6-letter words containing n, a, g
- gained — Simple past tense and past participle of gain.
- gainer — a person or thing that gains.
- gaines — Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- gainly — graceful; comely; handsome.
- gainst — against.
- galant — Of, relating to, or denoting a light and elegant style of 18th -century music.
- galena — a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- galion — a city in N central Ohio.
- gallon — a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters). Abbreviation: gal.
- galton — Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- gamine — a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- gaming — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- gamins — Plural form of gamin.
- gammon — deceitful nonsense; bosh.
- gamone — any chemical substance secreted by a gamete that attracts another gamete during sexual reproduction
- gander — a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
- gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- ganefs — Plural form of ganef.
- ganesh — the Hindu god of prophecy, represented as having an elephant's head
- gangbo — (in England and Wales) a civil order restricting the activities of a gang member
- ganged — Simple past tense and past participle of gang.
- ganger — a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- ganges — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- gangle — to move awkwardly or ungracefully: A tall, stiff-jointed man gangled past.
- gangly — gangling.
- gangue — rock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.
- ganjah — marijuana, especially in the form of a potent preparation used chiefly for smoking.
- gannet — any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- ganoid — of or relating to the Ganoidei, a group of mostly extinct fishes characterized by hard, bony scales, the living species of which include the paddlefishes, sturgeons, and gars.
- ganoin — a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- gansey — A sweater or T-shirt.
- gantry — a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- gaping — to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- garand — John C(antius) [French kahn-tsyys] /French ˈkɑ̃ tsyüs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. inventor of M-1 semiautomatic rifle, born in Canada.
- garcon — (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- garden — Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.
- gardon — A European cyprinoid fish; the id.
- garmon — A kind of smaller Russian button accordion.
- garner — to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
- garnet — Henry Highland, 1815–82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
- garron — A small, sturdy workhorse of a breed originating in Ireland and Scotland.
- gascon — a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- gaskin — a gasket.
- gasman — a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- gasmen — Plural form of gasman.
- gaston — a male given name.
- gating — a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gawain — Arthurian Romance. one of the knights of the Round Table: a nephew of King Arthur.
- gazang — (of the seller of a house) to inconvenience (a potential buyer) by withdrawing from an agreement to sell shortly before the purchase is completed
- gazing — to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.