5-letter words starting with g
- gould — Chester, 1900–85, U.S. cartoonist: creator of the comic strip “Dick Tracy.”.
- gound — (UK dialectal) Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.
- goura — any of several species of large, crested ground pigeons found in New Guinea
- gourd — the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd) whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd) used ornamentally. Compare gourd family.
- gouts — Plural form of gout.
- gouty — pertaining to or of the nature of gout.
- govt. — government
- gowan — any of various yellow or white field flowers, especially the English daisy.
- gowds — gold.
- gower — John, 1325?–1408, English poet.
- gownd — Archaic spelling of gowned.
- gowns — Plural form of gown.
- goyal — A ravine or other depression.
- goyen — Jan van [yahn vahn] /yɑn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1596–1656, Dutch painter.
- goyim — goy.
- goyle — a ravine
- graal — ("Grail") General Recursive Applicative and Algorithmic Language. FP with polyadic combinators. "Graal: A Functional Programming System with Uncurryfied Combinators and its Reduction Machine", P. Bellot in ESOP 86, G. Goos ed, LNCS 213, Springer 1986.
- grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- grace — William Russell, 1832–1904, U.S. financier and shipping magnate, born in Ireland: mayor of New York City 1880–88.
- grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- grads — Plural form of grad.
- 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.
- grebe — any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- grebo — (slang, UK, predominantly West Midlands) A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.