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5-letter words starting with g

  • getup — getup.
  • geyan — somewhat
  • gezer — an ancient Canaanite town, NW of Jerusalem.
  • ghain — the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
  • ghana — a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.
  • ghast — ghastly.
  • ghats — a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
  • ghaut — a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
  • ghazi — a Muslim soldier, especially one fighting against non-Muslims.
  • ghent — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
  • ghost — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
  • ghoti — (rare, jocular) alternative spelling of fish.
  • ghoul — an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
  • ghusl — (Islam) A full-body wash taken by Muslims to restore the body to a state of purity.
  • ghyll — (Scotland/Northern England) A ravine.
  • giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
  • gibbsJames, 1682–1754, Scottish architect and author.
  • gibed — Simple past tense and past participle of gibe.
  • gibel — a carp of Europe and N Asia
  • giber — to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
  • gibes — to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
  • gibus — opera hat.
  • giddy — affected with vertigo; dizzy.
  • gif89 — Graphics Interchange Format
  • giffy — Obsolete form of jiffy (brief moment).
  • gifts — Plural form of gift.
  • giga- — prefix
  • gigli — Beniamino [be-nyah-mee-naw] /ˌbɛ nyɑˈmi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1957, Italian operatic tenor.
  • gigot — a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
  • gigue — Dance. jig2 (def 1).
  • gijon — a seaport in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
  • gilda — a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
  • gilds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gild.
  • gilesSaint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
  • gilet — A light sleeveless padded jacket.
  • gills — a male given name.
  • gilly — gillie.
  • gilts — Plural form of gilt.
  • gim-1 — Generalized Information Management Language. Nelson, Pick, Andrews. Proc SJCC 29:169-73, AFIPS (Fall 1966).
  • gimel — the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  • gimme — Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
  • gimps — Plural form of gimp.
  • gimpy — a limp.
  • ginas — Plural form of gina.
  • ginep — genip.
  • gines — Plural form of gine.
  • ginge — (pejorative) shortened form of ginger, red-haired.
  • ginks — a person; fellow.
  • ginny — a female given name, form of Virginia or Genevieve.
  • ginzathe, a district in Tokyo, Japan, famous for its department stores, nightclubs, and bars.
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