| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gabbled | imp. & past participle | of Gabble |
| gabbier | noun | One who gabbles; a prater. |
| gabeler | noun | A collector of gabels or taxes. |
| gabelle | noun | A tax, especially on salt. |
| gablock | noun | A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock. |
| gadding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gad, Going about much, needlessly or without purpose. |
| gaddish | adjective | Disposed to gad. |
| gadling | noun | See Gad, n., 4., Gadding about., A roving vagabond. |
| gadsman | noun | One who uses a gad or goad in driving. |
| gadwall | noun | A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; — called also gray duck. |
| gaffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gaff |
| gagging | present participle & vb. noun | of Gag |
| gaggled | imp. & past participle | of Gaggle |
| gahnite | noun | Zinc spinel; automolite. |
| gaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Gain |
| gainage | verb t. | The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage., The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself. |
| gainful | adjective | Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. |
| gainsay | verb t. | To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. |
| gairish | noun | Alt. of Gairish/ness |
| galagos | plural | of Galago |
| galanga | noun | Alt. of Galangal |
| galeate | adjective | Alt. of Galeated |
| galenic | adjective | Alt. of Galenical, Alt. of Galenical |
| galilee | noun | A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals. |
| galipot | noun | An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch. |
| galling | present participle & vb. noun | of Gall, Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. |
| gallant | adjective | Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed., Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer., Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous., A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood., One fond of paying attention to ladies., One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer., To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play., To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan. |
| gallate | noun | A salt of gallic acid. |
| gallego | noun | A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician. |
| gallein | noun | A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids. |
| galleon | noun | A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel. |
| galleot | noun | See Galiot. |
| gallery | adjective | A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal., A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc., A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; — sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall., A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, — seldom found in vessels built since 1850., Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery., A working drift or level. |
| galleys | plural | of Galley |
| gallfly | noun | An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall. |
| gallian | adjective | Gallic; French. |
| gallied | past participle & adjective | Worried; flurried; frightened. |
| galliot | noun | See Galiot. |
| gallium | noun | A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9. |
| gallnut | noun | A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall. |
| galloon | noun | A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., — sometimes made ornamental., A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace. |
| gallows | plural | of Gallows, A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything., A wretch who deserves the gallows., The rest for the tympan when raised., A pair of suspenders or braces. |
| galoche | Alt. of Galoshe | |
| galoshe | A clog or patten., Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather., A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg., Same as Galoche. | |
| galsome | adjective | Angry; malignant. |
| gambier | noun | The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing., Catechu. |
| gambist | noun | A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola. |
| gambled | imp. & past participle | of Gamble |
| gambler | noun | One who gambles. |
| gamboge | noun | A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, — whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. |
| gambrel | noun | The hind leg of a horse., A stick crooked like a horse’s hind leg; — used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals., To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. |
| gameful | adjective | Full of game or games. |
| gangion | noun | A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n. |
| ganglia | plural | of Ganglion |
| gangrel | verb i. | Wandering; vagrant. |
| gangway | verb i. | A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks., In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition., The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it., That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; — more properly termed the waist. |
| ganoine | noun | A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale. |
| gantlet | noun | A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed., A glove. See Gauntlet. |
| garbage | noun | Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome., To strip of the bowels; to clean. |
| garbled | imp. & past participle | of Garble |
| garbler | noun | One who garbles. |
| garboil | noun | Tumult; disturbance; disorder. |
| gardant | adjective | Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; — said of a lion or other beast. |
| garfish | noun | A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); — called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike., One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; — called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. |
| gargyle | noun | See Gargoyle. |
| garland | noun | The crown of a king., A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath., The top; the thing most prized., A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology., A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in., A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling., To deck with a garland. |
| garment | noun | Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. |
| garnish | verb t. | To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish., To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley., To furnish; to supply., To fit with fetters., To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t., Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated., Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2., Fetters., A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. |
| garpike | See under Gar. | |
