| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gabber | noun | A liar; a deceiver., One addicted to idle talk. |
| gabble | verb i. | To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber., To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls., Loud or rapid talk without meaning., Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls. |
| gabbro | noun | A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro). |
| gabert | noun | A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. |
| gabion | noun | A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy’s fire., An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement. |
| gablet | noun | A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. |
| gadded | imp. & past participle | of Gad |
| gadbee | noun | The gadfly. |
| gadder | noun | One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip. |
| gadere | verb t. & i. | Alt. of Gadre |
| gadfly | noun | Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies. |
| gadman | noun | A gadsman. |
| gadoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidae) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake., One of the Gadidae. |
| gaduin | noun | A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature, found in cod-liver oil. |
| gaelic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language., The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic. |
| gaffed | imp. & past participle | of Gaff |
| gaffer | noun | An old fellow; an aged rustic., A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. |
| gaffle | noun | An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks., A lever to bend crossbows. |
| gagged | imp. & past participle | of Gag |
| gagate | noun | Agate. |
| gaging | p. pr & vb. noun | of Gage |
| gagger | noun | One who gags., A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place. |
| gaggle | verb i. | To make a noise like a goose; to cackle., A flock of wild geese. |
| gaidic | adjective | Pertaining to hypogeic acid; — applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid. |
| gaiety | noun | Same as Gayety. |
| gailer | noun | A jailer. |
| gained | imp. & past participle | of Gain |
| gainer | noun | One who gains. |
| gainly | adjective | Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. |
| gaited | adjective | Having (such) a gait; — used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited. |
| gaiter | noun | A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe., A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle., To dress with gaiters. |
| gaitre | noun | Alt. of Gaytre |
| gaytre | noun | The dogwood tree., The dogwood tree. |
| galage | noun | See Galoche. |
| galago | noun | A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species. |
| galaxy | noun | The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars., A splendid assemblage of persons or things. |
| galban | noun | Alt. of Galbanum |
| galeas | noun | See Galleass. |
| galena | noun | A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca., Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. |
| galiot | noun | A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers., A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail. |
| galled | imp. & past participle | of Gall |
| galley | noun | A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not, A large vessel for war and national purposes; — common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century., A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars., A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure., One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war., The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; — sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose., An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace., An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc., A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. |
| gallic | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, gallium., Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like., Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican. |
| gallin | noun | A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein. |
| gallon | noun | A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; — used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure. |
| gallop | verb i. | To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed., To ride a horse at a gallop., Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination., To cause to gallop., A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds. |
| gallow | verb t. | To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t. |
| galoot | noun | A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy. |
| galore | noun & adjective | Plenty; abundance; in abundance. |
| galwes | noun | Gallows. |
| gambet | noun | Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler. |
| gambit | noun | A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position. |
| gamble | verb i. | To play or game for money or other stake., To lose or squander by gaming; — usually with away. |
| gambol | noun | A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank., To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs. |
| gaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Game, The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling. |
| gamely | adverb | In a plucky manner; spiritedly. |
| gammer | noun | An old wife; an old woman; — correlative of gaffer, an old man. |
| gammon | noun | The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch., To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke., Backgammon., An imposition or hoax; humbug., To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his “men” or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person., To impose on; to hoax; to cajole., To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. |
| gander | noun | The male of any species of goose. |
| ganesa | noun | The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence. |
| ganger | noun | One who oversees a gang of workmen. |
| gangue | noun | The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore. |
| gannet | noun | One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans. |
| ganoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. — n. One of the Ganoidei. |
| gantry | noun | See Gauntree. |
| gaoler | noun | The keeper of a jail. See Jailer. |
| gaping | present participle & vb. noun | of Gape |
| garbed | adjective | Dressed; habited; clad. |
| garbel | noun | Same as Garboard., Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken. |
| garble | verb t. | To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices., To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account., Refuse; rubbish., Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; — also called garblings. |
| garden | noun | A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables., A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country., To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture., To cultivate as a garden. |
| gardon | noun | A European cyprinoid fish; the id. |
| garget | noun | The throat., A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands., A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite., See Poke. |
