English words: gnocchi to go howl at the moon

300 English words, part 45 of 84 of the words starting with G, A to Z. 12 have a page of their own.

English words gnocchi to go howl at the moon

gnocchi noun /ˈnjɒ.ki/: Italian pasta-like dumpling(s) made of potato or semolina.
gnoff noun: A churl; a curmudgeon; boor; lout.
gnoll noun /nəʊl/: A usually evil and hyena-like humanoid creature found in various forms in fantasy literature and video games.
gnome noun, verb /ˈnəʊ̯m/: An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
gnome-napping noun: A prank in which one steals a garden gnome and then either leaves it posed in a public place or photographs it in front of tourist locations.
gnome of Zurich noun: A Swiss banker.
gnome owl noun: Synonym of pygmy owl.
gnome plant noun: Synonym of cone plant.
gnome sayin interjection: Alternative form of gnomesayin.
gnome sort noun: A variation of the insertion sort that does not use nested loops.
gnomed adjective: Inhabited by gnomes.
gnomedom noun /ˈnoʊ̯m.dəm/: The world or realm of gnomes.
gnomefish noun: A marine food fish found in the western Indo-Pacific region from Japan to South Africa, Scombrops boops.
gnomekind noun: All gnomes, considered as a group.
gnomelike adjective: Resembling a gnome.
gnomenapping noun: Alternative form of gnome-napping.
gnomery noun: A place set aside for the display of garden gnomes.
gnomesayin interjection: Do you know what I'm saying?
gnomess noun: A female gnome.
gnomette noun: A female gnome.
gnomic adjective: Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
gnomical adjective /ˈnɒmɪkəl/: gnomic
gnomically adverb: In a gnomic manner.
gnomicide noun: The destroying of a gnome.
gnomide noun: A female gnome
gnomish adjective: Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.
gnomishly adverb: In a gnomish way.
gnomishness noun: The state or condition of being gnomish.
gnomism noun: A gnomic utterance.
gnomist noun: A gnomic writer
gnomium noun: A non-existent chemical element whose existence was postulated in the late 19th century.
gnomograph noun: Synonym of gnomist.
gnomologic adjective: Alternative form of gnomological.
gnomological adjective: Relating to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.
gnomologist noun: The writer of a gnomology.
gnomology noun /nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/: A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.
gnomometry noun: The use of gnomes (maxims)
gnomon noun /ˈnəʊˌmɒn/: An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial.
gnomoniaceous adjective: Of or relating to the family Gnomoniaceae of fungi.
gnomonic adjective /nəʊˈmɒnɪk/: Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations.
gnomonic projection noun: A mapping projection in which all great circle paths (on a sphere the shortest path between points) are shown as straight lines.
gnomonical adjective: Alternative form of gnomonic.
gnomonically adverb: According to the principles of, or using, the gnomonic projection.
gnomonics noun /nəʊˈmɒnɪks/: The science, art and craft of designing and constructing sundials.
gnomonist noun /ˈnəʊmənɪst/: One skilled in gnomonics; a person who makes sundials.
gnomonological adjective: Relating to a gnomonology.
gnomonology noun: A treatise on gnomonics.
gnomophobia noun: A fear or dislike of garden gnomes.
gnosanopsia noun: Visual awareness without perception (typically, only being able to see something properly when it moves).
gnoscopine noun: An alkaloid found in certain species of poppy.
gnoseologic adjective: Alternative form of gnosiological.
gnoseological adjective: Of or pertaining to gnoseology, the study of knowledge.
gnoseologically adverb: Alternative form of gnosiologically.
gnoseologist noun: One who studies gnoseology.
gnoseology noun: The philosophical study of knowledge.
-gnosia suffix: Synonym of -gnosis.
gnosiologic adjective: Alternative form of gnosiological.
gnosiological adjective: Alternative form of gnoseological.
gnosiologically adverb: In terms of gnosiology.
gnosiology noun: Alternative form of gnoseology.
gnosis noun /ˈnəʊ.sɪs/: An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
gnossienne noun: Any of several compositions having a dance-like quality
gnostic adjective, noun /ˈnɒstɪk/: Of, or relating to, intellectual or spiritual knowledge
gnostic atheist noun: Synonym of hard atheist.
gnostical adjective: Synonym of gnostic.
gnostically adverb: In a gnostic way.
gnosticise verb: Alternative spelling of gnosticize.
gnosticism noun /ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/: A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god...
gnosticity noun: The quality of being Gnostic.
gnosticize verb: To make Gnostic.
gnosticizer noun: Someone who gnosticizes.
gnostology noun: Synonym of gnosiology.
