Words starting with G

246 words from the Lexfall vocabulary, each with a definition and an example sentence.

gad To roam restlessly from place to place in pursuit of pleasure.
gadabout A person who restlessly moves from place to place in search of amusement.
gagging clause A contractual term that prevents a departing or settling employee from disclosing certain...
gain-based damages An award measured by the benefit the defendant derived from the wrong rather than the...
gain IV access To insert a cannula into a vein so that fluids and drugs can be given.
gain traction To start attracting meaningful adoption, momentum or attention in the market.
gainsay To deny or contradict something, or to declare it false.
gainsharing A group incentive that pays out a share of the savings or productivity gains a team...
gait The manner or pattern in which a person walks, observed as part of examination.
gait belt A sturdy belt fastened around a patient's waist that a clinician holds to steady and...
gait cycle The sequence of events from one heel strike to the next heel strike of the same foot...
gait re-education The therapeutic process of retraining a safe and efficient walking pattern, often after...
galactorrhoea Inappropriate secretion of milk from the breast, unrelated to breastfeeding.
gallantry Courageous behaviour, especially in battle; or courteous attention to others.
gallstones Hard deposits that form in the gallbladder and can block the bile ducts, causing pain and...
galvanise To shock or stimulate someone into taking sudden, energetic action.
galvanize To shock or excite a group into taking action.
gambit A calculated opening move made to gain an advantage.
gambler's fallacy The mistaken belief that past independent outcomes change the odds of future ones.
gambol To run or skip about playfully and light-heartedly.
gamesmanship The use of dubious but not strictly illegal tactics to gain an edge.
gamification The application of game-like mechanics such as points and rewards to non-game contexts to...
gamma The rate at which an option's delta changes as the underlying price moves.
gammopathy An abnormal proliferation of cells producing immunoglobulins, detectable in the serum.
gangmaster A person who supplies and supervises casual labour, especially in agriculture, subject to...
gangrene The death of body tissue due to loss of blood supply or serious infection.
gantt chart A bar chart that maps project tasks against a timeline, showing durations, overlaps and...
garden leave A period during which an employee serving notice is required to stay away from work while...
gargantuan Enormous in scale, especially describing a deal, merger, or organization.
garner To gather or collect something, especially support, information or approval.
garnishee A third party holding money owed to a debtor who is ordered by the court to pay it to the...
garnishment A legal process by which a debtor's wages or funds are attached to satisfy a tax debt.
garrulous Excessively talkative about trivial things.
gas and air A self-administered mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen used for short-acting pain relief...
gaslighting Manipulating someone into doubting their own memory or sanity.
gastritis Inflammation of the gastric mucosa, which may be erosive, atrophic or associated with...
gastro-oesophageal reflux disease A chronic condition in which stomach acid repeatedly flows back into the oesophagus,...
gastroenteritis Inflammation of the stomach and intestines, usually infective, producing diarrhoea and...
gastrointestinal Relating to the stomach and intestines.
gastronome A connoisseur of good food and the art of eating well.
gastroparesis Delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction, frequently a...
gastrostomy A surgically created opening through which a tube delivers feed directly into the stomach.
gatekeeper An intermediary such as an auditor or lawyer whose verification the market relies on to...
gatekeeping The practice of controlling others' access to opportunities, information, or advancement.
gauche Socially awkward or tactless.
gavage The administration of liquid feed through a tube passed into the stomach.
gazelle A young company that sustains rapid, high growth over several consecutive years.
gazumping The seller's practice of accepting a higher offer after already accepting a buyer's offer...
gazundering A buyer's tactic of reducing the agreed offer just before exchange, exploiting the...
gdp growth The percentage increase in a country's economic output from one period to the next.
gearing The ratio of a company's borrowed money to its own equity.
gelding A castrated male horse.
gelid Icy cold; freezing.
gemba The actual place where work happens and value is created, best understood by observing it...
general anti-abuse rule A statutory provision empowering the revenue authority to counteract tax advantages...
general average A principle of maritime law under which loss or expenditure voluntarily and reasonably...
general average act An extraordinary sacrifice or expenditure intentionally and reasonably made for the...
general damages Damages for losses that cannot be calculated precisely, such as pain and suffering.
general ledger The central accounting record that holds all of a company's financial transactions across...
general meeting A meeting of a company's shareholders convened to consider and vote on company business.
generalised anxiety Persistent, excessive worry about a range of everyday matters that is difficult to...
