| Word | Definition |
| gabardine | closely woven cotton or wool twill |
| gabbart | barge |
| gabble | to chatter or talk inarticulately |
| gabbro | granular igneous rock |
| gabelle | a salt tax |
| gabion | wicker or wire basket of earth or rock |
| gablock | spur attached to the heel of a fighting cock |
| gad | to wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure |
| gadarene | headlong; precipitate |
| gadoid | of, resembling or pertaining to the cod |
| gadroon | embossed decoration or fluting on silverware |
| gadzookery | the use of archaisms in literature |
| gadzooks | mild oath |
| gaff | spar on which head of fore-and-aft sail is extended |
| gaff-topsail | triangular topsail with its foot extended upon the gaff |
| gage | token of defiance or challenge; thing deposited as pledge of performance |
| gal | unit of acceleration of one centimeter per second per second |
| galactic | of, like or pertaining to or obtained from milk |
| galactoid | like or resembling milk; milky |
| galactometer | instrument for measuring specific gravity of milk |
| galactophagist | milk drinker |
| galactophorous | bearing or carrying milk |
| galanty | shadow play |
| galatea | striped cotton |
| galeanthropy | belief that one is a cat |
| galeated | shaped like a helmet |
| galeiform | shaped like a helmet |
| galère | group of undesirable people; unpleasant situation |
| galericulate | topped by a hat-like covering |
| galilee | porch in front of church |
| galimatias | nonsense; confused mixture of unrelated things |
| gallet | to fill in mortar joints with small pebbles |
| galliard | sprightly Renaissance and Baroque dance |
| galliard | brisk; gallant; lively |
| gallimaufry | a mixture of different things; hodge-podge |
| gallinaceous | of or resembling pheasants and other domestic birds |
| gallionic | uncaring; indifferent |
| galliot | small galley |
| gallipot | small medicine jar |
| gallize | to bring wine to standard proportions |
| gallomania | craze or obsession with France and the French |
| galloon | lace trim or binding material |
| Gallophile | one who loves France or the French |
| gallophobia | fear of France or the French |
| galop | lively double-time dance |
| galvanometer | instrument for measuring electrical current |
| galvanoscope | instrument for detecting presence and direction of electric current |
| gambado | bound or spring of a horse; fantastic movement |
| gambeson | ancient leather or quilted coat worn as armour |
| gambrel | crooked stick used by butchers for hanging carcasses |
| gambrel | horse's hock |
| gambrel | roof having a pentagonal gable |
| gambroon | twilled worsted and cloth |
| gametogenesis | formation of gametes |
| gamic | sexual; sexually produced |
| gamidolatry | worship of marriage |
| gamin | street urchin; precocious imp |
| gaminesque | playful; impish; boyish |
| gamma | unit of magnetic flux density equal to one nanotesla |
| gammadion | figure comprised of capital gammas; swastika |
| gammicism | inability or hardship in pronouncing letters 'g' and 'k' |
| gammon | to feign an action; perpetrate a hoax on |
| gamogenesis | sexual reproduction |
| gamomania | obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals |
| gamophagia | destruction of one gamete by another |
| gamophobia | fear of marriage |
| gangue | worthless rock in which valuable metals occur |
| gangway | either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship |
| ganister | flint-like rock used to surface roads |
| ganoid | having shiny smooth scales |
| ganosis | reduction in shininess of marble |
| gantline | rope used in single-block hoist |
| gantry | shelving for barrels; shelf where drinks are displayed |
| gaposis | gap in a row of buttons or snaps |
| gar | mild oath |
| garboard | plank on a ship's bottom next to the keel |
| garbology | study of garbage |
| garçonniere | bachelor apartment |
| gardyloo | warning cry |
| gargarize | to gargle |
| garner | granary; store of anything |
| garnetiferous | bearing garnets |
| garret | room just under the roof of a house; attic |
| gasconade | to brag or boast |
| gasconism | boastfulness |
| gasiform | of the form or shape of gas |
| gasometer | instrument for holding and measuring gases |
