6-letter words containing g, a, e
- gamone — any chemical substance secreted by a gamete that attracts another gamete during sexual reproduction
- gander — a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
- ganefs — Plural form of ganef.
- ganesh — the Hindu god of prophecy, represented as having an elephant's head
- ganged — Simple past tense and past participle of gang.
- ganger — a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- ganges — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- gangle — to move awkwardly or ungracefully: A tall, stiff-jointed man gangled past.
- gangue — rock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.
- gannet — any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- gansey — A sweater or T-shirt.
- gaoled — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
- gaoler — jail.
- gapers — Plural form of gaper.
- gapier — Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- gapped — a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- gapper — (baseball) A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.
- garage — a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
- garbed — a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.
- garble — to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
- garden — Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.
- gareth — Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
- garget — Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
- gargle — to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs.
- garner — to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
- garnet — Henry Highland, 1815–82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
- garote — to execute by the garrote.
- garred — Scot. to compel or force (someone) to do something.
- garret — spall (def 1).
- garter — 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.
- garvey — a scowlike open boat, variously propelled, used by oyster and clam fishermen in Delaware Bay and off the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey.
- garvie — a sprat
- gashed — Make a gash in; cut deeply.
- gasher — dreary or gloomy in appearance.
- gashes — a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- gasket — a rubber, metal, or rope ring, for packing a piston or placing around a joint to make it watertight.
- gasmen — Plural form of gasman.
- gasped — a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- gasper — a cigarette.
- gassed — drunk.
- gasser — Herbert Spencer, 1888–1963, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
- gasses — Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- gasted — to terrify or frighten.
- gaster — (in ants, bees, wasps, and other hymenopterous insects) the part of the abdomen behind the petiole.
- gateau — a cake, especially a very light sponge cake with a rich icing or filling.
- gaters — Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- gauche — lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
- gauded — Simple past tense and past participle of gaud.
- gaufer — a waffle