| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| goa powder | A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. | |
| goatsucker | noun | One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); — so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk. |
| gobemouche | noun | Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person. |
| go-between | noun | An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; — usually in a disparaging sense. |
| goggle-eye | noun | One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidae, esp. Chaenobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; — so called from their prominent eyes., The goggler. |
| gold-bound | adjective | Encompassed with gold. |
| golden-eye | noun | A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow’s golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common. |
| golden-rod | noun | A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. |
| goldilocks | noun | Same as Goldylocks. |
| goldylocks | noun | A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; — so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup. |
| goliardery | noun | The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. |
| goloe-shoe | noun | A galoche. |
| golyardeys | noun | A buffoon. See Gollard. |
| gomphiasis | noun | A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets. |
| gonangiums | plural | of Gonangium |
| goniometer | noun | An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes. |
| goniometry | noun | The art of measuring angles; trigonometry. |
| gonococcus | noun | A vegetable microorganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease. |
| gonorrhoea | noun | A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap. |
| gonorrheal | adjective | Alt. of Gonorrhoeal |
| goodliness | noun | Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness. |
| goodlyhead | noun | Alt. of Goodlyhood |
| goodlyhood | noun | Goodness; grace; goodliness. |
| gooseberry | adjective | Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated., A silly person; a goose cap. |
| gorgonacea | noun pl. | See Gorgoniacea. |
| gorgoneion | noun | A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon’s head. |
| gormandism | noun | Gluttony. |
| gormandize | verb i. & t. | To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. |
| gospelized | imp. & past participle | of Gospelize |
| gossiprede | noun | The relationship between a person and his sponsors. |
| gothicized | imp. & past participle | of Gothicize |
| gougeshell | noun | A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus. |
| gourdiness | noun | The state of being gourdy. |
| gourd tree | A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. | |
| governable | adjective | Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. |
| governance | noun | Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. |
| governante | noun | A governess. |
| government | noun | The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government., The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law., The right or power of governing; authority., The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration., The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe., Management of the limbs or body., The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. |