| gastriloquist | ventriloquist |
| gastroenterology | study of stomach; intestines |
| gastrolatry | gluttony; excessive love of food |
| gastrolith | stone ingested by an animal to aid in digestion |
| gastrology | good eating; cookery |
| gastromancy | divination by sounds from the belly |
| gastronomy | study of fine dining |
| gastropod | mollusks including snails; slugs; whelks |
| gastroscope | instrument for examining interior of the stomach |
| gastrosopher | a person skilled in matters of eating |
| gat | opening or strait between two sandbanks |
| gatefold | oversized page in a book |
| gaucherie | awkward or socially unacceptable remark |
| gaud | trick or practical joke |
| gauffer | to make pleats or ripples in material |
| gauleiter | overbearing wielder of petty authority |
| gault | heavy clay used for bricks |
| gaumless | stupid; witless; vacant |
| gaur | wild ox |
| gauss | unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1/10000 tesla |
| gavage | force-feeding of poultry |
| gavelkind | land inheritance by all sons in equal portion |
| gavotte | moderate tempo French peasant dance |
| gawdelpus | helpless person |
| gazar | silk organza fabric |
| geal | of, like or pertaining or pertaining to the earth |
| gegenschein | glow of zodiacal light seen opposite the sun |
| geist | spirit; intellectual inclination |
| geitonogamy | pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant |
| gelasin | dimple in the cheek that appears when one smiles |
| gelastic | of, like or pertaining to or provoking laughter |
| gelation | solidification by cooling |
| gelid | extremely cold |
| gelogenic | tending to produce laughter |
| geloscopy | fortune-telling by means of laughter |
| gemel | twinned; occurring in pairs |
| gemelliparous | having given birth to twins |
| gement | groaning, lamenting |
| geminate | to double; to arrange in pairs |
| geminiform | paired; double |
| gemma | bud from which a new plant can grow |
| gemmate | to deck with gems |
| gemmation | budding |
| gemmeous | of, like or pertaining to gems; like a gem |
| gemmiferous | bearing gems |
| gemmology | study of gems and jewels |
| genappe | smooth worsted yarn |
| genarch | head of a family or clan |
| generalate | the office of a general |
| genesic | of, like or pertaining to procreation or the genitals |
| genesiology | study of reproduction and heredity |
| genethliacon | birthday ode |
| genethlialogy | the art of casting horoscopes |
| genetrix | mother; female ancestor |
| geniculate | bent like a knee; jointed |
| geniophobia | fear of chins |
| genitive | indicating possession, origin or relation |
| genoa | large jib that overlaps the mainsail |
| genophobia | fear of sex |
| genouillère | jointed knee-piece of armour |
| gentilitian | belonging to a race or clan |
| gentrification | movement of middle class to working class area |
| geocarpy | the production or ripening of fruit underground |
| geocentrism | belief that Earth is the centre of the universe |
| geochemistry | study of chemistry of the earth's crust |
| geochronology | study of measuring geological time |
| geocyclic | of, like or pertaining to the rotation and revolution of the Earth |
| geodesy | earth measurement on a large scale |
| geofact | rock chipped naturally that looks like an artifact |
| geogenous | growing on the ground |
| geogeny | science of the formation of the earth's crust |
| geognosy | knowledge of the general structure of the earth |
| geogony | study of formation of the earth |
| geogony | theory of the formation of the earth |
| geoid | figure of the earth |
| geolatry | earth-worship |
| geology | study of earth's crust |
| geomancy | divination by casting earth onto a surface |
| geomorphogeny | study of the origins of land forms |
| geophagy | practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating |
| geophilous | living in or near the ground |
| geophone | device for detecting sound waves underground |
| geophyte | plant that grows in the earth |
| geoponic | agricultural |
| geoponics | study of agriculture |
| georgette | thin silk |
| georgic | of, like or pertaining to agricultural or rustic affairs; rural; agrarian |
| geoscopy | examination or analysis of soil |
| geoselenic | of, like or pertaining to both the Earth and the moon |