| gargil | noun | A distemper in geese, affecting the head. |
| gargle | noun | See Gargoyle., To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs., To warble; to sing as if gargling, A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect. |
| gargol | noun | A distemper in swine; garget. |
| garish | adjective | Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention., Gay to extravagance; flighty. |
| garlic | noun | A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable., A kind of jig or farce. |
| garner | noun | A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation., To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure. |
| garnet | noun | A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms., A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out. |
| garous | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, garum. |
| garran | noun | See Galloway. |
| garret | noun | A turret; a watchtower., That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic. |
| garron | noun | Same as Garran. |
| garrot | noun | A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb., The European golden-eye. |
| garter | noun | A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg., The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself., Same as Bendlet., To bind with a garter., To invest with the Order of the Garter. |
| garvie | noun | The sprat; — called also garvie herring, and garvock. |
| gascon | adjective | Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering., A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade. |
| gashed | imp. & past participle | of Gash |
| gasify | verb t. | To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes., To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state. |
| gasket | noun | A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket., The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps., Any ring or washer of packing. |
| gasped | imp. & past participle | of Gasp |
| gaster | verb t. | To gast. |
| gastly | adjective | See Ghastful, Ghastly. |
| gather | verb t. | To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate., To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck., To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up., To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle., To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude., To gain; to win., To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like., To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope., To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate., To grow larger by accretion; to increase., To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered., To collect or bring things together., A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker., The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward., The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7. |
| gauche | noun | Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy., Winding; twisted; warped; — applied to curves and surfaces. |
| gaucho | noun | One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle. |
| gauded | imp. & past participle | of Gaud |
| gauged | imp. & past participle | of Gauge, Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. |
| gauger | noun | One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks. |
| gaviae | noun pl. | The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns. |
| gavial | noun | A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); — called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile. |
| gayety | adjective | The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; — used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season., Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress. |
| gazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gaze |
| geared | imp. & past participle | of Gear |
| geason | adjective | Rare; wonderful. |
| geeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gee |
| gelada | noun | A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male. |
| gelded | imp. & past participle | of Geld |
| gelder | noun | One who gelds or castrates. |
| gelose | noun | An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds. |
| gemmed | imp. & past participle | of Gem |
| gemara | noun | The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text). |
| gemini | noun pl. | A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th. |
| geminy | noun | Twins; a pair; a couple. |
| gemmae | plural | of Gemma |
| gemote | verb t. | A meeting; — used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men. |
| gender | noun | Kind; sort., Sex, male or female., A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex., To beget; to engender., To copulate; to breed. |
| genera | noun pl. | See Genus., of Genus |
| geneva | noun | The chief city of Switzerland., A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; — made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands. |
| genial | adjective | Same as Genian., Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive., Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition., Belonging to one’s genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn., Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. |
| genian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence. |
| genius | noun | A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man’s destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee., The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting., Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language., Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius., A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius. |
| gentes | plural | of Gens |
| gentil | adjective & noun | Gentle. |
| gentle | superl. | Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble., Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice., A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader., Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse., Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop ., One well born; a gentleman., A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil., A dipterous larva used as fish bait., To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble., To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable., To make kind and docile, as a horse. |
| gently | adverb | In a gentle manner. |
| gentoo | noun | A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo. |
| gentry | adjective | Birth; condition; rank by birth., People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry., Courtesy; civility; complaisance. |
| george | noun | A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter., A kind of brown loaf. |
| geotic | adjective | Belonging to earth; terrestrial. |
| gerant | noun | The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc. |
| gerbil | noun | Alt. of Gerbille |
| gerboa | noun | The jerboa. |
| gerent | adjective | Bearing; carrying. |
| gerful | adjective | Changeable; capricious. |
| german | adjective | Nearly related; closely akin., A native or one of the people of Germany., The German language., A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures., A social party at which the german is danced., Of or pertaining to Germany. |
| germen | noun | See Germ. |
| gerner | noun | A garner. |
