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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
Good-Bynouna farewell remarkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-Byenouna farewell remarkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-Humorednessnouna cheerful willingness to be obligingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-Humourednessnouna cheerful willingness to be obligingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-King-HenrynounEuropean plant naturalized in North AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-Naturednessnouna cheerful willingness to be obligingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-Neighborlinessnouna disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighborsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-Neighbourlinessnouna disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighborsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Good-Temperednessnouna cheerful willingness to be obligingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goodnessnounthat which is pleasing or valuable or usefulverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goodynounsomething considered choice to eatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goof-Offnounan idle worthless personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goofballnouna person who amuses others by ridiculous behaviorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goofing OffnounMWEthe evasion of work or dutyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Googlynouna cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite wayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Googolnouna cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Googolplexnouna cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooknoun(slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooneynouna variety of albatross with black feetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooney BirdnounMWEa variety of albatross with black feetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goonienouna variety of albatross with black feetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goonynouna variety of albatross with black feetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goopnounstreet names for gamma hydroxybutyrateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goora NutnounMWEtree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goosandernouncommon merganser of Europe and North AmericaverifiedMay 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 StepnounMWEa manner of marching with legs straight and swinging highverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goose-Tansynounlow-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneathverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooseberrynounspiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berriesverifiedMay 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
Goosefishnounfishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring preyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goosefleshnounreflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goosefootnounany of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowersverifiedMay 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
Goosenecknounsomething in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooseneck BarnaclenounMWEstalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gooseneck LoosestrifenounMWEa variety of the loosestrife herbverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gophernounburrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouchesverifiedMay 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
Gopherwoodnounsmall handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dyeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goralnounsmall goat antelope with small conical hornsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gordian KnotnounMWEany very difficult problemverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorgernounsomeone who eats food rapidly and greedilyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorgerinnounthe molding at the top of a columnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorgetnounarmor plate that protects the neckverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorgoniannouncorals having a horny or calcareous branching skeletonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorgonian CoralnounMWEcorals having a horny or calcareous branching skeletonverifiedMay 18, 2026
GorgonzolanounItalian blue cheeseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorillanounlargest anthropoid apeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gorsenounvery spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gosan-Chikunounsmall bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when youngverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goshawknounlarge hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Goslingnounyoung gooseverifiedMay 18, 2026
GosmorenounEuropean weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's earsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gospelnounfolk 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 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
Gospelernouna preacher of the Christian gospelverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gospellernouna preacher of the Christian gospelverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gossip ColumnistnounMWEa journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebritiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gossipernouna person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gossipingnouna conversation that spreads personal information about other peopleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gossipmongernouna person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gossipmongeringnouna conversation that spreads personal information about other peopleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gothnouna crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gothic ArchnounMWEa pointed archverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gothitenouna red or yellow or brown mineralverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gouachenouna watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Gougernouna person who swindles you by means of deception or fraudverifiedMay 18, 2026