English Words: G

18,276 words · Page 42 of 366

guaponoun

Alternative form of gwop.

guarnoun

An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.

guarananoun

A tree, Paullinia cupana, native to Venezuela and northern Brazil.

guaranteenoun

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

guaranteedadj

Made certain; promised.

guaranteesnoun

plural of guarantee

guarantornoun

A person or company that provides a guarantee.

guarantynoun

An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.

guardnoun

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

guardedverb

simple past and past participle of guard

guardhousenoun

A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.

Guardianame

A surname from the Romance languages.

guardiannoun

Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

guardianshipnoun

The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.

guardingverb

present participle and gerund of guard

guardrailnoun

A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.

guardsnoun

plural of guard

guardsmannoun

A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard; especially, a masculine one.

Guatemalaname

A country in northern Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Capital: Guatemala City.

Guatemalannoun

A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.

guavanoun

A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.

gubernatorialadj

Of or pertaining to a governor or the office of governor.

Gucciname

A surname from Italian.

guenoun

A kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands.

Guelphnoun

In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor.

Guenthername

A surname.

guerillanoun

Obsolete spelling of guerrilla, now a misspelling.

Guerinname

A surname from French.

Guernicaname

A town in Gernika-Lumo, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, known as the site of a bombing which was painted by Pablo Picasso.

Guernseyname

An island, the second-largest of the Channel Islands.

Guerreroname

A surname from Spanish.

guerrillanoun

A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

guessverb

To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

guessedverb

simple past and past participle of guess

guessesnoun

plural of guess

guessingnoun

The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.

guesstimatenoun

An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.

guessworknoun

An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

guestnoun

A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

guesthousenoun

A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.

guestsnoun

plural of guest

Guettaname

A surname.

Guevaraname

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], mostly associated to Che Guevara

guffnoun

Nonsensical talk or thinking.

guffawnoun

A boisterous laugh.

Guggenheimname

A surname.

gugunoun

A Filipino.

Guhaname

A surname from Bengali.

GUInoun

Initialism of graphical user interface.

Guiananame

A geological region in the north of South America.

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 42. 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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