| gerund | noun | A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle., A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; — called also the dative infinitive; as, “Ic haebbe mete to etanne” (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone. |
| gestic | adjective | Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary., Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures; — said especially with reference to dancing. |
| gotten | of Get, p. p. of Get. | |
| getter | noun | One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates. |
| get-up | noun | General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc. |
| gewgaw | noun | A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble., Showy; unreal; pretentious. |
| geyser | noun | A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam. |
| gharry | noun | Any wheeled cart or carriage. |
| ghetto | noun | The Jews’quarter in an Italian town or city. |
| giaour | noun | An infidel; — a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians. |
| gibbed | imp. & past participle | of Gib |
| gibber | noun | A balky horse., To speak rapidly and inarticulately. |
| gibbet | noun | A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning., The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib., To hang and expose on a gibbet., To expose to infamy; to blacken. |
| gibbon | noun | Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing. |
| gibing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gibe |
| giblet | adjective | Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie. |
| gifted | imp. & past participle | of Gift |
| gigget | noun | Same as Gigot. |
| giggle | verb t. | To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity., A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh. |
| giggly | adjective | Prone to giggling. |
| giggot | noun | See Gigot., A leg of mutton., A small piece of flesh; a slice. |
| giglot | noun | Alt. of Giglet, Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton. |
| giglet | noun | A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl. |
| gilded | imp. & past participle | of Gild |
| gilden | adjective | Gilded. |
| gilder | noun | One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold., A Dutch coin. See Guilder. |
| gilour | noun | A guiler; deceiver. |
| giltif | adjective | Guilty. |
| gimbal | noun | Alt. of Gimbals |
| gimlet | noun | A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle., To pierce or make with a gimlet., To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet. |
| gimmal | noun | Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings., A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. |
| gommal | adjective | Made or consisting of interlocked ring/ or links; as, gimmal mail. |
| gimmer | noun | Alt. of Gimmor |
| gimmor | noun | A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack. |
| ginned | imp. & past participle | of Gin |
| gingal | noun | See Jingal. |
| ginger | noun | A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale., The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. |
| gingle | noun & verb | See Jingle. |
| ginkgo | noun | A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree. |
| ginnee | noun | See Jinnee. |
| ginnet | noun | See Genet, a horse. |
| gipoun | noun | A short cassock. |
| gipser | noun | Alt. of Gipsire |
| girded | of Gird | |
| girder | noun | One who girds; a satirist., One who, or that which, girds., A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double. |
| girdle | noun | A griddle., That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus., The zodiac; also, the equator., The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant., A thin bed or stratum of stone., The clitellus of an earthworm., To bind with a belt or sash; to gird., To inclose; to environ; to shut in., To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. |
| girkin | noun | See Gherkin. |
| girted | imp. & past participle | of Girt |
| gisarm | noun | A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers. |
| giusto | adjective | In just, correct, or suitable time. |
| giving | present participle & vb. noun | of Give, The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting., A gift; a benefaction., The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. |
| glacis | noun | A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin). |
| gladen | noun | Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima. |
| gladii | plural | of Gladius |
| gladly | adjective | Preferably; by choice., With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly. |
| glaire | noun | See Glair. |
| glairy | adjective | Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy. |
| glaive | noun | A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head., A sword; — used poetically and loosely. |
| glance | noun | A sudden flash of light or splendor., A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse., An incidental or passing thought or allusion., A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance., To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash., To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. “Your arrow hath glanced”., To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view., To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; — often with at., To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle., To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye., To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. |
| glared | imp. & past participle | of Glare |
| glassy | adjective | Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance., Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep., Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; — said of the eyes. |
| glaver | verb i. | To prate; to jabber; to babble., To flatter; to wheedle. |
| glased | imp. & past participle | of Glase |
| glazen | adjective | Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed. |
| glazer | noun | One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like., A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc. |
| gleamy | adjective | Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating. |
| gleety | adjective | Ichorous; thin; limpid. |
| gleire | noun | Alt. of Gleyre |
| gleyre | noun | See Glair. |
| glibly | adverb | In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly. |
| glicke | noun | An ogling look. |
| glided | imp. & past participle | of Glide |
| gliden | p. p. of Glide. | |
| glider | noun | One who, or that which, glides. |
| glioma | noun | A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system. |
| glires | noun pl. | An order of mammals; the Rodentia. |
| globed | imp. & past participle | of Globe |
| glombe | verb i. | Alt. of Glome |
| gloomy | superl. | Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy., Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance. |
| gloria | noun | A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches., A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used., The musical setting of a gloria. |
| gloser | noun | See Glosser. |
| gloss/ | plural | of Glossa |
| glossa | noun | The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. |
| glossy | superl. | Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface., Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit. |