| garrote | noun | A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted., To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. |
| garrupa | noun | One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; — called also rockfish. See Rockfish. |
| gaseity | noun | State of being gaseous. |
| gaseous | adjective | In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid., Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. |
| gashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gash |
| gashful | adjective | Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. |
| gaskins | nounpl. | Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins., Packing of hemp., A horse’s thighs. |
| gasogen | noun | An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid., A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas. |
| gasping | present participle & vb. noun | of Gasp |
| gassing | noun | The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing., Boasting; insincere or empty talk. |
| gastful | adjective | Alt. of Gastly |
| gastric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. |
| gastro- | A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy. | |
| gateman | noun | A gate keeper; a gate tender. |
| gateway | noun | A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense. |
| gauchos | plural | of Gaucho |
| gauding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gaud |
| gaudery | noun | Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. |
| gaudful | adjective | Joyful; showy. |
| gaudily | adverb | In a gaudy manner. |
| gaudish | adjective | Gaudy. |
| gaudies | plural | of Gaudy |
| gauffer | verb t. | To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer. |
| gauffre | noun | A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher. |
| gauging | present participle & vb. noun | of Gauge |
| gaulish | adjective | Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. |
| gauntly | adverb | In a gaunt manner; meagerly. |
| gauntry | noun | A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere., A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. |
| gavelet | noun | An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent. |
| gayness | noun | Gayety; finery. |
| gaysome | adjective | Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag. |
| gazeebo | noun | A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. |
| gazeful | adjective | Gazing. |
| gazelle | noun | One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; — called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. |
| gazette | noun | A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices., To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy. |
| gearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gear, Harness., The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. |
| geckoes | plural | of Gecko |
| geering | See Gear, Gearing. | |
| gehenna | noun | The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. |
| gelable | adjective | Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly. |
| gelatin | noun | Alt. of Gelatine |
| gelding | present participle & vb. noun | of Geld, A castrated animal; — usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male., from Geld, v. t. |
| gelidly | adverb | In a gelid manner; coldly. |
| gemming | present participle & vb. noun | of Gem |
| gemaric | adjective | Pertaining to the Gemara. |
| geminal | adjective | A pair. |
| gemmary | adjective | Of or pertaining to gems., A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively. |
| gemmate | adjective | Having buds; reproducing by buds. |
| gemmule | noun | A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons., One of the buds of mosses., One of the reproductive spores of algae., An ovule., A bud produced in generation by gemmation., One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin’s hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are then developed. See Pangenesis. |
| gemsbok | noun | A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns. |
| genappe | noun | A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc. |
| general | adjective | Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy., Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion., Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression., Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom., Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire., As a whole; in gross; for the most part., Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method., The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; — opposed to particular., One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal., The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general., The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule., The public; the people; the vulgar. |
| generic | adjective | Alt. of Generical |
| genesis | noun | The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination., The first book of the Old Testament; — so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race., Same as Generation. |
| genette | noun | One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch., The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur. |
| genetic | adjective | Same as Genetical. |
| genevan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese., A native or inhabitant of Geneva., A supported of Genevanism. |
| genipap | noun | The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice. |
| genista | noun | A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. |
| genital | adjective | Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. |
| genitor | noun | One who begets; a generator; an originator., The genitals. |
| genoese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy., A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa. |
| genteel | adjective | Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address., Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law., Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance. |
| gentrie | noun | Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. |
| gentian | noun | Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule. |
| gentile | adjective | One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen., Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people., Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective. |
| gentoos | plural | of Gentoo |
| genuine | adjective | Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. |
| geodesy | noun | That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth’s surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast. |
| geoduck | noun | A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food. |
| geogony | noun | The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth. |
| geology | noun | The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series., A treatise on the science. |
