5-letter words starting with g
- gobar — Dried cow dung used directly as fuel or as a source of gas.
- gobat — Albert [French al-ber] /French alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Swiss lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1902.
- gobbi — Tito (ˈtiːto). 1915–84, Italian operatic baritone
- gobbo — a hunchback
- gobby — fat.
- gobos — Plural form of gobo.
- godel — Kurt [kurt] /kɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1906–78, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Austria-Hungary.
- godet — a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness. Compare gore3 (def 1), gusset (def 1).
- godey — Louis Antoine [an-twahn] /ˈæn twɑn/ (Show IPA), 1804–78, U.S. publisher: founded the first women's magazine in the U.S. 1830.
- godly — conforming to the laws and wishes of God; devout; pious.
- godoy — Manuel de. 1767–1851, Spanish statesman: Charles IV's unpopular chief minister (1792–97; 1801–08)
- goers — Plural form of goer.
- goest — (archaic-verb-form) Archaic second-person singular form of go.
- goeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go.
- goety — witchcraft
- goetz — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1840–76, German composer.
- gofer — an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- gogga — any small animal that crawls or flies, esp an insect
- gogol — Nikolai Vasilievich [nik-uh-lahy vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- gogra — a river in SW Tibet, Nepal, and N India, flowing S and SE to the Ganges River. 640 miles (1030 km) long.
- goias — a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- going — the act of leaving or departing; departure: a safe going and quick return.
- golda — a female given name.
- golde — Archaic spelling of gold.
- goldi — Nanay.
- golds — Plural form of gold.
- goldy — Golden.
- golem — Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- golfs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of golf.
- golgi — Camillo [kah-meel-law] /kɑˈmil lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843?–1926, Italian physician and histologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1906.
- golly — Used to express surprise or delight.
- golpe — a purple circle
- goltz — Baron Kolmar von der [kawl-mahr fuh n duh r] /ˈkɔl mɑr fən dər/ (Show IPA), 1843–1916, German field marshal.
- gombe — a state of Nigeria, in the NE. Capital: Gombe. Pop: 2 353 879(2006). Area: 18 768 sq km (7246 sq miles)
- gombo — gumbo.
- gomel — a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- gomer — an undesirable hospital patient.
- gomez — Juan Vicente [hwahn bee-sen-te] /ʰwɑn biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1857?–1935, Venezuelan soldier and political leader: commander in chief and dictator of Venezuela 1908–35; president of Venezuela 1908–15, 1922–29, 1931–35.
- gompa — a Tibetan monastery or temple
- gonad — a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- gondi — a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
- gonef — Alternative form of ganef.
- goner — a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gongs — Plural form of gong.
- gonia — Craniometry. a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle.
- gonif — ganef.
- gonna — Going to.
- gonne — Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- gono- — sexual or reproductive
- gonof — Alternative form of ganef.