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