| georama | noun | A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside. |
| geordie | noun | A name given by miners to George Stephenson’s safety lamp. |
| georgic | adjective | A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil., Alt. of Georgical |
| gepound | noun | See Gipoun. |
| gerland | noun | Alt. of Gerlond |
| gerlond | noun | A garland. |
| gerlind | noun | A salmon returning from the sea the second time. |
| germain | adjective | See Germane. |
| germans | plural | of German |
| germane | adjective | Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. |
| germens | plural | of Germen |
| germina | plural | of Germen |
| germule | noun | A small germ. |
| gesling | noun | A gosling. |
| gestant | adjective | Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. |
| gestour | noun | A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller. |
| gesture | noun | Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture., A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion., To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate., To make gestures; to gesticulate. |
| getting | present participle & vb. noun | of Get, The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition., That which is got or obtained; gain; profit. |
| ghastly | superl. | Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal., Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous., In a ghastly manner; hideously. |
| ghawazi | noun pl. | Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh. |
| gherkin | noun | A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles., See Sea gherkin. |
| ghostly | adjective | Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor., Of or pertaining to apparitions., Spiritually; mystically. |
| giantly | adjective | Appropriate to a giant. |
| giantry | noun | The race of giants. |
| gibbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gib |
| gibbier | noun | Wild fowl; game. |
| gibbose | adjective | Humped; protuberant; — said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations. |
| gibbous | adjective | Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon., Hunched; hump-backed. |
| gib-cat | noun | A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n. |
| gibfish | noun | The male of the salmon. |
| giblets | noun pl. | The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry. |
| giddily | adverb | In a giddy manner. |
| gifting | present participle & vb. noun | of Gift |
| gigeria | plural | of Gigerium |
| giggled | imp. & past participle | of Giggle |
| giggler | noun | One who giggles or titters. |
| giggyng | noun | The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield. |
| gilding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gild |
| gildale | verb t. | A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. |
| gillian | noun | A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. |
| gimbals | noun | A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship’s compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. |
| gimblet | noun & verb | See Gimlet. |
| ginning | present participle & vb. noun | of Gin, of Gin, Beginning. |
| gingham | noun | A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; — distinguished from printed cotton or prints. |
| ginging | noun | The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving. |
| ginseng | noun | A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness. |
| ginshop | noun | A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage. |
| gipsire | noun | A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. |
| giraffe | noun | An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs. |
| girding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gird, That with which one is girded; a girdle. |
| girdled | imp. & past participle | of Girdle |
| girdler | noun | One who girdles., A maker of girdles., An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae. |
| girlish | adjective | Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. |
| girlond | noun | A garland; a prize. |
| girrock | noun | A garfish. |
| girting | present participle & vb. noun | of Girt |
| gittern | noun | An instrument like a guitar., To play on gittern. |
| gittith | noun | A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv. |
| gizzard | noun | The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium., A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals., A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks. |
| glacial | adjective | Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena., Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; — said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. |
| glacier | noun | An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. |
| gladded | imp. & past participle | of Glad |
| gladden | verb t. | To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate., To be or become glad; to rejoice. |
| gladder | noun | One who makes glad. |
| gladeye | noun | The European yellow-hammer. |
| gladful | adjective | Full of gladness; joyful; glad. |
| gladius | noun | The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids. |
| gladwyn | noun | See Gladen. |
| glaired | imp. & past participle | of Glair |
| glairin | noun | A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; — called also baregin. |
| glamour | noun | A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are., Witchcraft; magic; a spell., A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are., Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. |
| glanced | imp. & past participle | of Glance |
| glandes | plural | of Glans |
| glaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Glare, Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime. |
| glassed | imp. & past participle | of Glass |
| glassen | adjective | Glassy; glazed. |
| glaucic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; — formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid. |
| glaucus | noun | A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white. |
| glazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Glase, The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy., The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc., The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper., Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect. |
| glazier | noun | One whose business is to set glass. |
| gleamed | imp. & past participle | of Gleam |
| gleaned | imp. & past participle | of Glean |
| gleaner | noun | One who gathers after reapers., One who gathers slowly with labor. |
| glebous | adjective | Alt. of Gleby |
| gleeful | adjective | Merry; gay; joyous. |
| gleemen | plural | of Gleeman |
| gleeman | noun | A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician. |
| glenoid | adjective | Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; — applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates. |
