2-Letter Words Starting with G

""GERMINATE To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.""

Country where seeds sprout (wordplay)

Seed's development into a plant

The shooting of a seed

Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.

Gestaltist

Relating to a period of pregnancy

English word

Express by movement rather than words

Express oneself by hand movements, etc

Make vigorous hand movements

Horrifying quality

Macabre quality

GHETTOIZE to form into a ghetto; to isolate (people) as though into a ghetto.

The quality of being ghostly.

Spirited author (wordplay)

Author of scary stories (wordplay)

Halloween correspondent (wordplay)

Pens for someone else

Becomes an unknown author on Halloween (wordplay)

Stimulating plant hormone

Gibberish

Gibbosity

Giddiness

Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

Gillnetter

Gillnet

""A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.""

Nonsense

Gimmickry

Ms. Rogers' favorite dessert (wordplay)

Big gardener (anagram)

Pungent food from the bakery (wordplay)

Gingerroot

Photos of Rogers?

Spice Girl loses her temper (wordplay)

Fashionable cookies (wordplay)

What many young men seek

""GIRLISH like a girl, or suitable for a girl""

Glaciation

Gladiolus

GLAMORISE

Glamorizer

GLAMORIZE

GLAMOURIZE

Glamourize

GLARING glare

One that makes glass.

Glauconite

GLAUCONITE The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand. Greensand.

Gleization

Glengarry

Glimmering

GLOBALISE

GLOBALIZE

Globefish

Glossarist

Glossitis

Speaking in tongues, more formally

Speaking in tongues

English word

Supplement that helps slow cartilage loss in arthritis

Dietary supplement that could make you go masculine

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""A polypeptide, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, of glycine, cysteine, and glutamic acid that occurs widely in plant and animal tissues and is important in biological oxidation-reduction reactions.""

Glutinous

""GLYCERINE An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.""

Glycolipid

English word

Glycosuria

Gnosticism

GNOTOBIOTE

Big man's miscue

Cager's no-no

They may not be related by blood

GODLIKE resembling a god

Godliness

GOITROGEN any substance (like thiouracil or thiourea) that induces the formation of a goiter.

Goldbrick

Birds with yellow plumage

Small birds

Songbirds

""A florid, ornate literary style, often employing elaborate puns and conceits.""

Goniometer

""An optical instrument for measuring crystal angles, as between crystal faces.""

Goofiness

Goosefish

GORGONIZE To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.

GORMANDISE

Gormandise

GORMANDIZE To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.

""A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.""

Gormandize

GOTHICIZE To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

""GOURMAND one who loves to eat, also GORMAND""

""GOURMAND one who loves to eat, also GORMAND""

""GOURMAND one who loves to eat, also GORMAND""

GRACILE gracefully slender

Gracility

By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.

Napoleonic family name

Gradualism

Gradualist

Graduation

Graffitist

Grainfield

Gramicidin

People bothered about language in Mass - those devoted to the Virgin

Relating to, eg, syntax

Relating to the rules of language

Type of error made often

Granadilla

Grandaddy

Grandbaby

English word

Grandiose

Pretentiously imposing style

Hugeness, to Mr. Fancy Pants

Grandniece

Grangerism

Steady as a rock

Speckled pottery

""Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds. as, granivorous birds.""

""A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.""

GRANOPHYRE

GRANULAR composed of granules

""GRANULATE To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal. as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.""

""The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar. as, the granulation of powder and sugar.""

Symbols of the Sunny South.

In a vividly descriptive manner

""GRAPHIC a painting, print, illustration or diagram""

GRAPHITIZE

Graphitize

Grapiness

Graptolite

Gratinee

GRATULATE To salute with declaration of joy; to congratulate.

The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation.

Gravidity

Gravimeter

Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.

""GRAVITATE To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.""

Force of attraction between masses

Influence on Newton's apple

Attractive force

Relating to the earth's pull

Actor's makeup

Make-up repeating as arranged

Separate gin mixer from make-up

""GRECIANIZE To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.""

Grecianize

Greenbrier

Greenmail

Greenmail

""Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.""

Gridlock

Griminess

Nose rests for the assiduous.

Old knife sharpeners

GRISTLE the tough part of meat

""Grouchier , grouchiest Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.""

Groundling

Groupthink

Groveling

Abstract noun (-ness)

GRUBSTAKE

In a grumbling manner.

Guaranty

Get it and assume imprecise (wordplay)

Number in the ball park (wordplay)

Ballpark figure, for example

Guileless

Killed duelling, criminal's put on outfit oddly

Frauds stealing fortune in office equipment

Guiltless

Credulousness

Naivete

Gumminess

Gunfighter

Dueling Old West-style

Gunrunning

Many men in the Wild West

""One who is armed with a gun, especially an outlaw.""

GUNSMITH one who makes or repairs firearms

Gushiness

Gustatory

Gustiness

Gutsiness

Bit of riffraff

Cousin of a mudlark.

(Neglected) child of the streets

""The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.]""

""The branch of medicine dealing with health care for women, especially the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs.""

""Parthenogenesis in which the egg is activated by sperm, but without fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei.""

""Parthenogenesis in which the egg is activated by sperm, but without fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei.""

Containing gypsum.

Gypsophila

Gadzookery

""An inherited metabolic disorder characterized by the deficiency of an enzyme that is necessary for the metabolism of galactose. The disorder results in elevated levels of galactose in the blood and, if untreated, can lead to mental retardation and eye and liver abnormalities.""

""GALACTOSE A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper). C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).""

Galactoside

Loose trousers

Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

Gallinipper

Going about seeking pleasure

Gadding about

Galvanical

Potter's Field!

Art of scoring points

Contests + guy + boat

""GAMETOPHYTE In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the alg\'91, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.""

GANGLION a group of nerve cells

Ganglioside

Gangsterism

Garishness

Garnishee

Garnishment

The act or process of converting into gas.

GASTIGHT not allowing gas in or out

""Pl. gastrocnemii (-m - ) The largest, most prominent muscle of the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot and bends the knee.""

Gastronomy

One who eats and drinks well

Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.

Gastrotrich

Gastrulate

""The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.""

Geanticline

Gegenschein

""GELATINIZE To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t. Gelatinate, v. t.""

Gelatinous

""Pl -schaften (German) [-ʃaftən] (Sociology) (often capital) a social group united by common beliefs, family ties, etc. Compare gesellschaft [German, literally: community]""