| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gabelleman | noun | A gabeler. |
| gabionnade | noun | See Gabionade. |
| gaditanian | adjective | Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain., A native or inhabitant of Cadiz. |
| gadolinite | noun | A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron. |
| gadolinium | noun | A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined. |
| gailliarde | noun | A lively French and Italian dance. |
| gaingiving | noun | A misgiving. |
| gainsaying | present participle & vb. noun | of Gainsay |
| gainstrive | verb t. & i. | To strive or struggle against; to withstand. |
| galimatias | noun | Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confused mixture. |
| gallanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Gallant |
| gallyambic | adjective | Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; — said of a kind of verse. |
| gallicized | imp. & past participle | of Gallicize |
| gallimatia | noun | Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias. |
| gallomania | noun | An excessive admiration of what is French. |
| gallopaded | imp. & past participle | of Gallopade |
| galvanized | imp. & past participle | of Galvanize |
| galvanizer | noun | One who, or that which, galvanize. |
| gama grass | A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; — called also sesame grass. | |
| gambolling | of Gambol | |
| gamekeeper | noun | One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. |
| gangliated | adjective | Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system. |
| gangliform | adjective | Alt. of Ganglioform |
| ganglionic | adjective | Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. |
| gangrenate | verb t. | To gangrene. |
| gangrening | present participle & vb. noun | of Gangrene |
| gangrenous | adjective | Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene. |
| gardenless | adjective | Destitute of a garden. |
| gardenship | noun | Horticulture. |
| gargantuan | adjective | Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate. |
| garlanding | present participle & vb. noun | of Garland |
| garmenture | noun | Clothing; dress. |
| garnierite | noun | An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. |
| garnishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Garnish |
| garnisheed | imp. & past participle | of Garnishee |
| garrisoned | imp. & past participle | of Garrison |
| gas-burner | noun | The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. |
| gasconaded | imp. & past participle | of Gasconade |
| gasconader | noun | A great boaster; a blusterer. |
| gasometric | adjective | Alt. of Gasometrical |
| gasteropod | noun | Same as Gastropod. |
| gastralgia | noun | Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders. |
| gastrodisc | noun | That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. |
| gastrolith | noun | See Crab’s eyes, under Crab. |
| gastrology | noun | The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach. |
| gastromyth | noun | One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. |
| gastronome | noun | Alt. of Gastronomer |
| gastronomy | noun | The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. |
| gastropoda | noun pl. | One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. |
| gastrotomy | noun | A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach. |
| gastrurous | adjective | Pertaining to the Gastrura. |
| gatherable | adjective | Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. |
| gaudygreen | adjective / noun | Light green. |
| gauffering | noun | A mode of plaiting or fluting. |
| gaultheria | noun | A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon). |
| gaylussite | noun | A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. |
| gelatinate | verb t. | To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly., To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly. |
| gelatinize | verb t. | To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t., To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin., Same as Gelatinate, v. i. |
| gelatinous | adjective | Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous. |
| gelseminic | noun | Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin. |
| gemination | noun | A doubling; duplication; repetition. |
| gemmaceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmae; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmae. |
| gemmipares | noun pl. | Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids. |
| gendarmery | noun | The body of gendarmes. |
| genderless | adjective | Having no gender. |
| genealogic | adjective | Genealogical. |
| generality | noun | The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars., That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase., The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind. |
| generalize | verb t. | To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera., To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule., To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars., To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views. |
| generating | present participle & vb. noun | of Generate |
| generation | noun | The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals., Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc., That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring., A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age., Race; kind; family; breed; stock., The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc., The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction. |
| generative | adjective | Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. |
| generatrix | noun | That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; — called also describent. |
| generosity | noun | Noble birth., The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness., Liberality in giving; munificence. |
| genesiolgy | noun | The doctrine or science of generation. |
| genethliac | adjective | Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one’s birth., A birthday poem., One skilled in genethliacs. |
| genevanism | noun | Strict Calvinism. |
| genialness | noun | The quality of being genial. |
| geniculate | adjective | Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal., To form joints or knots on. |
| geniohyoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle. |
| genteelish | adjective | Somewhat genteel. |
| gentianine | noun | A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian. |
| gentianose | noun | A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian. |
