6-letter words starting with go
- goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- goosen — Retief. born 1969, South African golfer: winner of the US Open Championship (2001, 2004)
- gooses — (nonstandard) Plural form of goose.
- goosey — Having or showing a quality considered to be characteristic of a goose, especially foolishness or nervousness.
- goosie — (childish, or, endearing) goose.
- goozle — gozzle.
- gopala — Krishna as a cowherd.
- gopher — an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- gopura — A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
- gordon — Charles George ("Chinese Gordon"; "Gordon Pasha") 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
- gorets — /gor'ets/ The unknown ur-noun, fill in your own meaning. Found especially on the Usenet newsgroup alt.gorets, which seems to be a running contest to redefine the word by implication in the funniest and most peculiar way, with the understanding that no definition is ever final. [A correspondent from the Former Soviet Union informs me that "gorets" is Russian for "mountain dweller" - ESR] Compare frink.
- gorgas — William Crawford, 1854–1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904–13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914–18.
- gorged — (of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar: a lion gules gorged with a collar or.
- gorger — a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- gorges — gurge (def 2).
- gorget — a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- gorgia — an improvised sung passage of music
- gorgio — a word used by Gypsies for a non-Gypsy
- gorgon — Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
- gorham — a town in SW Maine.
- gorhen — a female red grouse
- gorily — In a gory manner.
- goring — Hermann Wilhelm [her-mahn vil-helm,, hur-muh n-wil-helm;; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm,, ˈhɜr mənˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, German field marshal and Nazi party leader.
- gorked — Heavily sedated; knocked out.
- gormed — to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up): My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.
- gorton — John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- gosala — died c484 b.c, Indian religious leader: founder of the Ajivaka sect.
- goshen — a pastoral region in Lower Egypt, occupied by the Israelites before the Exodus. Gen. 45:10.
- goslar — a city in N central Germany, in Lower Saxony: imperial palace and other medieval buildings, silver mines. Pop: 43 727 (2003 est)
- goslet — a pygmy goose
- gospel — the teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation.
- gossan — a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- gossib — gossip
- gossip — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- goster — to laugh uncontrollably
- got to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gotama — Buddha.
- gotcha — I have got you (used to express satisfaction at having captured or defeated someone or uncovered their faults).
- gotham — a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- gothic — (usually initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils.
- gotsta — Alternative form of gotta.
- gotten — a past participle of get.
- gouged — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- gouger — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- gouges — Plural form of gouge.
- goujon — flathead catfish.
- gounod — Charles François [chahrlz fran-swah;; French sharl frahn-swa] /tʃɑrlz frænˈswɑ;; French ʃarl frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1818–93, French composer.
- gourde — a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: G., Gde.
- gourds — Plural form of gourd.
- gourdy — (of horses) swollen-legged