8-letter words containing g, o, i, a
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gigaflop — gigaflops
- gigatons — Plural form of gigaton.
- gigavolt — One thousand million ( 109 ) volts. Symbol: GV.
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.
- gloaming — twilight; dusk.
- gloating — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- gloriosa — any plant of the bulbous tropical African genus Gloriosa, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse climbers for their showy flowers of yellow, orange, and red: family Liliaceae
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- gloxinia — any of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, especially S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goatling — a young goat
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- goddamit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- gracioso — a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graffito — Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grattoir — a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.
- groaning — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- guaiacol — a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.