| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gabel | noun | A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise. |
| gable | noun | A cable., The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like., The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side., A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. |
| gadre | verb t. & i. | To gather. |
| gadic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); — applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid. |
| gaged | imp. & past participle | of Gage |
| gager | noun | A measurer. See Gauger. |
| gaily | adverb | Merrily; showily. See gaily. |
| galea | noun | The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower., A kind of bandage for the head., Headache extending all over the head., A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell., The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects. |
| galei | noun pl. | That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks. |
| gally | verb t. | To frighten; to worry., Like gall; bitter as gall., See Galley, n., 4. |
| galop | noun | A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance. |
| galpe | verb i. | To gape,; to yawn. |
| gamba | noun | A viola da gamba. |
| gamed | imp. & past participle | of Game |
| gamic | adjective | Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements. |
| gamin | noun | A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab. |
| gamma | noun | The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet. |
| gamut | noun | The scale. |
| ganch | noun | To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. |
| ganil | noun | A kind of brittle limestone. |
| ganja | noun | The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating. |
| gansa | noun | Same as Ganza. |
| ganza | noun | A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. |
| gaped | imp. & past participle | of Gape |
| gaper | noun | One who gapes., A European fish. See 4th Comber., A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; — called also gaper clam., An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills. |
| garth | noun | A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth., A dam or weir for catching fish., A hoop or band. |
| garum | noun | A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients. |
| gases | plural | of Gas |
| gassy | adjective | Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk. |
| gated | adjective | Having gates. |
| gaudy | superl. | Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious., Gay; merry; festal., One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited., A feast or festival; — called also gaud-day and gaudy day. |
| gauge | verb t. | To measure or determine with a gauge., To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg., To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock., To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment., To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of., A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard., Measure; dimensions; estimate., Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker’s gauge., Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; — usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge., Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it., The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water., The distance between the rails of a railway., The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting., That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. |
| gault | noun | A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period. |
| gaunt | adjective | Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. |
| gaure | verb i. | To gaze; to stare. |
| gauze | noun | A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze., Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing. |
| gauzy | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze. |
| gavel | noun | A gable., A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle., The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc., A mason’s setting maul., Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel. |
| gavot | noun | A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over. |
| gawby | noun | A baby; a dunce. |
| gawky | superl. | Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. — n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. |
| gayal | noun | A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis). |
| gayly | adverb | With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully., Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming. |
| gayne | verb i. | To avail. |
| gazed | imp. & past participle | of Gaze |
| gazel | noun | The black currant; also, the wild plum., See Gazelle. |
| gazer | noun | One who gazes. |
| gazet | noun | A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents. |
| gazon | noun | One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks. |