| glebe | n. | portion of cultivable land assigned to clergyman as part of his benefice | ||
| glede | n. | hot coal or ember | ||
| gleeman | n. | wandering singer (in medieval era) | ||
| gleet | n. | watery or purulent discharge, as from a wound | ||
| glister | v. | to sparkle | ||
| gloaming | n. | twilight of the evening | ||
| gloriole | n. | nimbus, halo | ||
| glory hole | n. | small shipboard storeroom | nautical | |
| glossopetra | n. | tongue-shaped precious stone | ||
| gloze | v. | gloss over, make excuses, palliate; flatter | ||
| gnome | n. | general maxim, aphorism, terse saying with a moral | ||
| gnomic | adj. | aphoristic | ||
| gnomon | n. | part of sundial which casts the shadow by which time is determined | ||
| go for a burton | v. | to die; to be ruined or lost | slang | |
| go spare | v. | to become angry | British | |
| goaf | n. | hayrick when in a barn; waste material of a mine | ||
| goat’s-foot lever | n. | characteristically shaped lever used to quickly hook the string and span a crossbow | ||
| gob | n. | 1 | lump, mass of a slimy substance; (pl.) a large amount | |
| gob | n. | 2 | mouth | |
| gobsmacked | adj. | flabbergasted, utterly astounded | ||
| godown | n. | warehouse or storage building | ||
| goetic | adj. | of or related to dark magic or necromancy | ||
| goffer | v. | to flute or crimp by means of a heated iron | ||
| gollop | v. | to gulp down, to greedily eat | colloquial | |
| goloptious | adj. | excellent, wonderful; delicious | ||
| gomeril | n. | fool | Scots | |
| gompa | n. | imposing religious building similar to Christian monastery in which religious writings are protected and monks work as devotees of Tibetan Buddhism | ||
| gonfalon | n. | banner or pennon, often with tails or streamers, suspended from a crossbar rather than flown from a pole | ||
| gonfanon | n. | gonfalon suspended from the head of a lance | ||
| gonif | n. | dishonest or disreputable person, crook, rascal (Yiddish) | slang | |
| goosander | n. | common merganser, a diving duck with a serrated bill | British | |
| goozle | n. | Adam’s apple, throat | slang | |
| gorbellied | adj. | having a protruding belly | ||
| gore | n. | triangular or wedge-shaped piece of fabric used as part of a garment, sail, etc. | ||
| gork | n. | braindead (or nearly) patient kept alive only by artificial means | ||
| gormless | adj. | stupid, lacking in intelligence or vitality | ||
| gourmand | n. | fond of good eating, often to excess | ||
| gozzle | n. | throat, gullet | ||
| gralloch | v. | to remove the viscera from game, usu. a deer | ||
| Gram-negative | adj. | (of bacteria) appearing red when stained using Gram’s method | ||
| gramercy | int. | expression of thanks | archaic | |
| grangerize | v. | to add illustrations to a book from other sources | ||
| granolithic | adj. | composed of crushed granite pieces | ||
| grass widow | n. | wife whose husband is frequently absent or gone for a protracted time | ||
| grate | adj. | agreeable, pleasant, gratifying | obsolete | |
| graupel | n. | mushy hail, granular snow | ||
| gravamen | n. | most grievous part of an accusation; grievance | ||
| gravel | v. | to perplex; [obsolete] to run aground | ||
| grazier | n. | person who grazes cattle for market | ||
| greengage | n. | light green plum |