| gloved | imp. & past participle | of Glove |
| glover | noun | One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. |
| glowed | imp. & past participle | of Glow |
| glower | verb i. | to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. |
| glozed | imp. & past participle | of Gloze |
| glozer | noun | A flatterer. |
| glucic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid. |
| gluing | present participle & vb. noun | of Glue |
| gluish | adjective | Somewhat gluey. |
| glumal | adjective | Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume. |
| glumly | adverb | In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily. |
| glummy | adjective | dark; gloomy; dismal. |
| glumpy | adjective | Glum; sullen; sulky. |
| glunch | adjective | Frowning; sulky; sullen., A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. |
| gluten | noun | The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough. |
| glutin | noun | Same as Gliadin., Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin. |
| glycin | noun | Same as Glycocoll. |
| glycol | noun | A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin., Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type. |
| glynne | noun | A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.] |
| gnarly | adjective | Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained. |
| gnawed | imp. & past participle | of Gnaw |
| gnawer | noun | One who, or that which, gnaws., A rodent. |
| gneiss | noun | A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss. |
| gnomic | adjective | Alt. of Gnomical |
| gnomon | noun | The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth’s axis., A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow., The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df., The index of the hour circle of a globe. |
| gnosis | noun | The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics. |
| goaded | imp. & past participle | of Goad |
| goaves | plural | of Goaf, Old workings. See Goaf. |
| goatee | noun | 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. |
| gobbet | noun | A mouthful; a lump; a small piece., To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. |
| gobble | verb t. | To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp., To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock., To eat greedily., To make a noise like that of a turkey cock., A noise made in the throat. |
| goblet | noun | A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle. |
| goblin | noun | An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. |
| gobies | plural | of Goby |
| gocart | noun | A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk. |
| godild | A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. | |
| godown | noun | A warehouse. |
| godsib | noun | A gossip. |
| godson | noun | A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather. |
| godwit | noun | One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin. |
| goemin | noun | A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss. |
| goffer | verb t. | To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. |
| goggle | verb i. | To roll the eyes; to stare., Full and rolling, or staring; — said of the eyes., A strained or affected rolling of the eye., A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc., Colored glasses for relief from intense light., A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting., Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through. |
| goglet | noun | See Gurglet. |
| goiter | noun | Alt. of Goitre |
| goitre | noun | An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland. |
| goolde | noun | An old English name of some yellow flower, — the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole. |
| golden | adjective | Made of gold; consisting of gold., Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain., Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. |
| goldie | noun | The European goldfinch., The yellow-hammer. |
| goldin | noun | Alt. of Golding |
| golfer | noun | One who plays golf. |
| golore | noun | See Galore. |
| gomuti | noun | A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo. |
| gonads | plural | of Gonad |
| gonoph | noun | A pickpocket or thief. |
| goober | noun | A peanut. |
| goodly | adverb | Excellently., Pleasant; agreeable; desirable., Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses., Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. |
| gooroo | noun | Alt. of Guru |
| go-out | noun | A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out. |
| gopher | noun | One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; — called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan., One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); — called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile., A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows., A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States. |
| goramy | noun | Same as Gourami. |
| goring | present participle & vb. noun | of Gore, Alt. of Goring cloth |
| gorfly | noun | A dung fly. |
| gorged | imp. & past participle | of Gorge, Having a gorge or throat., Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck., Glutted; fed to the full. |
| gorget | noun | A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century., A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor., A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies., A ruff worn by women., A cutting instrument used in lithotomy., A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; — called also blunt gorget., A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. |
| gorgon | noun | One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa., Anything very ugly or horrid., The brindled gnu. See Gnu., Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. |
| gorhen | noun | The female of the gorcock. |
| goslet | noun | One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia. |
| gospel | verb | Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation., One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John., A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day., Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel., Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel., Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness., To instruct in the gospel. |
| gossan | noun | Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein. |
| gossat | noun | A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); — called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. |
| gossib | noun | A gossip. |
| gossip | noun | A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother., A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance., One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler., The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor., To stand sponsor to., To make merry., To prate; to chat; to talk much., To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales. |
| gothic | adjective | Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous., Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions — prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital., The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth., A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines., The style described in Gothic, a., 2. |
