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

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  • 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/
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Full 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.
  • godspeednounC1A wish of good fortune to somebody setting out.
  • good-for-nothingnounC1Somebody idle and of no use to anybody.
  • goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/nounB12 meaningsThe quality of being morally good.
  • gooey/ˈɡuːi/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsSoft, sticky and stretchy.
  • gore/ɡɔː/nounB2+2 meaningsThick blood from a wound.
  • gorge/ɡɔːdʒ/nounB2+2 meaningsA deep narrow rocky valley.
  • gorse/ɡɔɹs/nounC1A prickly evergreen shrub with yellow flowers.
  • gossamer/ˈɡɒ.sə.mə/nounC12 meaningsFine floating spider silk.
  • gouge/ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo cut a deep groove, or to force something out.
  • gourmet/ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/adjectiveC12 meaningsOf the finest, most refined cooking quality.
  • governance/ˈɡʌvənəns/nounC1The way an organisation or a country is run.
  • grace/ɡɹeɪs/nounC16 meaningsSmooth, easy beauty in the way someone moves.
  • grace periodnounC1Extra time allowed before a penalty applies.
  • gracefulnessnounC1The quality of moving with smooth and pleasing ease, named with the noun ending -ness.
  • gracious/ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/adjectiveB23 meaningsKind, polite and generous, especially when you have no obligation to be.
  • gradient/ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/nounB2+4 meaningsA gradual change from one colour into another, with no hard edge between them.
  • graduate/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuət/verbB13 meaningsTo finish a university course and receive a degree.
  • graft/ɡɹɑːft/verbC12 meaningsTo join a shoot of one plant onto the stem of another.
  • grain/ɡɹeɪn/nounB14 meaningsThe pattern and direction of the fibres in wood, stone or fabric.
  • grainy/ˈɡɹeɪni/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsHaving a rough texture of small particles.
  • granary/ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/nounC1A building where grain is stored.
  • grand/ˈɡɹænd/adjectiveB13 meaningsLarge and impressive.
  • grandeur/ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/nounC1Impressive greatness of scale or dignity.
  • grant/ɡɹɑːnt/nounB23 meaningsMoney given for a purpose and not repaid.
  • grapefruit/ˈɡɹeɪ̯pfɹuːt/nounC1A large sharp-tasting citrus fruit.
  • graph/ɡɹæf/nounB1+2 meaningsA drawing showing how two quantities relate.
  • grate/ˈɡɹeɪt/verbB1+3 meaningsTo shred food by rubbing it on a rough metal surface.
  • gratification/ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/nounC1The satisfying of a desire.
  • grating/ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsHarsh and irritating to listen to.
  • gratuitous/ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪt.əs/adjectiveC1Done without cause, and uncalled for.