Nouns

grotesquery

noun

ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion

grotius

noun

Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the bas...

groundbreaker

noun

someone who helps to open up a new line of research or techn...

groundkeeper

noun

someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or a...

groundlessness

noun

the quality of lacking substance or value

groundling

noun

in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing sec...

groundmass

noun

(geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in...

groundsel

noun

Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers

groundsheet

noun

a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under...

groundspeed

noun

the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground

groyne

noun

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from sh...

grubstake

noun

funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a busi...

gruffness

noun

an abrupt discourteous manner

gruesomeness

noun

the quality of being ghastly

grugru

noun

tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk...

grume

noun

a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells

grummet

noun

fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole...

grundyism

noun

excessive or affected modesty

grunter

noun

domestic swine

guacharo

noun

nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty...

guadeloupe

noun

an island territory of France located in the eastern West In...

guaira

noun

a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay

guaiacum

noun

small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm an...

guanabana

noun

large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard...

guanaco

noun

wild llama

guarnerius

noun

Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-...

guayule

noun

much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white f...

guenevere

noun

(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of...

guenon

noun

small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail...

guereza

noun

a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky f...

gueridon

noun

a small round table

guestimate

noun

an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing

guiana

noun

a geographical region of northeastern South America includin...

guib

noun

antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horn...

guilder

noun

the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

guillemot

noun

small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

guilloche

noun

an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy...

guimpe

noun

a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's...

guitarfish

noun

primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped...

gulden

noun

the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

gula

noun

eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

gulfweed

noun

brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating mas...

gumboil

noun

a boil or abscess on the gums

gumma

noun

a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advan...

gummite

noun

a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occur...

gummosis

noun

disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora ci...

gumwood

noun

wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the...

guncotton

noun

a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives

gunflint

noun

the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a fli...

gunite

noun

a mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a...