6-letter words containing g, o, n
- exogen — (botany) A plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
- fangio — Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- flagon — a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
- flongs — Plural form of flong.
- fogman — a person in charge of railway fog-signals
- foxing — material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
- froing — Only used in toing and froing. present participle of fro.
- funlog — Functional programming plus unification. "Lazy" in the sense that expressions are reduced only if they are not unifiable.
- gabaon — Gibeon.
- gabion — a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense.
- gaboon — Also called gaboon mahogany. the soft, reddish-brown wood of an African tree, Aucoumea klaineana, used for making furniture.
- galion — a city in N central Ohio.
- gallon — a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters). Abbreviation: gal.
- galton — Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- gammon — deceitful nonsense; bosh.
- gamone — any chemical substance secreted by a gamete that attracts another gamete during sexual reproduction
- gangbo — (in England and Wales) a civil order restricting the activities of a gang member
- ganoid — of or relating to the Ganoidei, a group of mostly extinct fishes characterized by hard, bony scales, the living species of which include the paddlefishes, sturgeons, and gars.
- ganoin — a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- garcon — (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- gardon — A European cyprinoid fish; the id.
- garmon — A kind of smaller Russian button accordion.
- garron — A small, sturdy workhorse of a breed originating in Ireland and Scotland.
- gascon — a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- gaston — a male given name.
- geason — rare; uncommon
- genome — a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- genova — Italian name of Genoa.
- gentoo — a Hindu.
- geonet — A network of geocells sometimes forming a geospacer.
- geonim — a plural of Gaon.
- gerona — a city in NE Spain: city walls and 14th-century cathedral; often besieged, in particular by the French (1809). Pop: 81 220 (2003 est)
- geryon — a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist, killed by Hercules, who stole the monster's cattle as his tenth labour
- get on — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- gibeon — a town in ancient Palestine, NW of Jerusalem. Josh. 9:3.
- gibson — Althea, 1927–2003, U.S. tennis player.
- gideon — Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
- gilson — Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- gingko — The Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to East Asia having fan-shaped leaves and edible, fleshy yellow seeds, with no known close living relatives.
- ginkgo — a large shade tree, Ginkgo biloba, native to China, having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy seeds with edible kernels: the sole surviving species of the gymnosperm family Ginkgoaceae, which thrived in the Jurassic Period, and existing almost exclusively in cultivation.
- gitano — a male Gypsy
- globin — the protein component of hemoglobin, made up of alpha and beta chains.
- gluino — (physics) The superpartner of the gluon.
- gluons — Plural form of gluon.
- gnomes — Plural form of gnome.
- gnomic — like or containing gnomes or aphorisms.
- gnomon — the raised part of a sundial that casts the shadow; a style.
- gnoses — knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- gnosis — knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.