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Gnu

One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes.

Go

Act; working; operation.

go-around

A landing approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.

Go-between

A negotiator who acts as a link between parties; an intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- sometimes in a disparaging sense.

Go-by

A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.

go-cart gocart

A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

Go-devil

A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered. A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions. A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc.

go-getter

a person disposed to initiate action, rather than take instructions; an enterprising person; a person with a strong drive to accomplish useful goals; especially, one whose career progresses rapidly.

go-kart

a small low motor vehicle with four wheels and an open framework; -- used for racing.

Go-out

A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out.

go-slow

A form of labor protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problems for their employers.

go-to-meeting

best-looking; -- used of clothing; as, her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.

Goa

A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.

Goad

To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.

goaded

compelled forcibly by an outside agency; as, mobs goaded by blind hatred.

Goaf

That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .

goal line

The line bounding the end of a playing field, at or directly in front of the goal{3}.

goal post goalpost

One of two posts supporting a crossbar which forms a goal{3}, especially in American football; also, in football the entire structure consisting of the posts, crossbar, and two uprights. To score a goal by kicking the football, the ball must pass above the crossbar and between the vertical lines formed by the uprights.

goalless

having no points scored; -- of games.

goalmouth

The area immediately in front of the goal.

Goar

Same as 1st Gore.

Goat

A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Goatee

A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.

goateed

having a small pointed chin beard.

Goatfish

A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.

Goatish

Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.

goatsbeard Goat's beard

A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US.

goatsfoot

A short-stemmed South African plant (Oxalis caprina) with bluish flowers.

Goatskin

The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. Made of the skin of a goat.

Goatsucker

One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europ/us); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.

Gob

Same as sailor.

Gobang

A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.

Gobbet

To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.

Gobbing

The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.

Gobble

A noise made in the throat.

Gobbler

A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.

Gobelin

Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.

Gobemouche

Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.

Gobiidae

A natural family of fish comprising the gobies.

Gobio

A genus of fish comprising the true gudgeons.

Gobioid

Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius. A gobioid fish.

Goblet

A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.

Goblin

An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

Gobline

One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Gobstick

A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.

Goby

One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

God

To treat as a god; to idolize.

God-fearing

Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; devoutly religious.

Godchild

One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.

Goddaughter

A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

Goddess

A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.

Godfather

To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.

Godhead

Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.

Godhood

Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.

Godlenly

In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully.

Godless

Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.

Godlike

Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.

Godliness

Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.

Godly

Piously; devoutly; righteously.

Godmother

A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather

Godroon

An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.

Godsend

Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

Godship

The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess.

Godson

A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

Godspeed

Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, /God speed you./

Godwit

One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringid/. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa h/mastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.

Goeland

A white tropical tern (Cygis candida).

Goemin

A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.

Goer

One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker A foot. A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer.

goethite gothite

A hydrous oxide of iron (HFeO2), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.

Goety

Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft.

Goff

A game. See Golf.

Goffer

To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.

Gog

Haste; ardent desire to go.

Goggle

Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes.

Goggle-eye

One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchid/, esp. Ch/nobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. The goggler.

Goggle-eyed

Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes.

Goggled

Prominent; staring, as the eye.

Goggler

A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra.

Going

That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate. Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases a going business, concern, etc. Of or pertaining to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company.

Goitre Goiter

An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck, usually resulting from iodine deficiency; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and was at one time common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland. The incidence of goiter has been substantially reduced by addition of iodine to ceratin foods, such as salt.

goitrogen

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

Goitrous

Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele.

Gold-beating

The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer.

gold-of-pleasure

An annual European false flax (Camelina sativa) having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America.

goldbeater

An artisan who beats gold into goldleaf.

Goldcrest

The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or Regulus regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.

golden snitch

A fictional object shaped like a small golden sphere with wings, described in the series of /Harry Potter/ novels by J.K. Rowling. It is used in a fictional game called Quidditch, in which wizards on broomsticks fly through the air and, among other things, try to catch the golden snitch, which flies quickly and erratically, and is therefore difficult to catch.

Golden-eye

A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (Glaucionetta Islandica) is less common.

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