| gliadin | noun | Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin. |
| glidden | p. p. of Glide. | |
| glidder | adjective | Alt. of Gliddery |
| gliding | present participle & vb. noun | of Glide |
| glimmer | verb i. | To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp., A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam., Mica. See Mica. |
| glimpse | noun | A sudden flash; transient luster., A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight., A faint idea; an inkling., to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses., To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. |
| glinted | imp. & past participle | of Glint |
| glisten | verb i. | To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. |
| glister | verb i. | To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter., Glitter; luster. |
| glitter | verb i. | To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword., To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court., A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. |
| gloated | imp. & past participle | of Gloat |
| globard | noun | A glowworm. |
| globate | adjective | Alt. of Globated |
| globing | present participle & vb. noun | of Globe |
| globose | adjective | Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. |
| globous | adjective | Spherical. |
| globule | noun | A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form., A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc., A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists. |
| glonoin | noun | Alt. of Glonoine |
| gloomed | imp. & past participle | of Gloom |
| gloomth | noun | Gloom. |
| gloppen | verb t. & i. | To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished. |
| gloried | adjective | Illustrious; honorable; noble., of Glory |
| glorify | verb t. | To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory., To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore. |
| glossed | imp. & past participle | of Gloss |
| glossal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual. |
| glosser | noun | A polisher; one who gives a luster., A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. |
| glossic | noun | A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only. |
| glossly | adverb | Like gloss; specious. |
| glottal | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic. |
| glottic | adjective | Alt. of Glottidean |
| glottis | noun | The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx. |
| gloving | present participle & vb. noun | of Glove |
| glowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Glow |
| glozing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gloze |
| glucina | noun | A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; — formerly called glucine. |
| glucose | noun | A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose., Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc., The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc. |
| gluepot | noun | A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue. |
| glutted | imp. & past participle | of Glut |
| gluteal | adjective | Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutaeus. |
| gluteus | noun | Same as Glut/us. |
| glutton | noun | One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer., Fig.: One who gluts himself., A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia., Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing., To glut; to eat voraciously. |
| glycide | noun | A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; — called also glycidic alcohol. |
| glyoxal | noun | A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid. |
| glyphic | adjective | Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs. |
| glyptic | adjective | Of or pertaining to gem engraving., Figured; marked as with figures. |
| glyster | noun | Same as Clyster. |
| gnarred | imp. & past participle | of Gnar |
| gnarled | imp. & past participle | of Gnarl, Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. |
| gnashed | imp. & past participle | of Gnash |
| gnathic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the jaw. |
| gnawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gnaw |
| gnostic | adjective | Knowing; wise; shrewd., Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy., One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons. |
| goading | present participle & vb. noun | of Goad |
| goarish | adjective | Patched; mean. |
| goatish | adjective | Characteristic of a goat; goatlike. |
| gobbing | noun | The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff., The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. |
| gobbled | imp. & past participle | of Gobble |
| gobbler | noun | A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock. |
| gobelin | adjective | Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667. |
| gobioid | adjective | Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius., A gobioid fish. |
| gobline | noun | One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; — called also gobrope and gaubline. |
| goddess | noun | A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex., A woman of superior charms or excellence. |
| godhead | noun | Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood., The Deity; God; the Supreme Being., A god or goddess; a divinity. |
| godhood | noun | Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead. |
| godless | adjective | Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked. |
| godlike | adjective | Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. |
| godlily | adverb | Righteously. |
| godling | noun | A diminutive god. |
| godroon | noun | An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding. |
| godsend | noun | Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune. |
| godship | noun | The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess. |
| godward | adverb | Toward God. |
| goeland | noun | A white tropical tern (Cygis candida). |
| goggled | imp. & past participle | of Goggle, Prominent; staring, as the eye. |
| goggler | noun | A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; — called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra. |
| goitred | adjective | Affected with goiter. |
| goldcup | noun | The cuckoobud. |
| golding | noun | A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum). |
| goldney | noun | See Gilthead. |
| goldtit | noun | See Verdin. |
| goliard | noun | A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men’s tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs. |
| goloshe | noun | See Galoche. |
| gonakie | noun | An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii). |
| gondola | noun | A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now., A flat-bottomed boat for freight., A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. |
