goldberg
- n United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
goldbrick
- n a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
- n an idle worthless person
- n a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
- n anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
- v deprive of by deceit
- v avoid (one's assigned duties)
goldbricking
- n the evasion of work or duty
- v deprive of by deceit
- v avoid (one's assigned duties)
goldcrest
- n European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
golden-beard penstemon
- n plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip
golden-crested kinglet
- n European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
golden age
- n a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak
- n any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
- n (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period
golden algae
- n algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
golden aster
- n any of several shrubby herbs or subshrubs of the genus Chrysopsis having bright golden-yellow flower heads that resemble asters; throughout much of United States and into Canada
golden barrel cactus
- n large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines