| gilder | (noun) someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt | - |
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| gildhall | (noun) the meeting place of a medieval guild | - |
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| gilding | (noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold | Synonyms: gilt |
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| gill | (noun) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | Synonyms: branchia |
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| (noun) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus | Synonyms: lamella |
| (noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces | - |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters | - |
| gillie | (noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep | Synonyms: ghillie |
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| (noun) a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief | - |
| gillyflower | (noun) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | Synonyms: carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus |
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| (noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers | Synonyms: stock |
| gilt | (noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold | Synonyms: gilding |
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| gimbal | (noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | - |
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| gimcrack | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
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| gimcrackery | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery |
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| gimel | (noun) the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| gimlet | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, screw auger, wimble |
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| (noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice | - |
| gimmick | (noun) any clever maneuver | Synonyms: device, twist |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| (noun) a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident | Synonyms: catch |
| gimmickry | (noun) a collection of gimmicks | - |
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| gimp | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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| gimpiness | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimp, lameness, limping |
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| gin | (noun) a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points | Synonyms: gin rummy, knock rummy |
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| (noun) a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers | Synonyms: cotton gin |
| (noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | Synonyms: noose, snare |
| (noun) strong liquor flavored with juniper berries | - |
| ginep | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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| ginger | (noun) liveliness and energy | Synonyms: pep, peppiness |
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| (noun) dried ground gingerroot | Synonyms: powdered ginger |
| (noun) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery | Synonyms: gingerroot |
| (noun) perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems | - |
| gingerbread | (noun) cake flavored with ginger | - |
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| gingerol | (noun) derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger | - |
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| gingerroot | (noun) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery | Synonyms: ginger |
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| gingersnap | (noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger | Synonyms: ginger nut, ginger snap, snap |
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| gingham | (noun) a clothing fabric in a plaid weave | - |
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| gingiva | (noun) the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth | Synonyms: gum |
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| gingivitis | (noun) inflammation of the gums | - |
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| gingko | (noun) deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree | Synonyms: ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree |
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| ginglymus | (noun) a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane | Synonyms: ginglymoid joint, hinge joint |
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| ginkgo | (noun) deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree | Synonyms: gingko, Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree |
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| ginmill | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, saloon, taproom |
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| ginseng | (noun) Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers | Synonyms: nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax pseudoginseng, Panax schinseng |
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| (noun) aromatic root of ginseng plants | - |
| ginzo | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, greaseball, Guinea, wop |
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| gip | (noun) (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating | Synonyms: gyp |
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| gipsy | (noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment | Synonyms: gypsy, itinerant |
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| (noun) a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life | Synonyms: gypsy |
| gipsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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| giraffe | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis |
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| girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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| girandole | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandola |
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| girasol | (noun) tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers | Synonyms: Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower |
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| (noun) an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors | Synonyms: fire opal |
| girder | (noun) a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure | - |
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| girdle | (noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | Synonyms: corset, stays |
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| (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth |
| (noun) an encircling or ringlike structure | - |
| girl | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: fille, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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| (noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girlfriend, lady friend |
| (noun) a youthful female person | Synonyms: female child, little girl |
| (noun) a friendly informal reference to a grown woman | - |
| (noun) a female human offspring | Synonyms: daughter |
| girlfriend | (noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girl, lady friend |
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| (noun) any female friend | - |
| girlhood | (noun) the childhood of a girl | Synonyms: maidenhood, maidhood |
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| girlishness | (noun) being characteristic of a girl | - |
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| giro | (noun) a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so | - |
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| (noun) a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office | Synonyms: giro cheque |
| girth | (noun) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | Synonyms: cinch |
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| (noun) the distance around a person's body | - |
| gismo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| gist | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence |
| git | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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| gitana | (noun) a Spanish female Gypsy | - |
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| gitano | (noun) a Spanish male Gypsy | - |
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| gittern | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, citole, cittern |
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| give | (noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | Synonyms: spring, springiness |
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| giveaway | (noun) an unintentional disclosure | - |
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| (noun) a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | Synonyms: game show |
| (noun) a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group | - |
| given | (noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | Synonyms: precondition, presumption |
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| givenness | (noun) the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed | - |
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| giver | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: bestower, conferrer, donor, presenter |
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| (noun) someone who devotes himself completely | - |
| giving | (noun) the act of giving | Synonyms: gift |
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| (noun) disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return | - |
| (noun) the imparting of news or promises etc. | - |
| gizmo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| gizzard | (noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food | Synonyms: gastric mill, ventriculus |
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| glabella | (noun) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges | Synonyms: mesophyron |
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| glaciation | (noun) the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice | - |
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| (noun) the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action | - |
| glacier | (noun) a slowly moving mass of ice | - |
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| glad | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily |
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| gladdon | (noun) iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa | Synonyms: gladdon iris, Iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris |
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| glade | (noun) a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | Synonyms: clearing |
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| gladfulness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladness, gladsomeness |
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| gladiator | (noun) (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat | - |
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| (noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: prizefighter |
| gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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| gladiolus | (noun) the large central part of the breastbone | Synonyms: corpus sternum |
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| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiola, sword lily |
| gladness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladfulness, gladsomeness |
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| gladsomeness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladfulness, gladness |
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| glamor | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamour |
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| glamorisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorization, glamourisation, glamourization |
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| glamorization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamourisation, glamourization |
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| glamour | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamor |
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| glamourisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourization |
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| glamourization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourisation |
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| glamping | (noun) Camping glamorously, i.e., with expensive equipment | - |
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| glance | (noun) a quick look | Synonyms: coup d'oeil, glimpse |
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| gland | (noun) any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: secreter, secretor, secretory organ |
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| glanders | (noun) a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans | - |
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| glans | (noun) a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris | - |
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| glare | (noun) an angry stare | Synonyms: glower |
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| (noun) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted | Synonyms: blaze, brilliance |
| (noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: limelight, public eye, spotlight |
| glareole | (noun) Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | Synonyms: pratincole |
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| glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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| glass | (noun) a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking | Synonyms: drinking glass |
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| (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
| (noun) a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror | Synonyms: looking glass |
| (noun) a small refracting telescope | Synonyms: field glass, spyglass |
| (noun) glassware collectively | - |
| (noun) the quantity a glass will hold | Synonyms: glassful |
| (noun) a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure | - |
| glassblower | (noun) someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass | - |
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| glasses | (noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | Synonyms: eyeglasses, specs, spectacles |
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| glassful | (noun) the quantity a glass will hold | Synonyms: glass |
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| glasshouse | (noun) a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | Synonyms: greenhouse |
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| glassmaker | (noun) someone who makes glass | - |
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| glassware | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glasswork |
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| glasswork | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glassware |
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| glassworker | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier |
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| glassworks | (noun) a workplace where glass is made | - |
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| glasswort | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: Salicornia europaea, samphire |
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| (noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
| glaucoma | (noun) an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness) | - |
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| glauconite | (noun) a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand | - |
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