English words: G

650 words under G; 301–400 on this page.

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• gnaw verb (gnaw, gnaws, gnawed, gnawing); usually «gnaw at»…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To gnaw means to bite or chew something again and again, especially something hard, like a dog with a bone or a mouse with wood.
• gnome noun (a gnome, gnomes)
  A gnome is a tiny old man in fairy tales who lives under the ground and guards treasure.
• gnomon noun (a gnomon, gnomons)
  The part of a sundial that sticks up and casts the shadow that shows the time.
• go verb (go, goes, went, gone, going); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To go is to move from one place to another: go to school.
• goad noun; verb (goad, goads, goaded, goading)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A goad is a pointed stick used to drive animals on.
• goal noun (goal, goals)
  A goal is something you try to reach or do, like a goal to read 50 books.
• goalie noun (a goalie, goalies)
  A goalie is the player who stands in the goal and tries to stop the ball or puck from going in; it is a short, friendly word for goalkeeper.
• goalkeeper noun (a goalkeeper, goalkeepers; informal: goalie, keeper)
  A goalkeeper is the player who stands in the goal and tries to stop the other team scoring, in sports like football, hockey and netball…
• goalmouth noun (a goalmouth, goalmouths)
  The area right in front of the goal, between the goalposts, in football (soccer), hockey and similar games.
• goalpost noun (a goalpost, goalposts)
  A goalpost is one of the two upright posts that mark the sides of a goal in games like football, rugby and hockey.
• goat noun (goat, goats)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A goat is an animal with horns and often a beard, kept on farms for milk, meat and wool.
• goatherd noun (a goatherd, goatherds)
  A person whose job is to look after a group of goats, usually taking them out to graze in the hills.
• goatskin noun (goatskin, goatskins — often uncountable)
  The skin of a goat, often made into leather.
• gob noun (a gob, gobs); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your mouth: Shut your gob!
• gobble verb (gobble, gobbles, gobbled, gobbling); noun…
  To eat something very quickly and greedily.
• goblet noun (goblet, goblets)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A goblet is a cup with a stem and foot, used for drinking wine or water, often at a feast.
• goblin noun (a goblin, goblins)
  A goblin is an ugly, small, mischievous or wicked creature in fairy tales and fantasy stories, often green or grey, with pointy ears.
• goby noun (a goby, gobies)
  A goby is a small fish that lives near the sea floor, in rock pools or on coral reefs.
• god noun (a god, gods; God — a proper noun)everyday · Jewish tradition
  God, with a capital G, is the name many religions, such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam, give to the one being they believe made and…
• godchild noun (godchild, godchildren)
  A godchild is a child whose godparent has promised to help look after them in the Christian faith.
• goddess noun (a goddess, goddesses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A goddess is a female god, a powerful being in some religions and myths, such as Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, or Freya in Norse myths.
• godfather noun (a godfather, godfathers)
  A godfather is a man who promises at a child's baptism or christening to help bring the child up in the Christian faith and care for them.
• godless adjectiveJewish tradition
  Godless means without belief in God or wicked, having no respect for what is good.
• godlike adjectiveJewish tradition
  Godlike means like a god, very great, powerful or beautiful.
• godly particular adjectiveJewish tradition
  Describes a person who is devoted to God and lives by His ways; pious.
• godmother noun (a godmother, godmothers)
  A godmother is a woman who promises at a child's baptism or christening to help bring the child up in the Christian faith and care for them.
• godparent noun (a godparent, godparents; godmother, godfather)
  A godparent is a person chosen by a child's family to promise at the child's baptism to help them grow up in the Christian faith, and to…
• godson noun (godson, godsons)
  A godson is a boy whose godparent has promised to look after him in the Christian faith.
• goeth verb, old form of «goes» (he, she, it)
  «goeth» means «goes», a form of «go»: To go is to move from one place to another: go to school.
• goggle verb (goggle, goggles, goggled, goggling); noun (goggles)
  To goggle is to stare with wide, bulging eyes, often in surprise.
• goggles noun, plural (goggles; a pair of goggles)
  Goggles are special glasses that fit tightly round your eyes to protect them from water, wind, snow, dust, chemicals or flying bits.
• going verb form (go, goes, went, gone, going); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Moving or travelling somewhere; leaving.
