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Four Letter Words Starting with a "G"

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  1. gaff
    an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
  2. gaga
    intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
  3. gage
    place a bet on
  4. gain
    obtain
  5. gait
    an animal's manner of moving
  6. gala
    a lavish public entertainment or celebration
  7. gale
    a strong wind moving 34–40 knots
  8. gall
    a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  9. game
    an amusement or pastime
  10. gamp
    colloquial terms for an umbrella
  11. gamy
    (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
  12. gang
    an association of criminals
  13. gaol
    a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
  14. gape
    look with amazement
  15. garb
    clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  16. gari
    cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
  17. gash
    cut open
  18. gasp
    a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
  19. gate
    a movable barrier in a fence or wall
  20. gaud
    cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
  21. gaur
    wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India
  22. gawk
    look with amazement
  23. gawp
    look with amazement; look stupidly
  24. gaze
    a long fixed look
  25. gean
    wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting
  26. gear
    a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism
  27. geek
    a person with an unusual or odd personality
  28. geld
    cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
  29. gelt
    informal term for money
  30. gene
    part of DNA controlling physical characteristics and growth
  31. gens
    family based on male descent
  32. gent
    a boy or man
  33. genu
    hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
  34. germ
    a structure from which tissue can develop into an organism
  35. geta
    footwear usually with wooden soles
  36. ghat
    stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water
  37. ghee
    clarified butter used in Indian cookery
  38. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  39. gift
    something acquired without compensation
  40. gild
    decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
  41. gill
    organ allowing aquatic animals to obtain oxygen from water
  42. gilt
    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  43. gimp
    disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
  44. gird
    bind with something round or circular
  45. girl
    a young woman
  46. giro
    a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so
  47. gist
    the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  48. give
    transfer possession of something concrete or abstract
  49. glad
    showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
  50. glee
    great merriment
  51. glen
    a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
  52. glia
    sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
  53. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  54. glob
    a compact mass
  55. glom
    latch or seize upon; take hold of
  56. glop
    any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant
  57. glow
    emit a steady even light without flames
  58. glue
    cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
  59. glug
    make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle
  60. glum
    moody and sorrowful
  61. glut
    supply with an excess of
  62. gnat
    any of various small biting flies
  63. gnaw
    bite or chew on with the teeth
  64. goad
    stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  65. goal
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve
  66. goat
    any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
  67. gobs
    a large number or amount
  68. goby
    small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
  69. goer
    someone who leaves
  70. gold
    a soft yellow malleable ductile metallic element
  71. golf
    a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes
  72. gone
    no longer retained
  73. gong
    a large metal disk that sounds a note when struck
  74. good
    having desirable or positive qualities
  75. goof
    a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
  76. gook
    any thick, viscous matter
  77. goon
    an awkward, foolish person
  78. goop
    any thick, viscous matter
  79. gore
    coagulated blood from a wound
  80. gory
    covered with blood
  81. gout
    a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
  82. gown
    a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
  83. grab
    take or seize suddenly
  84. grad
    a person who has received a degree from a school
  85. gram
    a unit of mass approximately equal to 0.035 ounces
  86. gran
    the mother of your father or mother
  87. gray
    of an achromatic color intermediate between white and black
  88. grey
    of an achromatic color intermediate between white and black
  89. grid
    a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
  90. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  91. grin
    draw the lips back into a smile or snarl
  92. grip
    hold fast or firmly
  93. grit
    small coarse bits of stone, sand, or gravel
  94. grog
    rum cut with water
  95. grok
    understand the meaning of something
  96. grot
    a small cave (usually with attractive features)
  97. grow
    increase in size by natural process
  98. grub
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain insects
  99. guan
    any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
  100. guar
    drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
  101. guck
    any thick, viscous matter
  102. guff
    unacceptable behavior
  103. guib
    antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns
  104. gula
    eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  105. gulf
    an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
  106. gull
    a mostly white aquatic bird found along beaches
  107. gulp
    utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
  108. gunk
    any thick, viscous matter
  109. guru
    a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
  110. gush
    flow forth in a sudden stream or jet
  111. gust
    a strong current of air
  112. guts
    fortitude and determination
  113. gybe
    shift from one side of the ship to the other
  114. gyre
    a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
  115. gyro
    rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
Created on Fri Mar 01 10:44:54 EST 2013

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