generativity A system's capacity to produce unprompted innovation from a broad, uncoordinated audience.
generic Sold under the drug's official chemical name rather than a brand name.
generic substitution The practice of dispensing a bioequivalent generic version of a medicine in place of the...
genericide The loss of trademark protection that occurs when a brand name slides into use as the...
genocide Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or...
gently In a soft, careful, and kindly manner.
gentrification The process by which wealthier residents move into a poorer area, displacing existing...
gentrify To change a poor urban area by bringing in wealthier residents and businesses, often...
gentry People of good social position, especially the class below the nobility.
genuine pre-estimate of loss A liquidated sum reflecting a real forecast of anticipated damage and so escaping...
genuine use The real commercial exploitation a registered mark must show to survive a non-use...
genuineness The quality of being real and not counterfeit or forged.
geofencing The use of GPS to trigger marketing messages when a device enters a defined geographic...
germane Relevant and closely connected to the matter under discussion.
gerontocracy Rule or control by old people.
gerrymander To manipulate the boundaries of an electoral district so as to favour one party or group.
gerrymandering The manipulation of electoral boundaries to favour one party or group over another.
gestalt An organised whole perceived as more than the sum of its parts.
gestation The period during which a fetus develops in the uterus, from conception to birth.
gestational diabetes Glucose intolerance that first develops during pregnancy and usually resolves after...
gesticulate To make animated or vigorous gestures, especially while speaking.
get buy-in To secure the agreement and support of the people needed to move a decision forward.
get the ball rolling To start a process or activity so that progress can begin.
get the wrong end of the stick To misunderstand a situation or what someone has said, often completely.
get to grips with To begin to understand and deal with a difficult problem or task.
get-up The distinctive overall appearance or packaging of goods, capable of protection in...
ghost deck A skeleton presentation of empty slides with headlines and placeholder charts built...
ghosting The practice of abruptly cutting off all communication during a hiring process.
gibe A taunting, mocking remark.
gig economy A labour market dominated by short-term, freelance, or on-demand work rather than...
gild the lily To spoil something already beautiful or good by trying unnecessarily to improve or...
gilt A bond issued by the British government, regarded as a low-risk investment.
gilt-edged Of the very highest quality and safety as an investment.
gingiva The gum tissue surrounding the teeth and covering the jaw bone.
gingivitis Reversible inflammation of the gingiva without loss of connective tissue attachment or...
girl math Playful accounting that makes a purchase feel basically free.
girlboss An ambitious, self-styled career woman - now usually said with irony.
give a covenant To make a formal contractual promise to do or refrain from doing a specified act, often...
give and take The mutual making of concessions by both sides that allows a deal to be reached.
give disclosure To perform one's obligation to disclose documents by making and serving a list of the...
give ground To move away from your original position by making a concession.
glabrous Smooth and without hairs or projections, especially of a leaf or skin.
Glasgow Coma Scale A fifteen-point scoring system that quantifies a patient's level of consciousness through...
glass test A simple check in which a clear glass is pressed against a rash to see whether the marks...
glaucoma A group of conditions in which the optic nerve is progressively damaged, often associated...
glaucous Of a dull greyish blue-green, often with a powdery bloom.
glazing Excessive, uncritical praise of someone.
glib Fluent and plausible but insincere or shallow.
glioblastoma An aggressive, highly malignant tumour of the glial cells of the brain.
glioma A primary brain tumour arising from the glial supporting cells of the nervous system.
gliosis A reactive proliferation of glial cells forming scar tissue after injury to the central...
glissando A continuous slide upward or downward between two musical notes.
gloaming The soft half-light of dusk.
globus A persistent sensation of a lump in the throat unaccompanied by true dysphagia.
glocalization A growth strategy that adapts a globally standardized product or brand to fit local...
glomerular filtration rate The volume of blood filtered by the kidneys per minute, used as the key measure of...
glomerulonephritis Inflammation of the glomeruli, an important cause of both nephritic and nephrotic...
glomerulus The tuft of capillaries within the nephron where blood is filtered to form the primary...
gloss over To deal with a difficult subject or mistake briefly and superficially so as to avoid...
glottal Relating to or produced at the glottis, the space between the vocal folds.
glow-up A dramatic improvement in looks, confidence, or life situation.
glucagon A hormone, also given as an emergency injection, that raises blood glucose by releasing...
glucocorticoid A steroid hormone or drug with potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties.
