8-letter words containing g, s
- glossist — (obsolete) A writer of glosses, or comments.
- glottals — Plural form of glottal.
- glucides — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluiness — Alt form glueyness.
- glumness — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- glumpish — glum
- gluttons — Plural form of glutton.
- glycosyl — (biochemistry) Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- glyptics — the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.
- gnashers — Plural form of gnasher.
- gnashing — to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
- gneisses — Plural form of gneiss.
- gneissic — a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- go short — If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.
- go south — fail, go bad
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- goadster — a goadsman
- goalless — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- goalpost — a post supporting a crossbar and, with it, forming the goal on a playing field in certain sports, as football.
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- gobblers — Plural form of gobbler.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- goddesse — Archaic spelling of goddess.
- godheads — Plural form of godhead.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- godowsky — Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.
- godsends — Plural form of godsend.
- godspeed — good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).
- godsquad — any group of evangelical Christians, members of which are regarded as intrusive and exuberantly pious
- goebbels — Joseph Paul [yoh-zef poul] /ˈyoʊ zɛf paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- goldbugs — Informal. a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
- goldfish — a small, usually yellow or orange fish, Carassius auratus, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.
- goldless — lacking gold
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- goldsize — an adhesive used to fix gold leaf to a surface
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- goloshes — a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- gomashta — (India,now,historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- goneness — a sinking sensation; exhaustion or faintness.
- gongster — a person who strikes a gong