| gentilesse | adjective | Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility. |
| gentlefolk | noun pl. | Alt. of Gentlefolks |
| gentleness | noun | The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness. |
| gentleship | noun | The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. |
| geocentric | adjective | Alt. of Geocentrical |
| geocronite | noun | A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic. |
| geodesical | adjective | Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic. |
| geodetical | adjective | Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. |
| geognostic | adjective | Alt. of Geognostical |
| geogonical | adjective | Of or pertaining to geogony, or to the formation of the earth. |
| geographer | noun | One versed in geography. |
| geographic | adjective | Alt. of Geographical |
| geological | adjective | Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth. |
| geologized | imp. & past participle | of Geologize |
| geometrize | verb i. | To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. |
| geometries | plural | of Geometry |
| geophagism | noun | The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt. |
| geophagist | noun | One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc. |
| geophagous | adjective | Earth-eating. |
| geoponical | adjective | Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture. |
| geoselenic | adjective | Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena. |
| geotropism | noun | A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ. |
| gephyreoid | adjective & noun | Gephyrean. |
| germanized | imp. & past participle | of Germanize |
| germicidal | adjective | Germicide. |
| germinated | imp. & past participle | of Germinate |
| germ plasm | See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm. | |
| ghibelline | noun | One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses. |
| ghostology | noun | Ghost lore. |
| giallolino | noun | A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot. |
| gibbostity | noun | The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness. |
| giddy-head | noun | A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. |
| gier-eagle | noun | A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). |
| gieseckite | noun | A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite. |
| giftedness | noun | The state of being gifted. |
| gigantical | adjective | Bulky, big. |
| gill-flirt | noun | A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. |
| gilt-edged | adjective | Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper., Of the best quality; — said of negotiable paper, etc. |
| gingerness | noun | Cautiousness; tenderness. |
| ginglyform | adjective | Ginglymoid. |
| ginglymodi | noun | An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel. |
| ginglymoid | adjective | Alt. of Ginglymoidal |
| gismondine | noun | Alt. of Gismondite |
| gismondite | noun | A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome. |
| glacialist | noun | One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers. |
| glaciation | noun | Act of freezing., That which is formed by freezing; ice., The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena. |
| gladdening | present participle & vb. noun | of Gladden |
| gladiatory | adjective | Gladiatorial. |
| gladiature | noun | Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. |
| glancingly | adverb | In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly. |
| glanderous | adjective | Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders. |
| glandiform | adjective | Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland. |
| glandulose | adjective | Same as Glandulous. |
| glandulous | adjective | Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands. |
| glass-crab | noun | The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. |
| glasshouse | noun | A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware. |
| glassiness | noun | The quality of being glassy. |
| glassmaker | noun | One who makes, or manufactures, glass. |
| glass-rope | noun | A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. |
| glauberite | noun | A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime. |
| glauconite | noun | The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand. |
| glimmering | present participle & vb. noun | of Glimmer, Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer., A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling. |
| glistening | present participle & vb. noun | of Glisten |
| glistering | present participle & vb. noun | of Glister |
| glittering | present participle & vb. noun | of Glitter |
| glitterand | adjective | Glittering. |
| globularly | adverb | Spherically. |
| glochidium | noun | The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent’s gills. |
| glomerated | imp. & past participle | of Glomerate |
| glomerulus | noun | The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney. |
| gloominess | noun | State of being gloomy. |
| gloriation | noun | Boast; a triumphing. |
| glorifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Glorify |
| glossarial | adjective | Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary. |
| glossarist | noun | A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. |
| glossiness | noun | The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. |
| glossohyal | adjective | Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; — applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. — n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone. |
| glossolaly | noun | The gift of tongues. Farrar. |
| glossology | noun | The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary., The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology. |
| glost oven | An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; — also called glaze kiln, or glaze. | |
| glottidean | adjective | Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal. |
| glottology | noun | The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology. |
| glucosuria | noun | A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus. |
| glumaceous | adjective | Having glumes; consisting of glumes. |
| glutaconic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids. |
| glutinated | imp. & past participle | of Glutinate |
| gluttonish | adjective | Gluttonous; greedy. |
| gluttonize | verb i. | To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. |
| gluttonous | adjective | Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. |