gluconeogenesis The synthesis of glucose from non-carbohydrate precursors such as lactate, glycerol and...
glucose tolerance test A test measuring blood glucose before and after a sugary drink to assess how the body...
glucotoxicity The impairment of beta-cell function and insulin action caused by chronic hyperglycaemia.
glucuronidation A phase II conjugation reaction that attaches glucuronic acid to a compound to render it...
glue ear The lay and clinical term for chronic otitis media with effusion, in which thick fluid...
glut An excessive supply of a commodity that pushes its price down.
glycaemic Relating to the level of glucose in the blood.
glycation The non-enzymatic attachment of sugar molecules to proteins or lipids, a driver of...
glycogenolysis The breakdown of stored glycogen into glucose.
glycopeptide A class of antibiotic reserved for serious gram-positive infections such as those caused...
glycopyrronium An antimuscarinic drug used to dry secretions and counter unwanted slowing of the heart.
glycosuria The presence of glucose in the urine, typically when the renal threshold is exceeded.
gnomic Expressed in brief, cryptic, aphoristic statements that are hard to interpret.
go-live The point at which a product or system is released into live use by real users.
go public To sell shares in a company on a stock exchange for the first time.
go-shop A clause letting a seller actively solicit better offers for a set window after signing a...
go the extra mile To make more effort than is strictly required or expected.
go-to-market strategy The plan setting out how a company will reach customers and deliver its product to a...
goblin mode A state of unashamedly lazy, messy self-indulgence.
going concern The assumption that a business will remain financially viable for the foreseeable future.
goitre A visible or palpable enlargement of the thyroid gland.
gold-plating The practice of imposing requirements beyond those a directive minimally demands when...
golden handcuffs Financial incentives designed to make a valued employee reluctant to leave.
golden hello A substantial sum paid to a new recruit as an inducement to join, often to offset...
golden parachute A lucrative payout guaranteed to an executive if they lose their job after a takeover.
golden record The single, reconciled, authoritative version of an entity assembled from multiple...
golden share A special share granting its holder veto power disproportionate to its economic value.
goniometer An instrument used to measure the angle or range of motion of a joint.
goniometry The measurement of the range of motion available at a joint using a calibrated instrument.
gonioscopy Examination of the anterior chamber angle using a mirrored contact lens.
good faith Honesty and fair dealing in carrying out an agreement.
good leasehold A registered leasehold title that guarantees the lease but not the landlord's right to...
good offices The use of one's influence or position to mediate impartially between disputing parties.
good title Ownership that is free from defects and can be safely relied upon by a buyer and their...
goodwill The intangible value of a business's reputation, brand, and customer base.
gormandize To eat greedily and to excess.
gossamer Light, delicate and filmy.
gouge To charge customers grossly excessive prices, typically by exploiting scarcity or urgency.
gourmand A person who is very fond of eating, sometimes to the point of greed.
governance The framework of roles, decision rights and controls through which a project is directed...
governing law The system of substantive law chosen by the parties to interpret and give effect to their...
governing thought The single overarching message that sits at the apex of a structured argument and that...
grade A measure of how abnormal cancer cells look under the microscope and how quickly they are...
grading Assessment of how abnormal tumour cells appear under the microscope, reflecting...
graft Tissue transplanted to another site or person.
grain The level of detail that a single row in a fact table represents.
Gram-negative Describing bacteria that do not retain crystal violet stain and appear pink under Gram...
Gram-positive Describing bacteria that retain crystal violet stain and appear purple under Gram...
grandee A person of high rank or eminence, especially within a party, profession or society.
grandiloquent Marked by lofty, pompous language intended to impress.
grandiosity An inflated sense of one's importance, power or abilities, often reaching delusional...
grandstand To make a showy display meant to impress an audience rather than to settle.
grant a licence To confer permission on another party to exploit an intellectual property right.
grant an indemnity To confer on another party a primary contractual promise to make good a defined loss on a...
grant an injunction For a court to issue an order requiring or forbidding an act.
grant-back A licence term obliging the licensee to grant the licensor rights in any improvements it...
grant bail To release a defendant into the community pending the next hearing, usually subject to...
grant of a patent The point at which a patent office officially confers patent rights on the applicant.
grant permission To allow a judicial review claim to proceed to a substantive hearing.
grantee The person to whom a grant or transfer is made.
grantor The person who makes a grant or transfer of property or rights.
