| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gabarage | noun | A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. |
| gabbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Gabble |
| gabioned | p. adjective | Furnished with gabions. |
| gadabout | noun | A gadder |
| gadflies | plural | of Gadfly |
| gadhelic | adjective | Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx. |
| gaggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Gaggle |
| gagtooth | noun | A projecting tooth. |
| gaillard | adjective | Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. |
| gainable | verb t. | Capable of being obtained or reached. |
| gainless | adjective | Not producing gain; unprofitable. |
| gainpain | noun | Bread-gainer; — a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. |
| gainsaid | imp. & past participle | of Gainsay |
| gainsome | adjective | Gainful., Prepossessing; well-favored. |
| gairfowl | noun | See Garefowl. |
| galactic | adjective | Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid., Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. |
| galactin | noun | An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent., A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron)., An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose. |
| galangal | noun | The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), — all of the Ginger family. |
| galatian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. — A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor. |
| galaxies | plural | of Galaxy |
| galbanum | noun | A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish. |
| galeated | adjective | Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet., Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped. |
| galenism | noun | The doctrines of Galen. |
| galenist | noun | A follower of Galen. |
| galenite | noun | Galena; lead ore. |
| galerite | noun | A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites. |
| galician | adjective | Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland., A native of Galicia in Spain; — called also Gallegan. |
| galilean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope., Of or relating to Galilee., A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans., One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; — called also Gaulonite., A Christian in general; — used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans. |
| galleass | noun | A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley. |
| gallegan | noun | Alt. of Gallego |
| galliard | adjective | Gay; brisk; active., A brisk, gay man., A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde. |
| galliass | noun | Same as Galleass. |
| gallican | adjective | Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy., An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. |
| gallinae | noun | An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; — sometimes called Rasores. |
| gallipot | noun | A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc. |
| gallivat | noun | A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, — used on the Malabar coast. |
| galloped | imp. & past participle | of Gallop |
| galloper | noun | One who, or that which, gallops., A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber. |
| gallopin | verb i. | An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook’s errand boy. |
| galloway | noun | A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; — called also garran, and garron. |
| galvanic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. |
| gamashes | noun pl. | High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing. |
| gambeson | noun | Same as Gambison. |
| gambison | noun | A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted. |
| gambling | present participle & vb. noun | of Gamble |
| gambogic | adjective | Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge. |
| gamboled | imp. & past participle | of Gambol |
| gambroon | noun | A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining. |
| gamecock | noun | The male game fowl. |
| gameless | adjective | Destitute of game. |
| gameness | noun | Endurance; pluck. |
| gamesome | adjective | Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry. |
| gamester | noun | A merry, frolicsome person., A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games., A prostitute; a strumpet. |
| gammoned | imp. & past participle | of Gammon |
| gangetic | adjective | Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark. |
| gangliac | adjective | Alt. of Ganglial |
| ganglial | adjective | Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic. |
| ganglion | noun | A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve., A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion., A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; — called also weeping sinew. |
| gangrene | noun | A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage., To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. |
| ganister | noun | Alt. of Gannister |
| ganoidal | adjective | Ganoid. |
| ganoidei | noun pl. | One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales. |
| gantline | noun | A line rigged to a mast; — used in hoisting rigging; a girtline. |
| gantlope | noun | See Gantlet. |
| gapeseed | noun | Any strange sight. |
| gapesing | noun | Act of gazing about; sightseeing. |
| gapeworm | noun | The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| garancin | noun | An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin. |
| garbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Garble |
| garboard | noun | One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. |
| garcinia | noun | A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; — so called in honor of Dr. Garcin. |
| gardened | imp. & past participle | of Garden |
| gardener | noun | One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist. |
| gardenia | noun | A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; — so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden. |
| gardenly | adjective | Like a garden. |
| gardyloo | noun | An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh. |
| garefowl | noun | The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk. |
| garganey | noun | A small European duck (Anas querquedula); — called also cricket teal, and summer teal. |
| garggled | imp. & past participle | of Gargle |
| gargling | present participle & vb. noun | of Gargle |
| gargoyle | noun | A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely. |
| garlicky | adjective | Like or containing garlic. |
| garnered | imp. & past participle | of Garner |
| garookuh | noun | A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf. |
| gar pike | Alt. of Garpike | |
| garreted | adjective | Protected by turrets. |
| garrison | noun | A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town., A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security., To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town., To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory. |
| garroted | imp. & past participle | of Garrote |
| garroter | noun | One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him. |
| gartered | imp. & past participle | of Garter |
| gasalier | noun | A chandelier arranged to burn gas. |
| gasiform | adjective | Having a form of gas; gaseous. |
| gasified | imp. & past participle | of Gasify |
| gaslight | noun | The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas., A gas jet or burner. |
| gasolene | noun | See Gasoline. |
| gasolier | noun | Same as Gasalier. |
| gasoline | noun | A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor. |
| gastight | adjective | So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas. |
| gastness | noun | See Ghastness. |
| gastraea | noun | A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula. |
| gastrula | noun | An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea., Of or pertaining to a gastrula. |
| gastrura | noun pl. | See Stomatopoda. |
| gateless | adjective | Having no gate. |
| gatepost | noun | A post to which a gate is hung; — called also swinging / hinging post., A post against which a gate closes; — called also shutting post. |
| gatewise | adverb | In the manner of a gate. |
| gathered | imp. & past participle | of Gather |
| gatherer | noun | One who gathers or collects., An attachment for making gathers in the cloth. |
| gaud-day | noun | See Gaudy, a feast. |
| gaudless | adjective | Destitute of ornament. |
| gauntlet | noun | See Gantlet., A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds., A long glove, covering the wrist., A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. |
| gauntree | noun | Alt. of Gauntry |
| gavelock | noun | A spear or dart., An iron crow or lever. |
| gaverick | noun | The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). |
| gawntree | noun | See Gauntree. |
| gaydiang | noun | A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk. |
| gayeties | plural | of Gayety |
| gazement | noun | View. |
| gazetted | imp. & past participle | of Gazette |
| gazogene | noun | A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale. |