| gouged | imp. & past participle | of Bouge |
| gouger | noun | See Plum Gouger. |
| gourde | noun | A silver dollar; — so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. |
| gourdy | adjective | Swelled in the legs. |
| govern | verb t. | To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority., To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse., To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case., To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. |
| gowany | adjective | Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. |
| gowden | adjective | Golden. |
| gowdie | noun | See Dragont. |
| gowned | p. adjective | Dressed in a gown; clad. |
| graced | imp. & past participle | of Grace, Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable. |
| graded | imp. & past participle | of Grade |
| grader | noun | One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated. |
| gradin | noun | Alt. of Gradine |
| gradus | noun | A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry. |
| grains | noun pl. | See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b)., Pigeon’s dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1. |
| grainy | adjective | Resembling grains; granular. |
| graith | verb t. | See Greith., Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc. |
| grakle | noun | See Grackle. |
| gramme | noun | The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4., Same as Gram the weight. |
| grange | noun | A building for storing grain; a granary., A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes., A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited., A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors., An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, aud particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867. |
| granny | noun | A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman. |
| grassy | adjective | Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn., Resembling grass; green. |
| grated | imp. & past participle | of Grate, Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows. |
| grater | adjective | One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs. |
| gratis | adverb | For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously. |
| graunt | verb & noun | See Grant. |
| graved | imp. | of Grave, of Grave |
| graven | past participle | of Grave, Carved. |
| gravel | noun | Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand., A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom., To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk., To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand., To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex., To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot. |
| graver | noun | One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material., An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin. |
| graves | noun pl. | The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves. |
| gravic | adjective | Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction. |
| gravid | adjective | Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety. |
| grazed | imp. & past participle | of Graze |
| grazer | noun | One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage. |
| grease | noun | Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind., An inflammation of a horse’s heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences., To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon., To bribe; to corrupt with presents., To cheat or cozen; to overreach., To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. |
| greasy | superl. | Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish., Smeared or defiled with grease., Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone., Fat of body; bulky., Gross; indelicate; indecent., Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2. |
| greave | noun | A grove., Armor for the leg below the knee; — usually in the plural., To clean (a ship’s bottom); to grave. |
| greece | plural | of Gree, See Gree a step. |
| greedy | superl. | Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; — followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey., Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain. |
| greeve | noun | See Grieve, an overseer., A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. |
| greeze | noun | A step. See Gree, a step. |
| gregal | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, a flock. |
| gregge | verb t. | To make heavy; to increase. |
| greith | verb t. | To make ready; — often used reflexively., Goods; furniture. |
| gretto | imp. of Greet, to salute. | |
| grided | imp. & past participle | of Gride |
| griego | noun | See Greggoe. |
| grieve | noun | Alt. of Greeve, To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try., To sorrow over; as, to grieve one’s fate., To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; — often followed by at, for, or over. |
| griffe | noun | The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. |
| grille | verb t. | A lattice or grating. |
| grilly | verb t. | To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. |
| grilse | noun | A young salmon after its first return from the sea. |
| grimly | adjective | Grim; hideous; stern., In a grim manner; fiercely. |
| grimme | noun | A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; — called also conquetoon. |
| ground | imp. & past participle | of Grind, The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it., A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth., Any definite portion of the earth’s surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground., Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept., The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope., That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground., In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief., In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels., A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle., One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; — usually in the plural., A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody., The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song., A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit., Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds., The pit of a theater., To lay, set, or run, on the ground., To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly., To instruct in elements or first principles., To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit., To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament., To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar., imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
| grinte | imp. of Grin, v. i., 1. | |
| griped | imp. & past participle | of Gripe |
| griper | adjective | One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. |
| griman | noun | The man who manipulates a grip. |
| grippe | noun | The influenza or epidemic catarrh. |
| grisly | adjective | Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. |
| grison | noun | A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton., A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous. |
| gritty | adjective | Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles., Spirited; resolute; unyielding. |