granular Involving fine, detailed levels of information rather than broad categories.
granularity The level of detail at which data is recorded or aggregated.
granulation New connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surface of a healing wound.
granulation tissue New red, moist connective tissue that forms in a healing wound as a sign of recovery.
granuloma An organised collection of macrophages formed in response to persistent inflammatory...
graphaesthesia The ability to recognise numbers or letters traced on the skin.
gratuitous Given or made without consideration or any expectation of return.
gratuity A sum of money given for service, or a lump sum paid on leaving employment.
gravamen The essential grievance at the core of a complaint.
gravida A term denoting the number of times a woman has been pregnant, regardless of outcome.
gravitas A dignified seriousness of demeanour that commands respect and authority.
green-circling The practice of paying an employee below the minimum of their grade, usually with a plan...
greenfield Denoting undeveloped land, typically in a rural setting, being considered for...
greenmail A premium buyback of a hostile holder's accumulated block to make the takeover threat go...
greenshoe An option allowing underwriters to sell additional shares above the planned offer size to...
greenstick Denoting an incomplete fracture in which one cortex breaks while the other bends, typical...
greenstick fracture An incomplete fracture in which the bone bends and cracks on one side, seen mainly in...
greenwashing Marketing a brand as more environmentally responsible than it actually is.
gregarious Fond of company; sociable.
grey market The legal but unauthorised trade of genuine goods through unofficial channels.
grievance A formal complaint raised by an employee.
grievous Causing or involving serious harm or injury.
grievous bodily harm Really serious physical injury inflicted on another person, forming the basis of a...
grisaille A painting executed entirely in shades of grey, often to imitate sculpture.
grit Sustained courage and resolve in the face of hardship.
grommet A small ventilation tube inserted through the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated and...
grooming Personal care activities such as washing the face, brushing teeth and combing hair.
gross development value The estimated open-market value of a completed development scheme.
gross domestic product The total value of all goods and services produced within a country over a given period.
gross margin The proportion of revenue left after deducting the direct cost of goods sold, usually...
gross misconduct Conduct so serious that it fundamentally breaches the contract and justifies dismissal...
gross negligence and wilful misconduct A high threshold of fault, involving serious carelessness or deliberate wrongdoing,...
gross negligence manslaughter Unlawful killing arising from a breach of duty so grossly negligent as to be criminal.
gross-to-net The full bridge of deductions between list revenue and what the company actually collects.
gross-up An upward adjustment to a payment so the recipient nets the intended amount after tax or...
ground-glass opacity A hazy increase in lung attenuation on CT that does not obscure the underlying vessels or...
ground lease A long lease of land under which the tenant may develop and occupy but the freehold...
ground rent A periodic sum payable by a long leaseholder to the freeholder under the terms of the...
groundswell A rapid and spontaneous growth of public feeling or support.
group relief A mechanism allowing losses of one company in a group to be surrendered to and set...
groupage The consolidation of several small consignments from different shippers into one...
groupthink The tendency of a close-knit team to suppress dissent in favor of easy consensus.
growth chart A chart used to plot a child's weight, length or head circumference against age to...
growth hacking The use of rapid, low-cost and often unconventional experiments to drive user acquisition...
grunting A short sound made on breathing out as a distressed infant tries to keep the airways open.
guarantor A person who agrees to pay a debt if the borrower does not.
guarded Cautious and reluctant to reveal much, especially about sensitive matters.
guardian A person legally appointed to take responsibility for a child, usually where the parents...
guardian ad litem A person appointed to conduct litigation on behalf of a party who lacks capacity.
guardianship The legal responsibility and authority a guardian holds over a child's care and...
guarding Involuntary tensing of the abdominal muscles when an inflamed area is palpated.
guardrail metric A metric monitored during an experiment to ensure a change does not harm something...
guerrilla marketing Unconventional, low-budget promotion designed to create a memorable impact.
guile Sly cunning used in deceiving others.
gum-elastic bougie A long semi-rigid introducer railroaded through the cords to guide a tracheal tube when...
gumption Shrewd, resourceful initiative and courage; practical good sense.
gun-jumping The premature implementation of a merger, or exchange of competitively sensitive...
gustatory Relating to the sense of taste or the act of tasting.
guttural Harsh-sounding and produced in the throat.
gynaecomastia Benign enlargement of the glandular breast tissue in a male.
gyrate To move rapidly in a circle or spiral.

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