-gnosy suffix: Scientific knowledge of a subject.
gnotobiological adjective: Relating to gnotobiology.
gnotobiologist noun: One who studies gnotobiology.
gnotobiology noun: The study of animals in a microbe-free environment.
gnotobiont noun /ˈnəʊtəˈbaɪɒnt/: Any laboratory animal having a specified and completely known microflora and microfauna.
gnotobiota noun /ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈoʊtə/: The specified and completely known microfauna and microflora of a gnotobiont.
gnotobiote noun /ˈnəʊtəˈbaɪoʊt/: Alternative form of gnotobiont.
gnotobiotic adjective /ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈɒtɪk/: Pertaining to gnotobiotics.
gnotobiotically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, gnotobiotics.
gnotobiotics noun: The science involved with maintaining a microbiologically controlled environment.
gnow noun: Synonym of mallee fowl.
GNP noun: Initialism of gross national product.
gnr noun: Abbreviation of gunner.
GnRH noun: Initialism of gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
GnRHa noun: Abbreviation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist or gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue.
GNS noun: Initialism of grape neutral spirit (“vinous alcohol”).
GNSS noun: Initialism of global navigation satellite system, a satellite navigation system with global coverage.
GnT noun: Initialism of gin and tonic.
gnu noun /ˈd͡ʒiːˌɛnˈjuː/: Abbreviation of government of national unity.
gnu goat noun: Budorcas taxicolor
gnudi noun: A kind of pasta similar to gnocchi, but made with ricotta instead of potatoes.
GNV proper noun: 1599 Geneva Bible
GNVQ noun: Initialism of General National Vocational Qualification.
go adjective, infix, noun, verb /ɡəʊ/: Initialism of graphene oxide.
go a-begging verb: Alternative form of go begging.
go a bundle on verb: to be extremely fond of
go a cropper verb: Synonym of come a cropper.
go a long way verb: To be adequate or helpful for a significant amount of time.
go a mucker verb: To come to grief; to ruin one's prospects.
go a raker verb: To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.
gołąbki noun: Alternative form of golabki.
go about verb: To busy oneself with.
go about one's business verb: To attend to one's duties; to do what one would normally be doing if not detained, distracted, etc.
go about one's day verb: To attend to one's duties.
go about to verb: To endeavor to accomplish a task.
go after verb: To pursue in attempt to catch another.
go against verb: To violate; to breach; to break.
go against the grain verb: To defy convention or norms; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.
go ahead adjective, noun, verb /ˈɡoʊəˌhɛd/: Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.
go ahead with verb: To resume something previously cancelled or delayed; to continue something despite known concerns.
go-aheadative adjective: Energetic; animated; tending to push forward with ideas or projects.
go-aheadativeness noun: The quality of being go-aheadative.
go all around the houses verb: Alternative form of go around the houses.
go all around the Wrekin verb: Take a long time to arrive.
go all out verb: To reserve nothing; to put forth all possible effort or resources.
go all round the houses verb: Alternative form of go around the houses.
go all the way verb: To travel the entire distance to one's intended destination.
go along noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, along.
go along for the ride verb: To accompany someone in a passive manner, or to take a relatively passive or detached role in a project or group activity.
go along to get along verb: To conform in order to have acceptance and security.
go along with verb: To acquiesce to or comply with a proposal, despite lacking a desire or value for it.
go along with the gag verb: To cooperate in continuing a joke, hoax, or similar phenomenon initiated by others.
go along with you interjection: Synonym of get along with you (“light-hearted expression of disbelief”).
go amiss verb: To be unhelpful or inappropriate: usually used in the negative, as "not go amiss", to express that something would be welcome or useful.
go and boil your head phrase: go away; get lost
go and eat coke phrase: Go away; get lost.
go ape verb: To become wildly excited or enthusiastic.
go around noun, verb: To move or spread from person to person.
go around in circles verb: Alternative form of go round in circles.
go around the houses verb: To do something (especially to speak) circuitously.
go around with verb: To date (someone); to be publicly involved with (someone) romantically; to go out with (someone).
go-as-you-please adjective, noun: Freestyle (of a race, especially a walking race); hence, (more generally) unconstrained by convention, loose, easy.
go astray verb: To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
go at verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, at.
go at a good clip verb: To go fast
go at it verb /ˌɡoʊ ˈæt ɪt/: As go at + it; spoken emphasis typically on 'go'.
go away interjection, verb: A command demanding someone to leave.
go-away bird noun: Any of three African species of turaco of the genus Crinifer.
go awry verb: To become twisted, or turned to one side.
go back noun, verb: To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go back a long way verb: To have known each other for a long time.
go back in time verb: To talk about history or the past.
go back on verb: To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
go back on one's word verb: Synonym of break one's promise
go back to verb: To stem from; to originate in.
go back to the drawing board verb: To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.
go back to the tools verb: To return to one's job after having held, or failed to obtain, a position in a trade union.
go-backs noun: A supposed disease of children causing weight loss and lack of growth.