| gonidia | plural | of Gonidium |
| gonimia | noun pl. | Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia. |
| good-by | noun / interj. | Alt. of Good-bye |
| goodish | adjective | Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. |
| goodman | noun | A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to “My friend”, “Good sir”, “Mister;” — sometimes used ironically., A husband; the master of a house or family; — often used in speaking familiarly. |
| goodies | plural | of Goody, of Goody |
| goosery | noun | A place for keeping geese., The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness. |
| goosish | adjective | Like a goose; foolish. |
| goracco | noun | A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India. |
| gorcock | noun | The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse. |
| gorcrow | noun | The carrion crow; — called also gercrow. |
| gordian | adjective | Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable., Pertaining to the Gordiacea., One of the Gordiacea. |
| gordius | noun | A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; — called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs. |
| gorging | present participle & vb. noun | of Gorge |
| gorilla | noun | A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man. |
| gormand | noun | A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand., Gluttonous; voracious. |
| goshawk | noun | Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white. |
| gosherd | noun | One who takes care of geese. |
| gosling | noun | A young or unfledged goose., A catkin on nut trees and pines. |
| gossipy | adjective | Full of, or given to, gossip. |
| gossoon | noun | A boy; a servant. |
| gothite | noun | Alt. of Goethite |
| gouache | noun | A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted. |
| goudron | noun | a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. |
| gouging | present participle & vb. noun | of Bouge |
| goujere | noun | The venereal disease. |
| gouland | noun | See Golding. |
| gourami | noun | A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. |
| gourmet | noun | A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure. |
| gournet | noun | A fish. See Gurnet. |
| goutily | adverb | In a gouty manner. |
| gownman | noun | One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier. |
| gozzard | noun | See Gosherd. |
| grabbed | imp. & past participle | of Grab |
| grabber | noun | One who seizes or grabs. |
| grabble | verb i. | To grope; to feel with the hands., To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. |
| gracing | present participle & vb. noun | of Grace |
| gracile | adjective | Alt. of Gracillent |
| grackle | noun | One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow., An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna. |
| gradate | verb t. | To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize., To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution. |
| grading | present participle & vb. noun | of Grade, The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade. |
| gradely | adjective | Decent; orderly., Decently; in order. |
| gradine | noun | Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another., A toothed chised by sculptors. |
| gradino | noun | A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin. |
| gradual | noun | Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline., An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps., A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass., A series of steps. |
| graffer | noun | a notary or scrivener. |
| grafted | imp. & past participle | of Graft |
| grafter | noun | One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting., An instrument by which grafting is facilitated., The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. |
| graille | noun | A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, — used by comb makers. |
| grained | imp. & past participle | of Grain, Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough., Dyed in grain; ingrained., Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc., Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers. |
| grainer | noun | An infusion of pigeon’s dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; — called also grains and bate., A knife for taking the hair off skins., One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining. |
| grallae | noun pl. | An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; — called also Grallatores. |
| grallic | adjective | Pertaining to the Grallae. |
| grammar | noun | The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing., The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar., A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing., treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography., To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. |
| grampus | noun | A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii., A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. |
| granade | noun | Alt. of Granado |
| granado | noun | See Grenade. |
| granary | noun | A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain. |
| granate | noun | See Garnet. |
| grandam | noun | An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. |
| grandee | noun | A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king’s presence. |
| grandly | adverb | In a grand manner. |
| grandma | noun | Alt. of Grandmamma |
| grandpa | noun | Alt. of Grandpapa |
| granger | noun | A farm steward., A member of a grange. |
| granite | noun | A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure. |
| grannam | noun | A grandam. |
| granted | imp. & past participle | of Grant |
| grantee | noun | The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. |
| granter | noun | One who grants. |
| grantor | noun | The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made. |
| granule | noun | A little grain a small particle; a pellet. |
| grapery | noun | A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. |
| graphic | adjective | Alt. of Graphical |
| grapnel | noun | A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; — written also grapline, and crapnel. |
| grapple | verb t. | To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist., To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly., To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one’s self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another., A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler’s hold., An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab., A grappling iron. |
| grasper | imp. & past participle | of Grasp |
| graaper | noun | One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds. |
| grassed | imp. & past participle | of Grass |
| grating | present participle &. vb. noun | of Grate, A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent., A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; — called also diffraction grating., The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats., That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh., A harsh sound caused by attrition. |
| gratify | verb t. | To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc., To requite; to recompense. |
| graving | present participle & vb. noun | of Grave, The act of cleaning a ship’s bottom., The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio., That which is graved or carved., Impression, as upon the mind or heart. |
| gravely | adverb | In a grave manner. |
| gravery | noun | The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving. |
| gravity | adjective | The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead., Sobriety of character or demeanor., Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense., The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation., Lowness of tone; — opposed to acuteness. |
| gravies | plural | of Gravy |
| grayfly | noun | The trumpet fly. |
| grayish | adjective | Somewhat gray. |
| graylag | noun | The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose. |
| grazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Graze, The act of one who, or that which, grazes., A pasture; growing grass. |
| grazier | noun | One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market. |
| greased | imp. & past participle | of Grease |
| greaser | noun | One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc., A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. |
| greaten | verb t. | To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand., To become large; to dilate. |
| greatly | adverb | In a great degree; much., Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously. |
| greaved | imp. & past participle | of Greave |
| greaves | noun pl. | The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs’ food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. |
| grecian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek., A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek., A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist., One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. |
| grecism | noun | An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. |
| grecize | verb t. | To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized., To translate into Greek., Alt. of Grecianize |
| grecque | noun | An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander. |
| greened | imp. & past participle | of Green |
| greenly | adverb | With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely., Of a green color. |
| greenth | noun | The state or quality of being green; verdure. |
| greeted | imp. & past participle | of Greet |
| greeter | noun | One who greets or salutes another., One who weeps or mourns. |
| greggoe | noun | Alt. of Grego |
| greisen | noun | A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony. |
| gremial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom., A bosom friend., A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop’s lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests. |
| grenade | noun | A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies. |
| grenado | noun | Same as Grenade. |
| greylag | noun | See Graylag. |
| gribble | noun | A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America. |
| griddle | noun | An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes., A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners. |
| griding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gride |
| grieved | imp. & past participle | of Grieve |
| griever | noun | One who, or that which, grieves. |
| griffin | noun | An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe., Alt. of Griffon |
| griffon | noun | A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art., A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge., A species of large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; — called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the “eagle” of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir., An English early apple. |
| grilled | imp. & past participle | of Grill |
| grimace | noun | A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face., To make grimaces; to distort one’s face; to make faces. |
| grimily | adverb | In a grimy manner. |
| grimsir | noun | A stern man. |
| grinned | imp. & past participle | of Grin |
| grinded | past participle | Ground. |
| grinder | noun | One who, or that which, grinds., One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar., The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; — called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes. |
| grindle | noun | The bowfin; — called also Johnny Grindle. |
| grinner | noun | One who grins. |
| griping | present participle & vb. noun | of Gripe |
| gripper | noun | One who, or that which, grips or seizes., In printing presses, the fingers or nippers. |
| gripple | noun | A grasp; a gripe., Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious. |
| griskin | noun | The spine of a hog. |
| grisled | adjective | See Grizzled. |
| grisons | noun pl. | Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps., The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons. |
| gristle | noun | Cartilage. See Cartilage. |
| gristly | adjective | Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous. |
| gritted | imp. & past participle | of Grit |
| grizzle | noun | Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. |
| grizzly | adjective | Somewhat gray; grizzled., A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a., In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. |
| groaned | imp. & past participle | of Groan |
| grocery | noun | The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; — in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense., A retail grocer’s shop or store. |
| grogram | noun | Alt. of Grogran |
| grogran | noun | A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk. |
| groined | imp. & past participle | of Groin, Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault. |
| gromill | noun | See Gromwell. |
| grommet | noun | A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet., A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place. |
| groomed | imp. & past participle | of Groom |
| groomer | noun | One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses. |
| grooper | noun | See Grouper. |
| grooved | imp. & past participle | of Groove |
| groving | present participle & vb. noun | of Groove |
| groover | noun | One who or that which grooves., A miner. |
| groping | present participle & vb. noun | of Grope |
| grossly | adverb | In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully. |
| grouped | imp. & past participle | of Group |
| grouper | noun | One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico., The tripletail (Lobotes)., In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. |
| grouser | noun | A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage. |
| grouted | imp. & past participle | of Grout |
| growing | present participle & vb. noun | of Grow |
| growled | imp. & past participle | of Growl |
| growler | noun | One who growls., The large-mouthed black bass., A four-wheeled cab. |
| grubbed | imp. & past participle | of Grub |
| grubber | noun | One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc. |
| grubbla | verb t. & i. | To feel or grope in the dark. |
| grucche | verb i. | To murmur; to grumble. |
| grudger | imp. & past participle | of Grudge |
| gruelly | adjective | Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel. |
| grumble | verb i. | To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner., To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey., To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles., To express or utter with grumbling., The noise of one that grumbles., A grumbling, discontented disposition. |
| grumbly | adverb | In a grum manner. |
| grumose | adjective | Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous. |
| grumous | adjective | Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood., See Grumose. |
| grundel | noun | A groundling (fish). |
| grunted | imp. & past participle | of Grunt |
| grunter | noun | One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog., One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2., A hook used in lifting a crucible. |
| gruntle | verb i. | To grunt; to grunt repeatedly. |
| gryllus | noun | A genus of insects including the common crickets. |
| gryphon | noun | The griffin vulture. |
| grysbok | noun | A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn. |
| guachos | plural | of Guacho |
| guanaco | noun | A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. |
| guarana | noun | A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache. |
| guarded | imp. & past participle | of Guard, Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. |
| gurding | present participle &, vb. noun | of Guard |
| guarder | noun | One who guards. |
| guarish | verb t. | To heal. |
| gudgeon | noun | A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons., What may be got without skill or merit., A person easily duped or cheated., The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal., A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder., To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. |
| guelfic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family or the faction of the Guelphs. |
| guerdon | noun | A reward; requital; recompense; — used in both a good and a bad sense., To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. |
| guereza | noun | A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white. |
| guerite | noun | A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions. |
| guessed | imp. & past participle | of Guess |
| guesser | noun | One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing. |
| guiacol | noun | A colorless liquid, C6H4,OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin. |
| guiacum | noun | Same as Guaiacum. |
| guidage | noun | The reward given to a guide for services., Guidance; lead; direction. |
| guiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Guide |
| guilder | noun | A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; — called also florin and gulden. |
| guipure | noun | A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides. |
| gulaund | noun | An arctic sea bird. |
| gulling | present participle & vb. noun | of Gull |
| gullage | noun | Act of being gulled. |
| gullery | noun | An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud. |
| gullish | adjective | Foolish; stupid. |
| gullies | plural | of Gully |
| gullied | imp. & past participle | of Gully |
| gulping | present participle & vb. noun | of Gulp |
| gumming | present participle & vb. noun | of Gum |
| gumboil | noun | A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum. |
| gummata | plural | of Gumma |
| gummite | noun | A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite. |
| gummous | adjective | Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy., Of or pertaining to a gumma. |
| gunboat | noun | A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns. |
| gunlock | noun | The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock. |
| gunnage | noun | The number of guns carried by a ship of war. |
| gunnery | noun | That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance. |
| gunning | noun | The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun. |
| gunroom | noun | An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; — called wardroom in the United States navy. |
| gunshot | noun | Act of firing a gun; a shot., The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun., Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound. |
| gunwale | noun | The upper edge of a vessel’s or boat’s side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull. |
| gurgled | imp. & past participle | of Gurgle |
| gurglet | noun | A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation. |
| gurnard | noun | Alt. of Gurnet |
| gurniad | noun | See Gwiniad. |
| gushing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gush, Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters., Emitting copiously, as tears or words; weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters of affection; sentimental. |
| gustard | noun | The great bustard. |
| gustful | adjective | Tasteful; well-tasted., Gusty. |
| gustoso | adjective & adverb | Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner. |
| gutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Gut |
| guttate | adjective | Spotted, as if discolored by drops. |
| guttler | noun | A greedy eater; a glutton. |
| gutwort | noun | A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa. |
| guzzled | imp. & past participle | of Guzzle |
| guzzler | noun | An immoderate drinker. |
| gwiniad | noun | A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; — called also powan, and schelly. |
| gymnast | noun | One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete. |
| gymnite | noun | A hydrous silicate of magnesia. |
| gypsies | plural | of Gypsy |
| gyrated | imp. & past participle | of Gyrate |
| gyreful | adjective | Abounding in gyres. |
| gyrland | verb t. | To garland. |
| gyrodus | noun | A genus of extinct oolitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing. |
| gyronny | adjective | Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; — said of an escutcheon. |
| gy-rose | adjective | Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. |