5-letter words containing g, a
- graff — (slang) Graffiti.
- graft — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- grail — (usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grain — granularity
- graip — a long-handled fork for digging dung
- grama — any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- grame — (obsolete) Anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance.
- gramp — grandfather.
- grams — Plural form of gram.
- grana — (in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- grand — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grani — (in the Volsunga Saga) the horse of Sigurd.
- grans — Plural form of gran.
- grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- grape — the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- grapy — Composed of, or resembling, grapes.
- grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- grass — Günter (Wilhelm) [goo n-ter wil-helm;; German gyn-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈgʊn tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgün tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
- grata — an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
- grate — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- gratz — (Internet slang) Congratulations, congrats.
- grave — the grave accent.
- gravy — the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
- grays — Plural form of gray.
- graze — to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- great — unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- grefa — griefo.
- greta — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- groan — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- groat — a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groma — an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- gsusa — Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- guaco — a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
- guage — Misspelling of gauge.
- guana — (US) A contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America.
- guano — a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- guans — Plural form of guan.
- guara — A bird, the scarlet ibis.
- guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guare — John, born 1938, U.S. playwright.
- guasa — The jewfish.
- guat. — Guatemala
- guava — any of numerous tropical and subtropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Psidium, of the myrtle family, especially P. guajava, bearing large, yellow, round to pear-shaped fruit, and P. littorale, bearing smaller, yellowish to deep-red, oval fruit.
- gudea — flourished c2250 b.c, Sumerian ruler.
- gugas — Plural form of guga.
- guija — Lake, a lake on the border between SE Guatemala and NW El Salvador, in Central America. About 20 miles (32 km) long.
- gulag — the system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union.
- gular — Zoology. the upper part of the throat or gullet. the front or forward part of the neck.
- gulas — Plural form of gula.