go backwards verb: To decline or deteriorate; to get worse.
go bad verb: To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.
go bag noun: Synonym of bug-out bag.
go bail phrase: To pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.
go ballistic verb: To become very angry and irrational.
go bananas verb: To get angry; to go mad.
go band for band verb: To compare two (sets of) things exhaustively.
go bankrupt verb: To become bankrupt; to go into liquidation.
go begging verb: To be available but wasted, unused, or not actualized.
go belly-up verb: To die.
go below verb: To go below deck on a ship; to leave the top deck of a ship.
go berserk verb: To enter a wild and uncontrollable state.
go between noun, verb: An intermediary or middleman.
go beyond verb: To be more than (something); to be better than (something); to surpass (something).
go beyond the pale verb: Synonym of go off the reservation.
go big or go home verb: One must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
go Bills interjection /ˈɡɔʊ̯.bɪlz/: Used as a greeting between people from Buffalo, New York. This most often occurs when the person being spoken to wears Buffalo Bills attire.
go bonkers verb: To lose one's sanity.
go both ways verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, both, ways.
go brrr verb /ɡoʊ bɝː/: To go out of control; to increase or thrive despite opposition.
go bush verb: To abandon one's normal surroundings and live in the bush; to flee into the bush; to revert to a feral nature
go bust verb: To become bankrupt.
go by noun, verb: To pass or go past without much interaction.
go by the board verb: To fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship.
go by the name of verb: To call oneself; to use as a name, especially a moniker or nickname.
go by the wayside verb: To become obsolete or outmoded.
go bye-bye verb: to leave; to be carried away.
go cahoots verb: To be in cahoots (with).
go-cart noun, verb /ˈɡoʊˌkɑɹt/: A soapbox car for downhill racing or playful noncompetitive driving on flat terrain.
go-carting noun: Alternative form of go-karting.
go chapter 11 verb: To file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
go chase yourself interjection: Go away (and stop bothering me).
go cheap verb: To be sold at a low price.
go climb a tree phrase: Go away; a rude dismissal.
go code noun: A launch code to commence a nuclear attack.
go combo verb: of a Caucasian man: to have a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman
go commando verb: To not wear underwear (chiefly underpants) under one's outer clothing.
go commit phrase: To commit (do) something, usually negative acts such as hurting oneself or commit suicide
go country verb: To adopt or further embrace the culture of country life or country music.
go crazy verb: To suddenly behave irrationally; to go mad.
go cunch verb: Clipping of go country.
go cup noun: A cup of drink purchased in an establishment to be taken away and drunk elsewhere.
go dark verb: To cease operation or shut down, often for purposes of concealment.
go deep verb: To throw a long pass attempt or to get in position to catch one.
go-devil noun /ˈɡəʊdɛvəl/: A gadget or unspecified device, in various industries.
go down verb: To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
go down fighting verb: To continue resisting, struggling, or putting up a strong effort until the very end, even when defeat is inevitable.
go down in flames verb: To fail miserably and with long-term consequences.
go down in history verb: Be sufficiently noteworthy as to be remembered by future generations.
go down like a cup of cold sick verb: To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular.
go down like a cup of sick verb: Alternative form of go down like a cup of cold sick.
go down like a lead balloon verb: To be received negatively by others.
go down like a lead zeppelin verb: To fall precipitately; to plummet.
go down like a sack of potatoes verb: To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.
go down on verb: To perform oral sex on (someone).
go down south verb: To perform oral sex.
go down swinging verb: Synonym of go down fighting.
go down that road verb: To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.
go down the drain verb: Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail.
go down the khazi verb: Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
go down the pan verb: Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
go down the road verb: To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
go down the toilet verb: To fail.
go down the tube verb: Synonym of go down the tubes: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
go down the tubes verb: Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
go down the wrong pipe verb: Synonym of go down the wrong way.
go down the wrong throat verb: Synonym of go down the wrong way (“of food or drink: to go down the trachea instead of the esophagus”).
go down the wrong way verb: To go down the trachea (windpipe) in one's throat instead of the esophagus (the tube in the throat for swallowed food and fluids), typically resulting in...
go down with verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down, with.
go downhill verb /ɡɐʉ dɐʉnˈhɪɫ/: To worsen or degenerate.
go downtown verb: To be taken into custody at the police station.
go Dutch verb: To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.
go easy verb: To treat gently and with understanding.
go equipped verb: To carry tools, weapons or other articles with the intent of using them to commit a crime.
go ER verb: To commit an indiscriminate mass murder, particularly one that targets women.
go face verb: To attack or target the opponent directly, rather than their minions.
go Fantee verb: To go native; to adopt the habits etc. of native people.
go far verb: To attain success, especially from humble origins; achieve a great deal.
go fash, lose cash proverb: Businesses that focus on catering to right-wing politics, especially extremists, are liable to lose customers.
