| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gotten | of Get, p. p. of Get. | |
| gommal | adjective | Made or consisting of interlocked ring/ or links; as, gimmal mail. |
| goaded | imp. & past participle | of Goad |
| goaves | plural | of Goaf, Old workings. See Goaf. |
| goatee | noun | A part of a man’s beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat. |
| gobbet | noun | A mouthful; a lump; a small piece., To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. |
| gobble | verb t. | To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp., To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock., To eat greedily., To make a noise like that of a turkey cock., A noise made in the throat. |
| goblet | noun | A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle. |
| goblin | noun | An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. |
| gobies | plural | of Goby |
| gocart | noun | A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk. |
| godild | A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. | |
| godown | noun | A warehouse. |
| godsib | noun | A gossip. |
| godson | noun | A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather. |
| godwit | noun | One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin. |
| goemin | noun | A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss. |
| goffer | verb t. | To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. |
| goggle | verb i. | To roll the eyes; to stare., Full and rolling, or staring; — said of the eyes., A strained or affected rolling of the eye., A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc., Colored glasses for relief from intense light., A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting., Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through. |
| goglet | noun | See Gurglet. |
| goiter | noun | Alt. of Goitre |
| goitre | noun | An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland. |
| goolde | noun | An old English name of some yellow flower, — the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole. |
| golden | adjective | Made of gold; consisting of gold., Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain., Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. |
| goldie | noun | The European goldfinch., The yellow-hammer. |
| goldin | noun | Alt. of Golding |
| golfer | noun | One who plays golf. |
| golore | noun | See Galore. |
| gomuti | noun | A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo. |
| gonads | plural | of Gonad |
| gonoph | noun | A pickpocket or thief. |
| goober | noun | A peanut. |
| goodly | adverb | Excellently., Pleasant; agreeable; desirable., Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses., Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. |
| gooroo | noun | Alt. of Guru |
| go-out | noun | A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out. |
| gopher | noun | One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; — called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan., One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); — called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile., A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows., A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States. |
| goramy | noun | Same as Gourami. |
| goring | present participle & vb. noun | of Gore, Alt. of Goring cloth |
| gorfly | noun | A dung fly. |
| gorged | imp. & past participle | of Gorge, Having a gorge or throat., Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck., Glutted; fed to the full. |
| gorget | noun | A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century., A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor., A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies., A ruff worn by women., A cutting instrument used in lithotomy., A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; — called also blunt gorget., A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. |
| gorgon | noun | One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa., Anything very ugly or horrid., The brindled gnu. See Gnu., Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. |
| gorhen | noun | The female of the gorcock. |
| goslet | noun | One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia. |
| gospel | verb | Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation., One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John., A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day., Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel., Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel., Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness., To instruct in the gospel. |
| gossan | noun | Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein. |
| gossat | noun | A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); — called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. |
| gossib | noun | A gossip. |
| gossip | noun | A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother., A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance., One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler., The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor., To stand sponsor to., To make merry., To prate; to chat; to talk much., To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales. |
| gothic | adjective | Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous., Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions — prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital., The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth., A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines., The style described in Gothic, a., 2. |
| gouged | imp. & past participle | of Bouge |
| gouger | noun | See Plum Gouger. |
| gourde | noun | A silver dollar; — so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. |
| gourdy | adjective | Swelled in the legs. |
| govern | verb t. | To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority., To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse., To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case., To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. |
| gowany | adjective | Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. |
| gowden | adjective | Golden. |
| gowdie | noun | See Dragont. |
| gowned | p. adjective | Dressed in a gown; clad. |