| geostrophic | of, like or pertaining to deflection due to effects of Earth's rotation |
| geotaxis | response of an organism to gravity |
| geotechnics | study of increasing habitability of the earth |
| geothermometer | instrument for measuring subterranean temperatures |
| gerascophobia | fear of growing old |
| geratology | study of decadence and decay |
| gerdoying | imitation sound of a crash |
| gerendum | something that is to be done |
| gerent | one that rules or manages |
| german | of one's parents' siblings |
| Germanophilia | love or fondness for Germany or the Germans |
| germicide | substance that kills germs |
| gerocomy | study of old age |
| geromorphism | appearing to be older than one's actual age |
| gerontocracy | government by the aged |
| gerontogenous | of, like or pertaining to the Old World |
| gerontology | study of the elderly; aging |
| gerontophilia | sexual attraction towards the elderly |
| gerrymander | to divide electoral districts for one's own political gain |
| gesso | plaster of Paris used in painting |
| gestatorial | of, like or pertaining to carrying |
| gestic | of, like or pertaining to gestures |
| geta | wooden-soled Japanese shoe |
| gewgaw | toy; trifling object; bauble |
| ghawazi | Egyptian dancing girls |
| giaour | one who does not follow the Islamic faith; unbeliever |
| gib | wedge-shaped piece of metal that holds another in place |
| gibbet | gallows |
| gibbous | hump-backed; humped; swollen |
| gibus | hat worn to the opera |
| gid | brain disease suffered by sheep |
| gig | light two-wheeled one-horse carriage |
| giganticide | killing of a giant |
| gigantology | study of giants |
| gigantology | giant-lore |
| gigantomachy | war of giants against the gods |
| gigot | leg of mutton |
| gigue | lively Baroque dance in triple time |
| gilbert | unit of magnetomotive force |
| gilderoy | proud person |
| gilliver | wallflower |
| gimbals | arrangement of rings allowing free motion of supported object |
| gimcrack | trick; trivial mechanism |
| gimmal | ring that can be divided into two or three rings |
| gingham | striped cotton cloth |
| ginglymus | joint that permits movement in one plane only |
| ginnel | narrow alley between high buildings |
| ginnery | place where cotton is ginned |
| girandole | branched chandelier or similar structure |
| girasol | fire-opal that glows like fire in certain light |
| glabrous | hairless; smooth |
| glaciology | study of ice ages and glaciation |
| glacis | a gentle slope in fortification |
| gladiate | shaped like a sword |
| glair | egg white used as medium for binding paint |
| glaireous | slimy; viscous |
| glandiferous | bearing acorns or nuts |
| glandiform | gland-shaped; acorn-shaped |
| glanduliferous | bearing glands |
| glareous | gravelly; growing on gravel |
| glaucous | sea-green; greyish-blue |
| glebe | church land granted to clergyman |
| glebe | sod; the soil |
| glebous | earthy; full of clods |
| gleed | hot coal; burning ember |
| gleek | a trick or joke |
| gleet | mucus discharge from the urethra |
| glenoid | slightly cupped; socket-shaped |
| gliriform | resembling a rodent |
| glirine | rodent-like; of, like or pertaining to rodents |
| glissade | moving on snow without skis |
| gloaming | period between sunset and full night; dusk |
| globuliferous | bearing globules |
| glochidiate | bristled; barbed |
| glomerate | packed or bunched together |
| glossa | the tongue |
| glossographer | writer of short explanatory notes or glosses |
| glossoid | like a tongue |
| glossology | study of language; study of the tongue |
| glossophagine | eating using the tongue |
| glottogonic | of, like or pertaining to the origins of language |
| glozing | flattery; deceit |
| gluconeogenesis | production of glucose from non-carbohydrates |
| glumiferous | bearing glumes |
| glutinous | gluey; sticky |
| glutition | swallowing |
| glycogenesis | production of glycogen |
| glyptic | of, like or pertaining to carving or gem-engraving |
| glyptography | the art of engraving on gems |
| glyptology | study of gem engravings |
| gnathal | of, like or pertaining to the jaws |
| gnathion | tip of the chin |
| gnathonic | flattering |
| gnomic | signifying general truth; pertaining to aphorisms or proverbs |