| grivet | noun | A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota. |
| groats | noun pl. | Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits. |
| grocer | noun | A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities. |
| groggy | adjective | Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs., Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; — said of pugilists., Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; — said of a horse. |
| gromet | noun | Same as Grommet. |
| gronte | obs. imp. of Groan. | |
| groove | noun | A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut., Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine., A shaft or excavation., To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow. |
| groped | imp. & past participle | of Grope |
| groper | noun | One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling. |
| grotto | noun | A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment. |
| grouse | noun sing. & pl. | Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet., To seek or shoot grouse., To complain or grumble. |
| grouty | adjective | Cross; sulky; sullen. |
| grovel | adverb | To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one’s belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl., To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean. |
| growan | noun | A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall. |
| grower | noun | One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower. |
| growse | verb i. | To shiver; to have chills. |
| growth | noun | The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth., That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. |
| groyne | noun | See Groin. |
| grubby | adjective | Dirty; unclean., Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. |
| grudge | verb t. | To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; — followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects., To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously., To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant., To feel compunction or grief., Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel., Slight symptom of disease. |
| grumpy | adjective | Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. |
| grutch | verb | See Grudge. |
| gryfon | noun | See Griffin. |
| guacho | noun | One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo., An Indian who serves as a messenger. |
| guaiac | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum., Guaiacum. |
| guanin | noun | A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals. |
| guanos | plural | of Guano |
| guards | noun pl. | A body of picked troops; as, “The Household Guards.” |
| gueber | noun | Alt. of Guebre |
| guebre | noun | Same as Gheber. |
| guelph | noun | Alt. of Guelf |
| guenon | noun | One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet. |
| gue’vi | noun | One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (Cephalophus pygmaea); — called also pygmy antelope. |
| guffaw | noun | A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh. |
| guffer | noun | The eelpout; guffer eel. |
| guggle | verb i. | See Gurgle. |
| guided | imp. & past participle | of Guide |
| guider | noun | A guide; a director. |
| guidon | verb t. | A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon., One who carries a flag., One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land. |
| guilor | noun | A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. |
| guilty | superl. | Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; — used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment., Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling., Conscious; cognizant., Condemned to payment. |
| guinea | noun | A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named., A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. |
| guiser | noun | A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. |
| guitar | noun | A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, — played upon with the fingers. |
| gulden | noun | See Guilder. |
| gulgul | noun | A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship’s bottom, to prevent the boring of worms. |
| gulist | noun | A glutton. |
| gulled | imp. & past participle | of Gull |
| guller | noun | One who gulls; a deceiver. |
| gullet | noun | The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus., Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions, A channel for water., A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons., A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades. |
| gulles | plural | of Gully |
| gulped | imp. & past participle | of Gulp |
| gummed | imp. &. p. | of Gum |
| gummer | noun | A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw. |
| gunjah | noun | See Ganja. |
| gunnel | noun | A gunwale., A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; — called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel. |
| gunner | noun | One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer., A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel., The great northern diver or loon. See Loon., The sea bream. |
| gunnie | noun | Space left by the removal of ore. |
| gurgle | verb i. | To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones., The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. “Tinkling gurgles.” |
| gurjun | noun | A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus laevis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint. |
| gurlet | noun | A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge. |
| gurnet | noun | One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. |
| gushed | imp. & past participle | of Gush |
| gusher | noun | One who gushes. |
| gusset | noun | A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement., Anything resembling a gusset in a garment, A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms., A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler., An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset. |
| gutted | imp. & past participle | of Gut |
| guttae | plural | of Gutta |
| gutter | noun | A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough., A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water., Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing., To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel., To supply with a gutter or gutters., To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind. |
| guttle | noun | To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L’Estrange. |
| guying | present participle & vb. noun | of Guy |
| guzzle | verb i. | To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently., To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer., An insatiable thing or person. |
| gybing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gybe |
| gymnal | adjective & noun | Same as Gimmal. |
| gymnic | adjective | Alt. of Gymnical, Athletic exercise. |
| gypsey | noun | A gypsy. See Gypsy. |
| gypsum | noun | A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety. |
| gyrant | adjective | Gyrating. |
| gyrate | adjective | Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course., To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. |
| gyroma | noun | A turning round. |