| gluttonies | plural | of Gluttony |
| glycogenic | adjective | Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver. |
| glycoluric | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid. |
| glycoluril | noun | A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin. |
| glycosuria | noun | Same as Glucosuria. |
| glyoxaline | noun | A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; — called also oxaline. |
| glyptodont | noun | One of a family (Glyptodontidae) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known. |
| gnaphalium | noun | A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting. |
| gnashingly | adverb | With gnashing. |
| gnathidium | noun | The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; — commonly used in the plural. |
| gnomically | adverb | In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner. |
| gnomologic | adjective | Alt. of Gnomological |
| gnomonical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing. |
| gnoscopine | noun | An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium. |
| gnosticism | noun | The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics. |
| goa powder | A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. | |
| goatsucker | noun | One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); — 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. |
| gobemouche | noun | Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person. |
| go-between | noun | An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; — usually in a disparaging sense. |
| goggle-eye | noun | One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidae, esp. Chaenobryttus 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. |
| gold-bound | adjective | Encompassed with gold. |
| golden-eye | noun | 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 (G. Islandica) is less common. |
| golden-rod | noun | A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. |
| goldilocks | noun | Same as Goldylocks. |
| goldylocks | noun | A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; — so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup. |
| goliardery | noun | The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. |
| goloe-shoe | noun | A galoche. |
| golyardeys | noun | A buffoon. See Gollard. |
| gomphiasis | noun | A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets. |
| gonangiums | plural | of Gonangium |
| goniometer | noun | An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes. |
| goniometry | noun | The art of measuring angles; trigonometry. |
| gonococcus | noun | A vegetable microorganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease. |
| gonorrhoea | noun | A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap. |
| gonorrheal | adjective | Alt. of Gonorrhoeal |
| goodliness | noun | Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness. |
| goodlyhead | noun | Alt. of Goodlyhood |
| goodlyhood | noun | Goodness; grace; goodliness. |
| gooseberry | adjective | Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated., A silly person; a goose cap. |
| gorgonacea | noun pl. | See Gorgoniacea. |
| gorgoneion | noun | A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon’s head. |
| gormandism | noun | Gluttony. |
| gormandize | verb i. & t. | To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. |
| gospelized | imp. & past participle | of Gospelize |
| gossiprede | noun | The relationship between a person and his sponsors. |
| gothicized | imp. & past participle | of Gothicize |
| gougeshell | noun | A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus. |
| gourdiness | noun | The state of being gourdy. |
| gourd tree | A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. | |
| governable | adjective | Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. |
| governance | noun | Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. |
| governante | noun | A governess. |
| government | noun | The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government., The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law., The right or power of governing; authority., The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration., The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe., Management of the limbs or body., The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. |
| gracillent | adjective | Slender; thin. |
| graciously | adverb | In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly., Fortunately; luckily. |
| graduality | noun | The state of being gradual; gradualness. |
| graduating | present participle & vb. noun | of Graduate |
| graduation | noun | The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird’s tail, etc., The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale., The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation. |
| grainfield | noun | A field where grain is grown. |
| grallatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Grallatores, or waders. |
| gramineous | adjective | Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2. |
| grammarian | noun | One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist., One who writes on, or teaches, grammar. |
| grammatist | noun | A petty grammarian. |
| granadilla | noun | The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child’s head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices. |
| grandchild | noun | A son’s or daughter’s child; a child in the second degree of descent. |
| grandevity | noun | Great age; long life. |
| grandevous | adjective | Of great age; aged; longlived. |
| grandinous | adjective | Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. |
| grandmamma | noun | A grandmother. |
| grandniece | noun | The granddaughter of one’s brother or sister. |
| granduncle | noun | A father’s or mother’s uncle. |
| grangerism | noun | The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books. |
| grangerite | noun | One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book. |
| grangerize | verb t. & i. | To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. |
| granitical | adjective | Granitic. |
| granularly | adverb | In a granular form. |
| granulated | imp. & past participle | of Granulate, Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar., Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. |
| grapestone | noun | A seed of the grape. |
| graphitoid | adjective | Alt. of Graphitoidal |
| grapholite | noun | Any species of slate suitable to be written on. |
| graphology | noun | The art of judging of a person’s character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting. |