• golconda noun (a golconda — old, rare); proper noun (Golconda)
  Golconda is an old fort and city ruin near Hyderabad in India, once famous for its diamond mines and diamond trade.
• gold noun (gold — uncountable); adjective (gold, golden)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gold is a soft, shiny yellow metal that is rare and costs a lot of money.
• golden adjective (golden)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Golden means made of gold.
• goldfish noun (a goldfish, goldfish — the plural is usually the same)
  A small orange or gold-coloured fish, often kept as a pet in a tank or pond.
• goldilocks name (Goldilocks); adjective…
  Goldilocks is the girl in the fairy tale «Goldilocks and the Three Bears», who tries the bears' porridge, chairs and beds and likes the…
• goldsmith noun (a goldsmith, goldsmiths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who makes jewellery, cups, plates or other objects out of gold.
• golf noun (golf — uncountable); verb…
  Golf is a game in which players hit a small hard ball with clubs into a series of holes, using as few hits as possible.
• golfer noun (golfer, golfers)
  A golfer is a person who plays golf, a game in which you hit a small ball into holes with a club, using as few hits as possible.
• goliath proper noun (Goliath); noun (a goliath — something huge)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior whom the young shepherd David killed with a stone from his sling.
• golly exclamation (golly!; also «golly gosh», «good golly»)
  an exclamation of surprise, delight or shock, used instead of swearing or saying God.
• golosh noun (a golosh, goloshes); usual spelling galosh, galoshes
  A rubber shoe worn over an ordinary shoe to keep it dry in rain or snow; an overshoe.
• gondola noun (a gondola, gondolas)
  A long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat with a high point at each end, rowed by one person standing at the back with one oar, used on the…
• gondolier noun (a gondolier, gondoliers)
  A person who rows or steers a gondola in Venice, standing at the back and pushing with one long oar.
• gong noun (gong, gongs)
  A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound.
• goo noun (goo, uncountable); adjective gooey
  A sticky, wet, soft substance, like slime, glue or melted cheese.
• goober noun (goober, goobers) (regional, southern US)
  A goober is a peanut, a word used in parts of the southern United States.
• good adjective (good, better, best); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Of high quality, done well: "a good drawing".
• goodbye exclamation (Goodbye!); noun (a goodbye, goodbyes); also…
  Goodbye is what you say when you leave someone or when they leave.
• goodly adjective (goodly, goodlier, goodliest — old-fashioned)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A goodly amount means quite a large amount.
• goodness noun (goodness; uncountable); interjection…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Goodness is the quality of being good, kind and honest.
• goody noun (a goody, goodies); exclamation…
  Goodies are nice things, especially treats such as sweets, cakes or small presents: "a bag of goodies".
• gooey adjective (gooey, gooier, gooiest)
  Soft, sticky and wet: gooey chocolate cake.
• goofy adjective (goofy, goofier, goofiest); noun, a name (Goofy)
  Silly, clumsy and funny in a harmless way.
• google proper noun (Google); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Google is a large technology company and its search engine, a website used to find information on the internet (a name).
• googly adjective (googly — informal, of eyes); noun…
  Googly eyes are big round eyes that stick out, or the toy plastic eyes with a loose black dot that wobbles.
• goose noun (goose, geese)
  A goose is a big bird with a long neck and webbed feet that swims and lives on farms or near water.
• gooseberry noun (a gooseberry, gooseberries)
  A small, round, sour green or reddish fruit with fine hairs and stripes that grows on a prickly bush.
• goosebump noun (a goosebump, goosebumps — mostly used in the plural)
  Goosebumps are tiny bumps that appear on your skin when you are cold, scared or very excited.
• gop abbreviation, noun (the GOP)
  GOP: short for «Grand Old Party», a nickname for the Republican Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States.
• gopher noun (a gopher, gophers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small North American burrowing animal with large cheek pouches, which digs tunnels and eats plant roots (pocket gopher).
• gore noun (gore — uncountable; a gore, gores — cloth); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Thick blood from a wound, especially lots of it, as in violent films.
• gorge noun (a gorge, gorges); verb…
  noun A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, usually with a river at the bottom.
• gorgeous adjective (gorgeous, more gorgeous, most gorgeous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very beautiful or attractive.
