8-letter words containing go
- god-king — a human sovereign believed to be a deity or to have godlike attributes.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- goddamit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- goddesse — Archaic spelling of goddess.
- godendag — a medieval Flemish club having a spike at the end.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- godheads — Plural form of godhead.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- godowsky — Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.
- godsends — Plural form of godsend.
- godspeed — good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).
- godsquad — any group of evangelical Christians, members of which are regarded as intrusive and exuberantly pious
- goebbels — Joseph Paul [yoh-zef poul] /ˈyoʊ zɛf paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.
- goelette — A schooner.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- goethite — a very common mineral, iron hydroxide, HFeO 2 , occurring in crystals, but more commonly in yellow or brown earthy masses: an ore of iron.
- goffered — Simple past tense and past participle of goffer.
- goggling — Present participle of goggle.
- gohonzon — (in Nichiren Buddhism) the paper scroll to which devotional chanting is directed
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- going on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- gold bug — one who buys, or advocates buying, gold as protection against an anticipated collapse in the value of currency, stocks, etc.
- goldberg — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- goldbugs — Informal. a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- goldfish — a small, usually yellow or orange fish, Carassius auratus, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.
- goldless — lacking gold
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- goldsize — an adhesive used to fix gold leaf to a surface
- goldtone — gold-coloured
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- golf bag — a bag, usually made of canvas, for carrying golf clubs and golf balls.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- golgotha — a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; Calvary.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- golliwog — a grotesque black doll.
- gollywog — Alternative form of golliwog.
- goloshes — a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- gomashta — (India,now,historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
- gombroon — a type of Persian pottery ware.
- gomorrah — Also, Douay Bible, Gomorrha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.