| graphotype | noun | A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief. |
| graptolite | noun | One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids. |
| grassation | noun | A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting. |
| grassiness | noun | The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state. |
| grass tree | An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called “blackboys” from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides., A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis). | |
| gratifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Gratify |
| gratuitous | adjective | Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice., Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. |
| gravelling | of Gravel, The act of covering with gravel., A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.)., A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea. | |
| graveolent | adjective | Having a rank smell. |
| gravestone | noun | A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone. |
| gravidated | adjective | Made pregnant; big. |
| gravigrade | adjective | Slow-paced., One of the pachyderms. |
| gravimeter | noun | An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies. |
| gravitated | imp. & past participle | of Gravitate |
| gtraystone | noun | A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt. |
| greasiness | noun | The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness. |
| grecianize | verb i. | To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech. |
| greediness | noun | The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire. |
| greedy-gut | noun | A glutton. |
| greencloth | noun | A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign’s household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates. |
| green-eyed | adjective | Having green eyes., Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts. |
| greenfinch | noun | A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); — called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep., The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head. |
| greenhouse | noun | A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather. |
| green-leek | noun | An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); — called also the scarlet-breasted parrot. |
| greenshank | noun | A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); — called also greater plover. |
| greenstone | noun | A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc. |
| greensward | noun | Turf green with grass. |
| gregarious | adjective | Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. |
| grenadillo | noun | A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; — called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony. |
| gressorial | adjective | Alt. of Gressorious |
| grievancer | noun | One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint. |
| grindingly | adverb | In a grinding manner. |
| grindstone | noun | A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. |
| grinningly | adverb | In a grinning manner. |
| grisliness | noun | The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. |
| grittiness | noun | The quality of being gritty. |
| groggeries | plural | of Groggery |
| grogginess | noun | State of being groggy., Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner. |
| groping-ly | adverb | In a groping manner. |
| groundedly | adverb | In a grounded or firmly established manner. |
| groundless | adjective | Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. |
| groundling | noun | A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach., A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches. |
| groundsill | noun | See Ground plate (a), under Ground |
| groundwork | noun | That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. |
| grovelling | of Grovel | |
| growlingly | adverb | In a growling manner. |
| grudgingly | adverb | In a grudging manner. |
| gruntingly | adverb | In a grunting manner. |
| guarantees | plural | of Guarantee |
| guaranteed | imp. & past participle | of Guarantee |
| guarantied | imp. & past participle | of Guaranty |
| guardenage | noun | Guardianship. |
| guardhouse | noun | A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up. |
| guardiance | noun | Guardianship. |
| gubernance | noun | Government. |
| guessingly | adverb | By way of conjecture. |
| guess rope | A guess warp. | |
| guess warp | A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; — so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object. | |
| guest rope | The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. | |
| guideboard | noun | A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road. |
| guilloched | adjective | Waved or engine-turned. |
| guillotine | noun | A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim., Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine., To behead with the guillotine. |
| guiltiness | noun | The quality or state of being guilty. |
| guilt-sick | adjective | Made sick by consciousness of guilt. |
| guiltylike | adverb | Guiltily. |
| gunter rig | A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast. | |
| gutturally | adverb | In a guttural manner. |
| gymnasiums | plural | of Gymnasium |
| gymnastics | noun | Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character. |
| gymnochroa | noun pl. | A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See Hydra. |
| gymnolaema | noun pl. | Alt. of Gymnolaemata |
| gymnoplast | noun | A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle. |
| gymnosophy | noun | The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. |
| gymnosperm | noun | A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm. |
| gynandrian | adjective | Alt. of Gynandrous |
| gynandrous | adjective | Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria. |
| gynecology | noun | The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. |
| gyneocracy | noun | See Gynecocracy. |
| gyneolatry | noun | The adoration or worship of woman. |
| gynephobia | noun | Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. |
| gypsoplast | noun | A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime. |
| gyrogonite | noun | The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort. |
| gyropigeon | noun | A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches. |
| gyroscopic | adjective | Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope. |
| gyrostatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics. |