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Gomuti PalmnounMWEMalaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gonadotrophic HormonenounMWEhormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placentaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gonadotropic HormonenounMWEhormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placentaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goncalo AlvesnounMWEtall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern BrazilverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gondang WaxnounMWEa hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gondola CarnounMWEa low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roofverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gong BuoynounMWEa buoy with a bell on itverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goober PeanounMWEpod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seedsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good AfternoonnounMWEa conventional expression of greeting or farewellverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good andadverbMWEcompletely or thoroughlycandidateMay 18, 2026
Good AuthoritynounMWEtestimony by someone who should knowverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good ContinuationnounMWEa Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established directionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good DaynounMWEa farewell remarkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good DealnounMWE(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good EggnounMWE(old-fashioned slang) a good personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good EnoughadjectiveMWEadequately good for the circumstancescandidateMay 18, 2026
Good ExamplenounMWEsomething to be imitatedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good FaithnounMWEhaving honest intentionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good for YouadjectiveMWEpromoting healthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Good FormnounMWEbehavior that conforms to social conventions of the timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good FortunenounMWEan auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good GuynounMWEany person who is on your sideverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good HealthnounMWEthe state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental diseaseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good HumornounMWEa cheerful and agreeable moodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good HumournounMWEa cheerful and agreeable moodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good LooksnounMWEthe quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Good LucknounMWEan auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good Luck CharmnounMWEsomething believed to bring good luckverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good MannersnounMWEa courteous mannerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good MorningnounMWEa conventional expression of greeting or farewellverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good NaturenounMWEa cheerful, obliging dispositionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good NightnounMWEa conventional expression of farewellverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good Ol' BoynounMWEa white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good Old BoynounMWEa white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good Old DaysnounMWEpast times remembered with nostalgiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good Ole BoynounMWEa white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good PartnounMWEa place of especial strengthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good PersonnounMWEa person who is good to other peopleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good SamaritannounMWEa person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of troubleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good SensenounMWEsound practical judgmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good SpellernounMWEsomeone who spells wordsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good SpiritnounMWEa benevolent spiritverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good StorynounMWEan account of an amusing incident, usually with a punch lineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good TempernounMWEa cheerful and agreeable moodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good TimenounMWEa highly pleasurable or exciting experienceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good TurnnounMWEa favor for someoneverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good WeathernounMWEweather suitable for outdoor activitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good WillnounMWE(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Good WordnounMWEsomething that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goofing OffnounMWEthe evasion of work or dutyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooney BirdnounMWEa variety of albatross with black feetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goora NutnounMWEtree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose BarnaclenounMWEstalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose BumpnounMWEreflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose DownnounMWEdown of the gooseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose EggnounMWEa quantity of no importanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose GrassnounMWEcoarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose GreasenounMWEgrease derived from geeseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose LivernounMWEliver of a goose used as meatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose PimplenounMWEreflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose PlumnounMWEwild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow fleshverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose SkinnounMWEreflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritationverifiedMay 18, 2026
goose stepverbMWEmarch in a military fashionverifiedJun 3, 2026
Goose StepnounMWEa manner of marching with legs straight and swinging highverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooseberry BushnounMWEspiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooseberry FamilynounMWEin some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goosefoot FamilynounMWEincludes spinach and beetsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goosefoot MaplenounMWEmaple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooseneck BarnaclenounMWEstalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooseneck LoosestrifenounMWEa variety of the loosestrife herbverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gopher HolenounMWEa hole in the ground made by gophersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gopher SnakenounMWEbull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrowsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gopher TortoisenounMWEburrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gopher TurtlenounMWEburrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gordian KnotnounMWEany very difficult problemverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorgonian CoralnounMWEcorals having a horny or calcareous branching skeletonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gospel SingingnounMWEfolk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and responseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gospel TruthnounMWEan unquestionable truthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gossip ColumnistnounMWEa journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebritiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gothic ArchnounMWEa pointed archverifiedMay 18, 2026
gouge outverbMWEmake gouges into a surfaceverifiedJun 3, 2026
Gourd FamilynounMWEa family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Gourd VinenounMWEany vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rindsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gouty ArthritisnounMWEa painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and jointsverifiedMay 18, 2026
governance structurenounMWESpecifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation, such as the board, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and spells out the rules and procedures for making decisions on corporate affairs.verifiedMay 9, 2026
Governance, Risk Management and CompliancenounMWEA business term used to group the three close-related disciplines responsible for the protection of assets, and operationsverifiedAug 30, 2026
Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworknounMWEThe overall structure of procedures of how an organization is controlled and directed , how an organization identifies and mitigates risk, and how the organization adheres to pertinent rules, standards, and regulations that defines the scope, objectives, and activities regrading such procedures.verifiedMay 9, 2026
Governing BoardnounMWEa board that manages the affairs of an institutionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Governing BodynounMWEthe persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Government Accountability OfficenounMWEGAO: Government Accountability OfficeverifiedAug 30, 2026
Government ActivitynounMWEthe act of governingverifiedMay 18, 2026
government agencynounMWEA state, county, or federal government organizations that enforce laws, rules, or regulations.verifiedMay 9, 2026
Government AgentnounMWEa representative or official of a government or administrative department of a governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
government bodynounMWEThe government of any country or of any political subdivision of any country,including: any instrumentality of any such government; any other person or organization authorized by law to perform any executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative, military, or police functions of any such government, and; any intergovernmental organization.verifiedMay 9, 2026
Government BondnounMWEa bond that is an IOU of the United States TreasuryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Government BuildingnounMWEa building that houses a branch of governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Government DepartmentnounMWEa department of governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)nounMWEAcronym for the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service card program. GETS cards provide emergency access and priority processing for voice communications services in emergency situations.verifiedAug 30, 2026
Government IncomenounMWEincome available to the governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Government IssuenounMWEsupplies such as food, clothing or ammunition issued by the governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026