7-letter words starting with g
- galahad — Sir Arthurian Romance. the noblest and purest knight of the Round Table, son of Lancelot and Elaine: gained the Holy Grail.
- galatea — a sea nymph who was the lover of Acis.
- galatia — an ancient country in central Asia Minor: later a Roman province; site of an early Christian community.
- galeate — having a galea.
- galenic — of or relating to Galen, his principles, or his methods.
- galerie — gallery (def 8).
- galette — any of various thin, round cakes or pastries, often with a filling or topping: a galette glazed with blackberry jam; a cabbage-stuffed galette.
- galicia — a region in E central Europe: a former crown land of Austria, included in S Poland after World War I, and now partly in Ukraine. About 30,500 sq. mi. (79,000 sq. km).
- galilee — an ancient Roman province in what is now N Israel.
- galileo — (Galileo Galilei) 1564–1642, Italian physicist and astronomer.
- galiots — Plural form of galiot.
- galipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- gallant — brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous: a gallant knight; a gallant rescue attempt.
- gallate — a salt or ester of gallic acid.
- gallein — a brown or green dye, used to colour textiles and as a pH indicator
- galleon — a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
- gallery — a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- galleta — a member of a genus of coarse grasses of the family Poaceae, native to southern parts of North America
- galleys — Plural form of galley.
- gallfly — any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants, causing the formation of galls.
- gallian — (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing gallium.
- gallica — Any plant of the fragrant rose species Rosa gallica, or of the class of cultivars developed from it.
- gallice — in French
- gallies — to frighten or scare.
- galline — Of, or pertaining to, the chicken.
- galling — that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating.
- galliot — a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- gallise — use method to increase the quantity of wine produced
- gallium — a rare, steel-gray, trivalent metallic element used in high-temperature thermometers because of its high boiling point (1983°C) and low melting point (30°C). Symbol: Ga; atomic weight: 69.72; atomic number: 31; specific gravity: 5.91 at 20°C.
- gallize — to add water and sugar to unfermented grape juice in order to increase the quantity of wine produced
- gallnut — a nutlike gall on plants.
- gallock — left-handed
- gallons — Plural form of gallon.
- galloon — a braid or trimming of worsted, silk or rayon tinsel, gold or silver, etc., usually having scalloping along both edges.
- galloot — an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
- gallops — Plural form of gallop.
- gallore — Misspelling of galore.
- gallous — Fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous.
- gallows — a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
- galoche — Alternative spelling of galoshe.
- galoots — Plural form of galoot.
- galopin — an errand-boy, especially one who works for a cook
- galoshe — (obsolete) A clog or patten.
- galumph — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- galuppi — Baldassare [bahl-dahs-sah-re] /ˌbɑl dɑsˈsɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), (I"Il Buranello") 1706–85, Italian composer.
- galvani — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1737–98, Italian physiologist whose experiments led to the discovery that electricity can result from chemical action.
- gambade — a spring or leap by a horse.
- gambado — either of a pair of large protective boots or gaiters fixed to a saddle instead of stirrups.
- gambian — a river in W Africa, flowing W to the Atlantic. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- gambier — an astringent extract obtained from the leaves and young shoots of a tropical Asian shrub, Uncaria gambir, of the madder family, used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.