| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gabelleman | noun | A gabeler. |
| gabionnade | noun | See Gabionade. |
| gaditanian | adjective | Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain., A native or inhabitant of Cadiz. |
| gadolinite | noun | A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron. |
| gadolinium | noun | A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined. |
| gailliarde | noun | A lively French and Italian dance. |
| gaingiving | noun | A misgiving. |
| gainsaying | present participle & vb. noun | of Gainsay |
| gainstrive | verb t. & i. | To strive or struggle against; to withstand. |
| galimatias | noun | Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confused mixture. |
| gallanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Gallant |
| gallyambic | adjective | Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; — said of a kind of verse. |
| gallicized | imp. & past participle | of Gallicize |
| gallimatia | noun | Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias. |
| gallomania | noun | An excessive admiration of what is French. |
| gallopaded | imp. & past participle | of Gallopade |
| galvanized | imp. & past participle | of Galvanize |
| galvanizer | noun | One who, or that which, galvanize. |
| gama grass | A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; — called also sesame grass. | |
| gambolling | of Gambol | |
| gamekeeper | noun | One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. |
| gangliated | adjective | Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system. |
| gangliform | adjective | Alt. of Ganglioform |
| ganglionic | adjective | Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. |
| gangrenate | verb t. | To gangrene. |
| gangrening | present participle & vb. noun | of Gangrene |
| gangrenous | adjective | Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene. |
| gardenless | adjective | Destitute of a garden. |
| gardenship | noun | Horticulture. |
| gargantuan | adjective | Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate. |
| garlanding | present participle & vb. noun | of Garland |
| garmenture | noun | Clothing; dress. |
| garnierite | noun | An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. |
| garnishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Garnish |
| garnisheed | imp. & past participle | of Garnishee |
| garrisoned | imp. & past participle | of Garrison |
| gas-burner | noun | The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. |
| gasconaded | imp. & past participle | of Gasconade |
| gasconader | noun | A great boaster; a blusterer. |
| gasometric | adjective | Alt. of Gasometrical |
| gasteropod | noun | Same as Gastropod. |
| gastralgia | noun | Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders. |
| gastrodisc | noun | That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. |
| gastrolith | noun | See Crab’s eyes, under Crab. |
| gastrology | noun | The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach. |
| gastromyth | noun | One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. |
| gastronome | noun | Alt. of Gastronomer |
| gastronomy | noun | The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. |
| gastropoda | noun pl. | One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. |
| gastrotomy | noun | A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach. |
| gastrurous | adjective | Pertaining to the Gastrura. |
| gatherable | adjective | Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. |
| gaudygreen | adjective / noun | Light green. |
| gauffering | noun | A mode of plaiting or fluting. |
| gaultheria | noun | A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon). |
| gaylussite | noun | A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. |