8-letter words containing g, a, e, t
- garrotte — to execute by the garrote.
- gartered — Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- gas tube — an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.
- gasteral — Of or pertaining to the stomach.
- gastero- — gastro-
- gastness — terror or fright.
- gastraea — a primeval double-walled sac-like form whose existence was hypothesized by Ernst Haeckel, who proposed that all animals were descended from it
- gate leg — a leg attached to a hinged frame that can be swung out to support a drop leaf.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gatepost — the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.
- gathered — Simple past tense and past participle of gather.
- gatherer — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- gaudiest — Superlative form of gaudy.
- gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer
- gauntest — Superlative form of gaunt.
- gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- gauziest — Superlative form of gauzy.
- gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
- gavottes — Plural form of gavotte.
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- gazement — a stare; look; view
- gazetted — a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers): The Phoenix Gazette.
- gazettes — Plural form of gazette.
- gelastic — Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
- gelatine — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- gelatins — Plural form of gelatin.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- geminate — Also, geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.
- gemmated — Having buds.
- generant — something that generates
- generate — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- genitals — Synonym of genitalia.
- gentians — Plural form of gentian.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.
- gestalts — Plural form of gestalt.
- gestated — Simple past tense and past participle of gestate.
- gestates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gestate.
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- get laid — have sex
- get real — Be realistic
- getaways — Plural form of getaway.
- gettable — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- giantess — an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.