, spontaneously...
ghost corridor noun: A secondary means of egress connecting low-security laboratories through connecting doors, in addition to the main corridor.
ghost crab noun /ˈɡəʊst kɹæb/: Any of several burrowing crabs, of the genus Ocypode, found along sandy shores.
ghost dance noun: Alternative letter-case form of ghost dance.
Ghost Dancer noun: One who performs the Ghost Dance.
ghost deer noun: A cryptid said to live in the canyons of Mount Eddy in northern California, resembling a large elk, that is immune to bullets and able to disappear without...
ghost detainee noun: A person held in a detention center whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous.
ghost driver noun: wrong-way driver
ghost employee noun: A registered employee, especially a public officer, recorded in the payroll system without actually working.
ghost-faced bat noun: Bats of genus Mormoops, found mainly in South America.
ghost field noun: Synonym of Faddeev-Popov ghost.
ghost flathead noun: Any of various fishes in the genus Hoplichthys.
ghost flatworm noun: Any of various translucent acoels of the genus Amphiscolops, characterized by a pair of prong-like posterior projections and commonly appearing uninvited in...
ghost fleet noun: Synonym of shadow fleet.
ghost flight noun: An empty or near-empty flight run by an airline to fulfill contractual obligations.
ghost forest noun: A stand of dead or dying trees in a relatively intact state, typically occurring in coastal areas where rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, and other...
ghost frog noun: Any of a group of frogs in the family Heleophrynidae, which live in mountain streams in South Africa.
ghost from one's past noun: Something unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them (makes them feel uneasy) to the present day.
ghost fungus noun: Omphalotus nidiformis, a gilled basidiomycete mushroom with bioluminescent properties, found mainly in Australia.
ghost gear noun: Fishing gear that is lost, abandoned, or deliberately discarded into the ocean, thence becoming a marine pollutant.
ghost goal noun: An apparent goal where it is not clear whether or not the ball crossed the goal line.
ghost gum noun: Any of various Australian evergreen trees of the genus Corymbia, especially Corymbia papuana.
ghost gun noun: A gun without serial numbers that cannot be easily tracked, especially a homemade gun built with nonregistered, partially finished, or 3D printed components.
ghost home noun: A residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee owner, especially a foreign investor, as a financially safe asset to be liquidated at a convenient time.
ghost hotel noun: A residence, typically a second home, that is used almost exclusively as short-term rental accommodation.
ghost house noun: A haunted house.
ghost image noun: Any undesired image appearing at the image plane of an optical system; either a false image of the desired object, or an out-of-focus image of a bright...
ghost imaging noun: The process of creating a ghost image of all the contents of a hard drive as a backup that may be stored and later retrieved if needed.
ghost in the graveyard noun: A children's game, a form of tag in which the player designated as the ghost attempts to catch the others before they can reach base.
ghost in the machine noun: A metaphor for, and criticism of, the Cartesian dualist conception of a human being as a physical body ("the machine") controlled by an immaterial mind...
ghost insect noun: Any of various stick insects of the order Phasmida.
ghost island noun: An area of road surface marked with cross hatching as a means of separating traffic or reducing speed, or to provide a safe area to turn right across...
ghost job noun: A listing for a job that has already been filled or that does not exist.
ghost kitchen noun: Synonym of dark kitchen.
ghost knifefish noun: Any of the family Apteronotidae of ray-finned fishes in the order Gymnotiformes.
ghost labor noun: Synonym of ghost work.
ghost language noun: A language which has lost its speakers.
ghost light noun: A light that is left energised on the stage of a theatre when the theatre is unoccupied and would otherwise be completely dark.
ghost lore noun: Alternative form of ghostlore.
ghost mall noun: Synonym of dead mall.
ghost mark noun: A trademark that is registered without the intent of using it for a product or service, but in an attempt to obstruct the registration of other similar...
ghost markings noun: Faint tabby markings on non-agouti kittens.
ghost marriage noun: Marriage with a dead person or between dead people.
ghost money noun: Synonym of joss paper.
ghost moose noun: A moose that has lost 80% or more of its fur from excessive grooming or rubbing due to parasites (particularly ticks), revealing pale skin underneath.
ghost moth noun: Hepialus humuli, a white moth of the family Hepialidae.
ghost net noun: A fishing net discarded or lost in the ocean, capable of entangling marine life below the surface.
ghost nipper noun: A marine yabby; a species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait.
ghost note noun: A musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played, sometimes represented by an X in musical notation.
ghost note shuffle noun: Synonym of Purdie shuffle.
ghost nudibranch noun: Lecithophorus capensis, a translucent dorid nudibranch found in South Africa.
ghost orchid noun: An American ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii).
ghost peak noun: a peak at an unexpected position (or time), due to e.g. contamination of the sample or from the previous analysis (if one of the substances had a retention...
ghost pepper noun: Synonym of bhut jolokia.
ghost piece noun: A representation of where a piece will land if it falls without intervention (such as moving it away or rotating it) in the video game Tetris.
ghost-ping noun, verb: To ping someone or some people and then delete the message with which one pinged them, which causes them to receive a ping notification but no message or...
ghost pipe noun: A ghost plant (Monotropa uniflora).
ghost plane noun: An aeroplane that is flying after its pilots become incapacitated.
ghost plant noun: A toxic white myco-heterotrophic herb, Monotropa uniflora, of the family Ericaceae.
ghost population noun: A population that is inferred to have existed based on data that has been reconstructed rather than on direct sampling.
ghost post noun: A comment, on a social networking website, that has been deleted, resulting in confusion since the conversation is now incomplete.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under G: 25,032 words, in 84 parts.