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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • geode/ˈdʒiː.əʊd/nounC1A dull stone that is hollow and crystal-lined inside.
  • geological/ˌd͡ʒiːəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/adjectiveC1To do with the earth's rocks and their history.
  • geometric/ˌd͡ʒiː.əʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsBuilt from regular shapes and straight lines.
  • geometry/d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/nounB2+2 meaningsThe mathematics of shapes, lines and angles.
  • germ/d͡ʒɜːm/nounB22 meaningsA tiny living thing that can make you ill.
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/d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/
nounC1
The carrying of young before birth, or the forming of an idea.
  • gesticulate/dʒɛsˈtɪkjʊleɪt/verbC1To make energetic movements with the hands while speaking.
  • get away with youphraseC1A playful way of saying you do not believe somebody.
  • get something off your chestphraseC1To say the thing that has been troubling you.
  • ghoul/ɡuːl/nounC1A grave-haunting creature of legend that feeds on the dead.
  • gibber/ˈd͡ʒɪbə(ɹ)/verbC1To talk fast and unintelligibly from fear.
  • giddy/ˈɡɪd.i/adjectiveC13 meaningsFeeling as if everything is spinning; unsteady on your feet.
  • giggle/ˈɡɪɡl̩/verbB13 meaningsTo laugh in a light, high, half-swallowed way.
  • gigolo/ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.loʊ/nounC1A man kept by a woman in return for his company.
  • gilded/ˈɡɪldɪd/adjectiveC1Covered with a thin layer of gold.
  • gilding/ˈɡɪldɪŋ/nounC1A thin covering of gold laid over a surface.
  • gilt/ɡɪlt/nounC12 meaningsA thin covering of gold.
  • gingerly/ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəli/adverbC1Very cautiously, as if afraid of hurting something.
  • girdle/ˈɡɝdl̩/nounC15 meaningsA belt or cord worn round the waist.
  • girth/ɡɜːθ/nounC12 meaningsThe measurement round something thick.
  • girth strapnounC1The band that holds a saddle under the belly.
  • give an accountphraseC1To describe what happened.
  • give my regardsphraseC1Ask somebody to pass on your good wishes.
  • give the cold shoulderphraseC1To ignore somebody deliberately.
  • give the game awayphraseC1To reveal what should have been hidden.
  • gladden/ˈɡlædən/verbC1To make somebody happy.
  • glade/ɡleɪd/nounC1A sunny open space among trees.
  • gladiator/ˈɡlædiˌeɪ̯tə/nounC1A fighter who fought for public entertainment in ancient Rome.
  • glance/ɡlɑːns/verbB23 meaningsTo look at something quickly.
  • glancing/ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/adjectiveC1Hitting at an angle rather than directly.
  • glass ceiling/ɡlɑːs ˈsiːlɪŋ/nounC1The invisible barrier stopping people rising further.
  • glassy/ˈɡlɑːsi/adjectiveB22 meaningsSmooth and shining like glass.
  • glaze/ɡleɪz/verbB25 meaningsTo brush a shiny coating over food so that it gleams.
  • glazier/ˈɡleɪzjə(ɹ)/nounC1The tradesman who fits glass into frames.
  • glean/ɡliːn/verbC1To pick up small pieces of information here and there.
  • gleeful/ˈɡliːfəl/adjectiveC1Full of delight, often at another's cost.
  • glen/ɡlɛn/nounC1A narrow valley, especially in Scotland.
  • glib/ɡlɪb/adjectiveC1Fluent and easy, but shallow and insincere.
  • glide/ˈɡlaɪd/verbB23 meaningsTo move smoothly and quietly, with no visible effort.
  • glimmer/ˈɡlɪməː/verbC12 meaningsTo shine faintly and unsteadily.
  • glimpse/ˈɡlɪm(p)s/nounC13 meaningsA very short look at something.
  • glint/ɡlɪnt/verbC1To give out small quick flashes of light.
  • glisten/ˈɡlɪsən/verbC1To shine as wet things do.
  • globular/ˈɡlɒbjʊlə/adjectiveC1Shaped roughly like a ball.
  • gloss/ɡlɒs/nounB22 meaningsPaint or a finish that dries hard and shiny.
  • glower/ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/verbC1To stare angrily at somebody.
  • glum/ɡlʌm/adjectiveC1Quietly gloomy and dejected.
  • gluttony/ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/nounC1Eating and drinking far more than you need.
  • glyph/ɡlɪf/nounC1A carved symbol standing for a word or a sound.
  • gnarled/nɑː(ɹ)ld/adjectiveC1Twisted and knotted with age.
  • gnash/ˈnæʃ/verbC1To grind the teeth together, especially in rage or anguish.
  • gnaw/nɔː/verbC12 meaningsTo bite at something again and again.
  • go astrayphraseC1To become lost, or to wander from what is right.
  • go darkphraseC1To cease all communication deliberately.
  • go in forphraseC1To take part in, or to make a habit of.
  • go overphraseB22 meaningsTo examine or review something carefully.
  • goad/ɡəʊd/verbC12 meaningsTo keep provoking somebody into acting.
  • gobble/ˈɡɒbl̩/verbB22 meaningsTo eat fast and greedily.
  • godforsaken/ˌɡɒd.fə(ɹ)ˈseɪ.kɪn/adjectiveC1Bleak, dreary and remote.
  • godless/ˈɡɒdləs/adjectiveC1Lacking any religion or reverence.