Word origins

• gardylooA cry used to warn passersby that a vessel of wastewater is about to be emptied into the street.
• gargouilladeA complex balletic step, defined differently for different schools but generally involving a double rond de jambe
• GaskeyA surname from French.
• gasometerAn apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting.
• Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineAn administrative region and House of Commons constituency in Quebec, Canada.
• GaullismA French political ideology based on Charles de Gaulle's thoughts and actions.
• gayelleAn informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.
• GeffreA surname from French.
• geishThe perineum.
• -genedescribes something which is formed in a certain way or produces something
• genianOf or pertaining to the chin.
• genitingA variety of apple that ripens very early
• gentyneat; trim
• gerantThe manager or acting partner of a company, publication etc.
• gerbilleDated spelling of gerbil.
• germanderA Mediterranean herb, of species Teucrium chamaedrys, historically grown for medicinal use but now mostly as an ornamental miniature hedge in herb gardens.
• get someone's goatTo annoy or infuriate someone.
• gibbierwildfowl; game
• GIGNthe National Gendarmerie Intervention Group of France (French: Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale)
• GilboA surname from French.
• gillyflowerClove pink.
• gipserA kind of pouch worn at the girdle.
• GirondistA member of a moderate political faction in France during the French Revolution.
• girrock|(archaic) A garfish.
• GisclairA surname from French.
• glaciousCharacteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.
• GladuA surname from French.
• GladueA surname from French.
• glissetteThe locus described by any point attached to a curve that moves continuously along another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.
• glottophobialinguistic xenophobia, linguicism; discrimination against people based on their native language or dialect.
• glyptographicRelating to glyptography, the art of engraving on precious stones.
• glyptothecaA room or building devoted to displaying works of sculpture.
• gobaloonAn oaf or fool.
• godemicheA dildo.
• godroonAn ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded moulding.
• goeminA complex mixture of several substances extracted from the seaweed Irish moss (Chondrus crispus).
• go-goA style of funk music from the 1970s.
• gogotteA geological concretion, similar in its shape to marleka and imatrankivi.
• GolladayA surname.
• gommelindextrin
• GonyerA surname from French.
• goujereVenereal disease.
• gourdyHaving swollen legs
• grammatologyThe scientific study of writing systems or scripts.
• grande passionAn overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.
• grande wormwoodThe herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), which is used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
• Grand MaraisA community in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.
• GrandorgeA surname from French.
• Grand Traverse CountyOne of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Traverse City.
• -graphySomething written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
• gravel road copAn officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• Great Slave LakeA lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada; one of the largest lakes in the world and the deepest lake in North America.
• greilladeiron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process
• GrevenmacherOne of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the east of the country.
• gridelinHaving a dusky color between white and red; gray-violet.
• griffonageCareless handwriting; a crude or illegible scrawl.
• grigriA belay device that incorporates an assisted braking system, trademark of French company Petzl.
• grilladeA piece of slow-cooked meat (usually beef, veal, or pork) traditionally served with grits in New Orleans cuisine.
• grillageA foundation of crisscrossing timber or steel beams, usually for spreading heavy loads over large areas.
• GrilliotA surname from French.
• grivetAn Old World monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face.
• gromwellLithospermum arvense or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.
• Gros VentreA member of a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in north central Montana.
• guepardeA cheetah.
• Guinée forestièreA region of Guinea, in the southeast, named for its forests, which are prominent features.
• GuirlA surname. Of American usage.
• gumbo z'herbesA gumbo dish made with a selection of green vegetables instead of meat.
• gurrierA street urchin.
• gyronnyCovered with gyrons, or divided into several gyrons, typically eight.
• hachementIn massage, a hacking or chopping stroke repeated in succession with the edge of the extended fingers or with the whole hand.
• hachureA line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.⁷
• ha-haAn approximation of the sound of laughter.
• half-worldA hemisphere.
• Hant's HarbourA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• harlequinadeA pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
• harping ironA harpoon.
• harridanA vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
• hautestHighest or best.
• haut-pasA dais.
• haüyneSynonym of haüynite.
• Havre de GraceA city in Harford County, Maryland, United States.
• hecto-hundred
• hectostereAn old measure of volume equal to one hundred cubic metres.
• heliogravurerotogravure (process or engraving)
• HelvétiusA surname from French, notably borne by Claude Adrien Helvétius, a French philosopher and littérateur
• heptamerideA thing having seven parts or divisions.
• herborizationThe act of herborizing (collecting and classifying plants during an excursion).
• herborizeTo seek and classify new or previously known plant species.
• herb parisAn Old World plant (Paris quadrifolia) related to the trillium.
• herissonA beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
• hersillonA herse.
• HettangianThe earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma
• hexapetalousHaving six petals.
• histicRelating to the tissues of the body.
• hoboyA hautboy or oboe.
• hocketIn medieval music, a rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. A single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.
• hogoA strong, unpleasant smell.
• hoguineAn item of armor worn in the 16th century, consisting of overlapping lames to protect the buttocks.
• homogenehomogeneous
• hotchpotchThe blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy.