| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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.] |