• gorgeously adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In a very beautiful or splendid way, with great show.
• gorilla noun (a gorilla, gorillas)
  A gorilla is the largest kind of ape, a very strong, mostly gentle animal with dark fur that lives in the forests of central Africa.
• gorse noun (gorse, uncountable)
  A thick, prickly bush with sharp spines and bright yellow flowers that smell a little like coconut, growing on heaths, hillsides and…
• gory adjective (gory, gorier, goriest); noun gore
  Gory means full of blood and violence, often in a film, game or story.
• gosh exclamation (gosh!; also «oh my gosh», «gosh darn it»)
  an exclamation of surprise, shock or delight, a soft stand-in for «God».
• goshawk noun (goshawks)
  a large, fierce hawk with short, broad wings that hunts birds and small animals.
• gosling noun (a gosling, goslings)
  A baby goose.
• gospel noun (a gospel, gospels; the Gospel); adjective…
  The Gospels are the four books of the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — that tell the life, teaching, death and rising of…
• gospels noun (the Gospels; a gospel, gospels; gospel music)
  The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament, by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which tell the life and teaching of Jesus.
• gossamer nounJewish tradition
  Very fine, light threads of spider silk, or anything thin and delicate.
• gossip noun (gossip — uncountable; a gossip, gossips for people)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gossip is talk about other people's private lives, often unkind or not true.
• gothic adjective (gothic, also Gothic); noun (Gothic)
  In the style of many churches and cathedrals built in Europe from about 1150 to 1500, with pointed arches, tall spires and big…
• gourd noun (a gourd, gourds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A large fruit with a hard skin, related to pumpkins and melons, often dried and hollowed out.
• gout noun (gout)
  A painful illness that makes joints, especially the big toe, swollen, red and sore.
• govern verb (govern, governs, governed, governing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To govern is to rule a country, state or group officially.
• governance noun (governance, uncountable)
  Governance is the way a country, organisation or school is run and controlled, including who makes decisions and how.
• governed verb form (govern, governs, governed, governing); adjective…
  Governed is the past of govern: ruled or controlled.
• governess noun (governesses)
  a woman who lived in a family's house and taught its children at home.
• government noun (a government, governments)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The group of people who run a country, state or city and make decisions about laws, taxes and services.
• governmental adjective (governmental)
  To do with a government, the group of people who run a country, state or area and make its laws and decisions.
• governor noun (a governor, governors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A governor is a person who is chosen or elected to be in charge of a region, such as a state of the USA or an Australian state.
• gown noun (a gown, gowns)
  A gown is a long, formal dress worn for special events like a ball or a wedding.
• gp noun, abbreviation (a GP, GPs)
  GP stands for general practitioner: a family doctor who sees people for all kinds of illness at a local surgery or clinic, and sends them…
• gps noun (GPS — abbreviation, usually uncountable; a GPS, GPSs)
  Abbreviation of Global Positioning System: a system using satellites to show exactly where you are on Earth.
• grab verb (grab, grabs, grabbed, grabbing); noun (a grab)
  To grab is to take hold of something quickly and roughly.
• grabby adjective (grabby, grabbier, grabbiest — informal)
  Grabby means wanting to grab or take things for yourself, often greedily.
• grace noun (grace); verb (grace — formal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Grace is a smooth, beautiful and easy way of moving.
• graceful adjective (graceful, more graceful, most graceful)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way.
• gracefully adverb (gracefully, more gracefully, most gracefully)
  Gracefully means moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way.
• gracious adjective (gracious, more gracious, most gracious)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Kind, polite and generous, especially to people who have less power.
• graciously adverb (no forms)everyday · Jewish tradition
  in a kind, polite and dignified way, as a grand person does.
• graciousness noun (no plural)Jewish tradition
  kindness and good manners, especially shown by someone grand.
• grad noun (grad, grads) — informaleveryday · Jewish tradition
  Grad is a short, informal word for a graduate, a person who has finished high school, college or university.
• grade noun (grade, grades); verb (grade, grades, graded, grading)
  A grade is a year or class at school, like second grade (mostly in the USA and Canada; the UK says Year.
• gradient noun (a gradient, gradients)
  How steep a slope, hill or road is.

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