| gnomology | collection of aphorisms, proverbs and short poems |
| gnomon | upright rod of a sundial |
| gnomonics | the art of measuring time using sundials |
| gnosiology | study of knowledge; philosophy of knowledge |
| gnosis | knowledge; especially spiritual |
| gnosticism | belief that freedom derives solely from knowledge |
| gnotobiology | study of life in germ-free conditions |
| goatish | lustful; foolish |
| godet | triangular piece of cloth inserted in a skirt |
| goetic | of, like or pertaining to black magic |
| goitrous | affected by or pertaining to goitre |
| goldenrod | dark golden yellow |
| goliard | wandering student |
| goliardy | riotous or lustful behaviour |
| goluptious | delightful; luscious |
| gomphiasis | looseness of the teeth |
| gomphosis | growth of teeth into the bone cavity |
| gonalgia | knee pain |
| gonfalon | ensign with streamers hung from a horizontal bar |
| gonfalonier | standard-bearer |
| goniometer | instrument for measuring angles between faces |
| gonoph | pickpocket; thief |
| gorget | piece of armour for the throat |
| gorgoneion | representation of the gorgon's head |
| gorgonize | to turn into stone; to paralyze with one's gaze |
| gormandism | gluttony |
| gormless | dull or unintelligent |
| gorsedd | assembly for granting awards to Welsh bards |
| gorsoon | boy-servant |
| gossypine | cottony |
| gouache | opaque watercolour paint |
| gowk | a cuckoo; a fool |
| grabble | search with the hand; grope |
| graben | a rift valley |
| gracility | slenderness |
| gradatim | step by step |
| gradgrind | one who regulates things by means of statistics |
| gradin | a rising tier of seats in a theatre |
| gradiometer | instrument for measuring gradient of a physical quantity |
| gradual | part of mass between epistle and gospel |
| gradualism | belief that things proceed by degrees |
| Graecomania | obsession with Greece and the Greeks |
| grafology | divination by studying writing |
| grain | unit of weight equal to 1/7000 of a pound |
| graip | pitchfork; dungfork |
| grallatory | of, like or pertaining to wading birds |
| gramary | magic; enchantment |
| gramercy | expression of gratitude or surprise |
| gramineous | of, like or pertaining to grass; grassy |
| graminivorous | feeding on grass or cereals |
| graminology | study of grasses |
| grammalogue | word represented by a single sign; logogram |
| grammaticaster | a piddling grammarian |
| grammatolatry | worship of letters and words |
| grammatology | study of systems of writing |
| grandeval | of great age; ancient |
| grandiloquent | bombastic |
| grandinous | full of hail; consisting of hail |
| grandisonant | pompous-sounding |
| grangerize | to cut plates out of many books to illustrate one |
| granivorous | feeding on seeds |
| granuliferous | bearing granules |
| grapheme | a letter of the alphabet |
| graphemics | study of systems of representing speech in writing |
| grapholagnia | obsession with obscene pictures |
| graphology | study of handwriting |
| graphomania | obsession with writing |
| graphophobia | fear of writing |
| graphospasm | writer's cramp |
| grapnel | small anchor used for dragging or grappling |
| graptomancy | divination by studying handwriting |
| grassing | bleaching by exposure on grass |
| graticulation | division of design into squares when scaling |
| gratis | without charge; for free |
| grattoir | scraper made of flint |
| gratulatory | congratulatory |
| grauncher | clumsy and incompetent mechanic |
| graupel | frozen rain or snowflakes |
| gravamen | grievance; grounds of legal complaint |
| graveolent | rank-smelling; fetid |
| gravid | pregnant |
| gravimeter | instrument for measuring variations in gravitational fields |
| gravimetrical | of, like or pertaining to measuring by weight |
| gray | unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to 100 rads |
| greave | armour for the shin |
| greaves | tallow waste |
| gregal | of, like or pertaining to a flock |
| gregatim | in flocks |
| greige | of a grey-beige colour |
| gremial | intimate; pertaining to the lap or bosom |
| grenadine | thin silk |
| gressorial | adapted for walking |
| gricer | train-spotter or railway enthusiast |
| gridelin | violet-grey |
