12-letter words starting with go
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- gollywobbler — a very large quadrilateral staysail set between the foremast and mainmast of a schooner.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- gondwanaland — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- goo-goo eyes — expressing adoration; foolishly amorous: They sat there making goo-goo eyes at each other.
- good as gold — If you say that a child is being as good as gold, you are emphasizing that they are behaving very well and are not causing you any problems.
- good evening — greeting
- good heavens — You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone.
- good morning — hello: before noon
- good offices — Someone's good offices are the help that they give to other people who are trying to achieve something.
- good ol' boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- good old boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
- good-humored — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- good-looking — of good or attractive appearance; handsome or beautiful: a good-looking young man; a good-looking hat.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- goods engine — a railway locomotive used to haul a freight train.
- goods siding — a short railway track beside the main tracks where goods trains or goods wagons are left when they are not being used
- goofy-footer — a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward
- googleganger — a person with whom one shares one’s name, discovered when typing one’s name into an internet search engine
- goose grease — the melted fat of the goose, used in domestic medicine as an ointment.
- gooseberries — Plural form of gooseberry.
- goosegrasses — Plural form of goosegrass.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- gorgeousness — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
- gormlessness — The state of being gormless.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.