5-letter words starting with g
- gaudi — Antonio (Antonio Gaudí i Cornet) 1852–1926, Spanish architect in the Catalan style.
- gauds — Plural form of gaud.
- gaudy — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- gauge — to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
- gault — A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks.
- gaumy — sticky; smeared
- gaunt — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- gaurs — Plural form of gaur.
- gause — Obsolete spelling of gauze.
- gauss — Karl Friedrich [kahrl free-drikh] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1777–1855, German mathematician and astronomer.
- gauze — any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave.
- gauzy — like gauze; transparently thin and light.
- gavel — feudal rent or tribute.
- gavin — a male given name.
- gavle — a seaport in E Sweden.
- gavot — an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
- gawed — Simple past tense and past participle of gaw.
- gawks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawk.
- gawky — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- gawra — Tepe Gawra.
- gawsy — (of people) well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.
- gayal — an ox, Bibos frontalis, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, sometimes considered to be a domesticated breed of the gaur.
- gayer — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
- gayle — a female or male given name.
- gayly — with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
- gayne — (obsolete) To gain; to avail.
- gazar — a silk fabric of loose construction with a stiff hand.
- gazed — to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
- gazee — One who is gazed at or observed.
- gazel — Archaic form of gazelle.
- gazer — to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
- gazes — Plural form of gaze.
- gazet — (obsolete) An old Venetian coin.
- gazon — a piece of turf used to cover a parapet
- gbari — Gwari.
- ge'ez — a Semitic language of ancient Ethiopia, now used only as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Church.
- geans — heart cherry.
- geant — A simulation, tracking and drawing package for HEP.
- gears — Plural form of gear.
- geats — Plural form of geat.
- geaux — (jocular) informal form of go.
- geber — (Jabir ibn Hayyan) 8th-century a.d, Arab alchemist.
- gebur — a tenant farmer
- gecko — any of numerous small, mostly nocturnal tropical lizards of the family Gekkonidae, usually having toe pads that can cling to smooth surfaces: the largest species, Gekko gecko, is sometimes kept as a pet.
- gecom — (language) A language for the GE-255 series, like COBOL with some ALGOL features added, in use around 1964-5. GECOM included many of the early COBOL constructs including report writer and TABSOL (programming by truth table). Another (planned but unimplemented?) component was FRINGE.
- gecos — GCOS
- gee's — a radio navigational system by which a fix can be obtained by comparing the pulse repetition rates of high-frequency ground waves from two separate stations.
- geeks — Plural form of geek.
- geeky — a digital-technology expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often used disparagingly by others).
- geese — a plural of goose.