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