English Words: G

18,276 words · Page 2 of 366

ga-ganoun

A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.

Gaangname

A fan nickname for Aang and his friends in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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.

Gabaename

An ancient Zoroastrian city in Persia, in modern Iran; modern Isfahan.

GABAergicadj

Pertaining to or producing the neurotransmitter GABA.

gabagoolnoun

capicola

Gabaldonname

A surname from Spanish.

Gabalfaname

A suburb and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1678).

gabapentinnoun

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

gabapentinoidnoun

Any of a class of drugs that are derivatives of the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), acting to block the α₂δ subunit (gabapentin receptor) of the voltage-dependent calcium channel.

gabardinenoun

A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.

gabardinesnoun

plural of gabardine

Gabarrename

A surname.

Gabarrotname

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].

gabbadostadj

hard-headed, stubborn

gabbainoun

A custodian of a synagogue, who often performs assistant duties in services.

Gabbardname

A surname.

Gabbard diagramnoun

A scatter plot on which the periapses and apoapses of the pieces of space debris from a single fragmentation event are plotted with respect to the pieces' orbital periods.

Gabbathaname

The Aramaic name of a place in Jerusalem, thought to be the place of the trial of Jesus before his crucifixion

gabbedverb

simple past and past participle of gab

gabbernoun

A liar; a deceiver.

gabberhousenoun

A style of music with elements of gabber and house music.

gabbienoun

Singular or attributive form of gabbies

gabbinessnoun

The quality of being gabby.

gabbingverb

present participle and gerund of gab

gabbleverb

To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.

gabblementnoun

Foolish or confused talk; gabble.

gabblernoun

One who gabbles, or prates loquaciously on a trifling subject.

gabblingnoun

Rapid, confused speech.

gabbronoun

Originally, a kind of serpentine; now generally a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.

gabbrodoleritenoun

A rock composed of gabbro and dolerite

gabbroicadj

Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro

gabbroidadj

Resembling gabbro.

gabbronitenoun

A compact variety of scapolite, resembling gabbro.

gabbronoritenoun

A form of gabbro containing some norite and other inclusions.

Gabbyname

A diminutive form of the male given name Gabriel.

Gabename

A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.

Gabehartname

A surname from German.

gabelnoun

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

gabelernoun

A collector of gabels or taxes.

gabellenoun

A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France.

Gabelsbergername

A form of shorthand with signs for both consonants and vowels, once common in Germany and Austria.

Gabername

A surname.

gaberdinenoun

Alternative form of gabardine (“long cloak”).

gaberlunzienoun

A licensed beggar.

gabertnoun

A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.

gabexatenoun

A serine protease inhibitor ethyl 4-[6-(diaminomethylideneamino-)hexanoyloxy]benzoate that is used in the treatment of pancreatitis.

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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 2. 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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