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7-letter words containing a, i, g

  • gillian — a female given name, form of Juliana.
  • gillray — James. 1757–1815, English caricaturist
  • gimbals — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
  • gimmals — Plural form of gimmal.
  • gingham — yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.
  • gingiva — gum2 (def 1).
  • giraffe — a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal.
  • girasol — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
  • gisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
  • gitalin — a mixture of glycosides from Digitalis purpurea, used chiefly in the management of congestive heart failure.
  • givable — Capable of being given.
  • gizzard — Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.
  • glacial — of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.
  • glacier — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
  • gladius — a short sword used in ancient Rome by legionaries.
  • glaiket — foolish; giddy; flighty.
  • glaikit — foolish; giddy; flighty.
  • glaires — to coat with glair.
  • glairin — an organic deposit found in some mineral waters
  • glaives — Plural form of glaive.
  • glaring — shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
  • glassie — glassy (def 4).
  • glazier — a person who fits windows or the like with glass or panes of glass.
  • glazily — in a glazy manner
  • glazing — a smooth, glossy surface or coating.
  • gliadin — a prolamin derived from the gluten of grain, as wheat or rye, used chiefly as a nutrient in high-protein diets.
  • gliomas — Plural form of glioma.
  • gloriam — for glory.
  • glucina — (obsolete, chemistry) beryllium oxide.
  • gmelina — a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
  • gnathic — of or relating to the jaw.
  • gnawing — the act of a person or thing that gnaws.
  • go bail — to act as surety
  • goading — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
  • goalies — Plural form of goalie.
  • goating — A scapegoating.
  • goatish — of or like a goat.
  • godetia — Any of several flowering plants of the taxonomic section of Clarkia, Clarkia sect. Godetia.
  • goiania — a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
  • goliard — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
  • goliath — the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.
  • golilla — a collar of lawn or linen, slightly rolled under at the edge and starched to stand out from the neckline, worn in Spain in the 17th century.
  • gonidia — Plural form of gonidium.
  • gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
  • gordita — A Mexican flatbread made from cornmeal and stuffed with meat, cheese, vegetables, or a sweet filling.
  • gorgias — c483–c375 b.c, Greek philosopher.
  • gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
  • gorizia — a city in NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, N of Trieste.
  • gourami — a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
  • gournia — a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
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