5-letter words containing ga
- edgar — a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “spear.”.
- egadi — a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- egads — Alternative form of egad.
- eggar — A large brownish moth that is often active during the day. The caterpillars typically bear irritant hairs and make an egg-shaped cocoon.
- elgar — Sir Edward (William). 1857–1934, English composer, whose works include the Enigma Variations (1899), the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (1900), two symphonies, a cello concerto, and a violin concerto
- fugal — of or relating to a fugue, or composed in the style of a fugue.
- gabar — an Iranian Zoroastrian.
- gabba — (music) alternative spelling of gabber.
- gabby — talkative; garrulous.
- gabel — (UK, legal, obsolete) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
- gabes — Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- gable — (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.
- gabon — Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
- gabor — Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
- gabun — Gabon.
- gabys — a female given name, form of Gabriella.
- gaddi — Taddeo [tahd-de-aw] /tɑdˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1300–66, Italian painter and architect.
- gadid — belonging or pertaining to the cod family, Gadidae.
- gadis — Plural form of gadi.
- gadjo — a non-ethnic Romany
- gadso — an expression of surprise
- gaeta — a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- gaffe — a social blunder; faux pas.
- gaffs — Plural form of gaff.
- gaged — a standard of measure or measurement.
- gager — a person or thing that gauges.
- gages — Plural form of gage.
- gaily — with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
- gains — to make a gain or gains in.
- gaita — A kind of bagpipe played in northern Spain and Portugal.
- gaits — Plural form of gait.
- gaius — a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- galah — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having rose-colored underparts.
- galas — Plural form of gala.
- galax — a plant, Galax urceolata, of the southeastern U.S., having rounded, evergreen leaves and spikes of small white flowers.
- galba — Servius Sulpicius [sur-vee-uh s suhl-pish-uh s] /ˈsɜr vi əs sʌlˈpɪʃ əs/ (Show IPA), 5? b.c.–a.d. 69, Roman emperor a.d. 68–69.
- galea — Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- galed — Simple past tense and past participle of gale.
- galen — Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- gales — Plural form of gale.
- galet — to fill (a mortar joint) with gallets.
- galla — Oromo.
- galle — a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- gallo — Robert (Charles) born 1937, U.S. scientist, specializing in cancer and AIDS research.
- galls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gall.
- gally — to frighten or scare.
- galop — a lively round dance in duple time.
- galut — the forced exile of Jews, especially from countries where they were most persecuted.
- gamay — a grape grown especially in the Beaujolais region of France and in N California.
- gamba — viola da gamba (def 1).