| griffade | sudden seizure with the claws |
| grillage | framework of timber |
| grilse | salmon first returning to the river from the sea |
| grimgribber | learned gibberish; legal jargon |
| grimoire | magician's book for summoning spirits |
| grinagog | one who is constantly grinning |
| gripulous | grasping; greedy |
| grisaille | style of painting in grey tints |
| griseous | pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled |
| grith | sanctuary; asylum |
| grithbreach | breach of the peace |
| grobianism | slovenly boorishness |
| groggery | low public-house |
| grognard | old or veteran soldier |
| grogram | coarse loosely woven silk fabric |
| gromatic | of, like or pertaining to surveys or surveying |
| gromatics | science of surveying |
| grosgrain | heavy close-woven corded silk |
| grough | deep gully in peat moor area |
| groundage | a charge on a ship in port |
| groundling | person of inferior taste; commoner |
| groundprox | altitude warning system in aircraft |
| groundsel | lowest timber of a structure |
| groupuscule | small clique or faction |
| grout | to root or grub with the snout |
| growlery | a retreat for times of ill humour |
| groyne | wooden breakwater |
| grufted | dirty; begrimed |
| gruine | of, like or pertaining to cranes or similar birds |
| grum | morose; surly |
| grumous | clotted; lumpy |
| guaniferous | bearing dung |
| guardant | of a heraldic animal turned to side with head facing the viewer |
| guarish | to heal |
| gudgeon | metal pin or bearing connecting rudder to a boat |
| gudgeon | a person easily cheated |
| guerdon | reward; recompense |
| guéridon | small ornate table or stand |
| guérite | chair with raised back forming a hood |
| guichet | ticket window or similar small opening |
| guidon | pennant with rounded outer edge |
| guignol | something intended to horrify people |
| guilloche | to decorate with intersecting curved lines |
| guimpe | wide cloth covering neck and shoulders worn by nuns |
| guipure | lace having no ground or mesh |
| gules | heraldic name for the colour red |
| gulix | kind of fine linen |
| gullery | place where gulls breed |
| gulosity | gluttony; greed |
| gulpin | credulous person; simpleton |
| gummiferous | bearing gum |
| gummosity | gumminess |
| gumnivorous | feeding on tree saps |
| gunarchy | government by women; gynarchy |
| gunnage | number of guns carried on a warship |
| gunwale | upper edge of the side of a ship |
| gurgitate | to bubble; to boil |
| gurgitation | surging |
| gurlet | pickaxe with one pointed and one bladed end |
| guttate | spotted; having drops or droplike markings |
| guttatim | drop by drop |
| guttation | release of drops of moisture |
| guttiferous | exuding drops |
| guttiform | shaped like a drop |
| gutturotetany | spasm in the throat causing stutter |
| guyot | flat-topped underwater mountain |
| gybe | to swing a sail from one side to another |
| gyle | fermenting vat for beer |
| gymnasiarch | the head of a gymnasium |
| gymnasiarchy | government over a school or academy |
| gymnasiast | a pupil in a gymnasium |
| gymnobiblism | belief that the Bible can be presented to unlearned without commentary |
| gymnophobia | fear of nudity |
| gymnosophy | deep contemplation performed while naked |
| gynaecide | killing of women |
| gynaecocracy | government by women; gynarchy |
| gynaecology | study of women's physiology |
| gynaecomania | abnormal sexual obsession with women |
| gynandroid | hermaphroditic; being of or resembling both sexes |
| gynarchy | government by women |
| gynics | knowledge of women |
| gyniolatry | deep respect or devotion for women |
| gynocentric | focused on or concerned with women |
| gynocracy | government by women; gynarchy |
| gynotikolobomassophile | one who nibbles on women's earlobes |
| gypsiferous | bearing gypsum |
| gyrograph | instrument for counting a wheel's revolutions |
| gyroidal | spiral; rotatory |
| gyromancy | divination by falling from dizziness |
| gyron | triangular heraldic charge |
| gyrose | having a folded surface; marked with wavy lines |
| gyrostatics | the study of rotating bodies |
| gyrus | convoluted ridge between two grooves |
| gyve | to fetter; to shackle |
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