go fast noun: A speedboat.
go-fast boat noun: A small, fast boat designed with a long, narrow platform and a planing hull to enable it to reach high speeds.
go faster stripe noun: A decorative horizontal stripe on the bodywork of a vehicle, imitating those found on racing cars.
go-fer noun: Alternative form of gofer.
go fetal verb: To assume the fetal position.
go fever noun: An urge to commence a planned journey regardless of the circumstances.
go fig phrase: Alternative form of go figure.
go figure phrase /ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚ/: Expresses perplexity, puzzlement, or surprise (as if telling somebody to try to make sense of the situation).
go fish interjection: No, as a firm negative response.
go five-hole verb: To shoot the puck into the goal between the goaltender's legs.
go fly a kite phrase: To go away; get lost; leave.
go for verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
go for a burton verb: To be killed.
go for a song verb: To be sold at a very low price.
go for a toss verb: To be worthless; to amount to nothing.
go for an old song verb: Alternative form of go for a song.
go for broke verb: To wager everything.
go for gold verb /ˌɡəʊ fə ˈɡəʊld/: Alternative form of go for the gold.
go for it verb: To put maximum effort into achieving something.
go for nothing verb: To have no value, or carry no weight with someone.
go for the gloves verb: To bet against a racehorse on the chance of its losing, without having the wherewithal to pay if it wins.
go for the gold verb /ˌɡəʊ fə‿ðə ˈɡəʊld/: To attempt to achieve the maximum result or reward in an endeavour.
go for the gold ring verb: Synonym of go for the gold.
go for the jugular verb: Synonym of go for the throat.
go for the jugular vein verb: Synonym of go for the throat.
go for the kill verb: Synonym of go for the throat.
go for the throat verb: To exert an unrestrained, aggressive effort, especially by assailing an opponent's or victim's area of greatest vulnerability.
go for your life verb: An expression of encouragement.
go forth verb: To move oneself forward or onward
go forth and multiply phrase: go fuck oneself; fuck off.
go free verb: To go or travel where one wishes; to not be kept in custody or confinement.
go from 0 to 100 verb: To shift from being nearly non-existent to being very obvious and plain. To increase explosively in intensity.
go from bad to worse verb: To become even worse.
go from strength to strength verb: To continue to get stronger, more and more successful.
go from zero to hero verb: To change from a negative to a positive outcome; to improve one's fortunes significantly.
go gaga over verb: To receive positively or react to with enthusiasm, especially to an excessive degree.
go Galt verb: To become a recluse and stop contributing to society, especially in the form of taxes, by reducing one's work or productivity or by refusing to follow...
go gentle into that good night verb: To die without protest.
go get 'em phrase: A phrase of encouragement
go-getter noun: An active and enterprising person; one who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement.
go-getterness noun: The state or quality of being a go-getter.
go-getting adjective: enterprising, like a go-getter
go-go adjective, noun, verb: A style of funk music from the 1970s.
go-go boot noun: A kind of low-heeled women's fashion boot introduced in the 1960s.
go-go dancer noun: A dancer who entertains patrons at a nightclub, especially a young and scantily dressed woman.
go-go fund noun: A fund offering potentially high returns but with very high risk.
go-go girl noun: A female go-go dancer.
go-go juice noun: Motor fuel.
go Godwin verb: To invoke Adolf Hitler or Nazism in an argument, thereby fulfilling Godwin's law.
go gold verb: To reach 500,000 in sales, thus becoming a gold record.
go great guns verb: To perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.
go green verb: To implement certain lifestyle changes designed to help one live in a more ecologically friendly way.
go H.A.M. verb: Alternative spelling of go ham.
go half and half verb: Synonym of go halves.
go halfsies verb /ɡəʊ ˈhæfsiz/: To share something by splitting it in half.
go halves verb: To divide equally between two parties.
go ham verb /ɡoʊ ˈhæm/: Alternative spelling of go ham.
go hang verb: To be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.
go hard verb: To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc.
go hard in the paint verb: To put in a great effort.
go hard or go home verb: To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity.
go hard with someone verb: To lead to someone suffering; to place someone in difficulty or danger.
go-harvest noun: The open weather between the end of harvest and the appearance of snow or frost; the time of year between the end of harvest and winter.
go Holland verb: Synonym of hor lan (“to lose one's way”).
go Hollywood verb: To adapt one's lifestyle in order to pursue fame; especially, to debase oneself by adopting decadent culture.
go home verb: To die.
go hor lan verb: Synonym of hor lan (“to lose one's way”).
go horlan verb: Alternative form of go hor lan.
go horribly right verb: To produce a technically correct result, but with highly undesirable consequences.
go hostile verb: To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
go howl at the moon verb: Go away; get lost; a rude dismissal.

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.