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.
- gibbs — James, 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.
- giles — Saint, 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.
- ginza — the, a district in Tokyo, Japan, famous for its department stores, nightclubs, and bars.