| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gone | past participle | of Go, p. p. of Go. |
| goad | verb t. | A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates., To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. |
| goaf | noun | That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; — called also gob . |
| goal | noun | The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end., The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain., A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts. |
| goar | noun | Same as lst Gore. |
| goat | noun | A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin. |
| goby | noun | One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera. |
| gode | adjective & noun | Good. |
| goel | adjective | Yellow. |
| goen | p. p. of Go. | |
| goer | noun | One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker, A foot., A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer. |
| goff | noun | A silly clown., A game. See Golf. |
| gold | noun | Alt. of Goolde, A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7., Money; riches; wealth., A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold., Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold. |
| golf | noun | A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. |
| goll | noun | A hand, paw, or claw. |
| gome | noun | A man., The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; — called also gorm. See Gorm. |
| gong | noun | A privy or jakes., An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise., A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; — called also gong bell. |
| good | superl. | Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc., Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; — said of persons or actions., Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; — often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto., Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; — followed especially by for., Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; — followed especially by at., Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit., Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth., Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc., Not lacking or deficient; full; complete., Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc., That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; — opposed to evil., Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; — opposed to harm, etc., Wares; commodities; chattels; — formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property., Well, — especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible., To make good; to turn to good., To manure; to improve. |
| goot | noun | A goat. |
| gord | noun | An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. |
| gore | noun | Dirt; mud., Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted., A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part., A small traingular piece of land., One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point., To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab., To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron. |
| gorm | noun | Axle grease. See Gome., To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky. |
| gory | adjective | Covered with gore or clotted blood., Bloody; murderous. |
| goss | noun | Gorse. |
| gote | noun | A channel for water. |
| goth | noun | One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire., One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. |
| goud | noun | Woad. |
| gour | noun | A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber., See Koulan. |
| gout | noun | A drop; a clot or coagulation., A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc., A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn., Taste; relish. |
| gove | noun | A mow; a rick for hay. |
| gowd | noun | Gold; wealth. |
| gowk | verb t. | To make a, booby of one); to stupefy., The European cuckoo; — called also gawky., A simpleton; a gawk or gawky. |
| gowl | verb i. | To howl. |
| gown | noun | A loose, flowing upper garment, The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown., The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military., A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown., Any sort of dress or garb. |