| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| glabell/ | plural | of Glabella |
| glabella | noun | The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon., of Glabellum |
| glabrate | adjective | Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. |
| glabrity | noun | Smoothness; baldness. |
| glabrous | adjective | Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness. |
| glaciate | verb i. | To turn to ice., To convert into, or cover with, ice., To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. |
| glacious | adjective | Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. |
| gladding | present participle & vb. noun | of Glad |
| gladiate | adjective | Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus. |
| gladiole | noun | A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; — called also corn flag. |
| gladioli | plural | of Gladiolus |
| gladness | noun | State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness. |
| gladship | noun | A state of gladness. |
| gladsome | adjective | Pleased; joyful; cheerful., Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing. |
| glairing | present participle & vb. noun | of Glair |
| glancing | present participle & vb. noun | of Glance, Shooting, as light., Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot. |
| glandage | noun | A feeding on nuts or mast. |
| glanders | noun | A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings. |
| glandule | noun | A small gland or secreting vessel. |
| glareous | adjective | Glairy. |
| glassing | present participle & vb. noun | of Glass |
| glasseye | noun | A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike., A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis. |
| glassful | noun | The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold., Glassy; shining like glass. |
| glassily | adverb | So as to resemble glass. |
| glassite | noun | A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is “no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding.” The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass. |
| glasynge | noun | Glazing or glass. |
| glaucine | adjective | Glaucous or glaucescent., An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. |
| glaucoma | noun | Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball. |
| glaucous | adjective | Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue., Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. |
| glaverer | noun | A flatterer. |
| glaymore | noun | A claymore. |
| gleaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Gleam |
| gleaning | present participle & vb. noun | of Glean, The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. |
| gleesome | adjective | Merry; joyous; gleeful. |
| glibness | noun | The quality of being glib. |
| gliddery | adjective | Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery. |
| glimpsed | imp. & past participle | of Glimpse |
| glinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Glint |
| glissade | noun | A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. |
| gloaming | noun | Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening., Sullenness; melancholy. |
| gloating | present participle & vb. noun | of Gloat |
| globated | adjective | Having the form of a globe; spherical. |
| globular | adjective | Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms. |
| globulet | noun | A little globule. |
| globulin | noun | An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions. |
| glonoine | noun | Same as Nitroglycerin; — called also oil of glonoin., A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic. |
| glooming | present participle & vb. noun | of Gloom, Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming. |
| gloomily | adverb | In a gloomy manner. |
| gloriole | noun | An aureole. |
| gloriosa | noun | A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India. |
| glorioso | noun | A boaster. |
| glorious | noun | Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds., Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious., Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. |
| glorying | present participle & vb. noun | of Glory |
| glossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gloss |
| glossary | noun | A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words. |
| glossata | noun pl. | The Lepidoptera. |
| glossily | adverb | In a glossy manner. |
| glossist | noun | A writer of comments. |
| glowbard | noun | The glowworm. |
| glowered | imp. & past participle | of Glower |
| glowlamp | noun | An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic., An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a. |
| glowworm | noun | A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. |
| gloxinia | noun | American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; — named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. |
| glucinic | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide. |
| glucinum | noun | A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium. |
| glucogen | noun | See Glycogen. |
| gluconic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. |
| glumella | noun | Alt. of Glumelle |
| glumelle | noun | One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. |
| glumness | noun | Moodiness; sullenness. |
| glutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Glut |
| glutaeus | noun | The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals. |
| glutamic | adjective | Of or pertaining to gluten. |
| glutaric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers. |
| gluttony | noun | Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. |
| glyceric | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin. |
| glycerin | noun | Alt. of Glycerine |
| glycerol | noun | Same as Glycerin. |
| glyceryl | noun | A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl. |
| glycidic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid. |
| glycocin | noun | Same as Glycocoll. |
| glycogen | noun | A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments. |
| glycolic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. |
| glycolyl | noun | A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds. |
| glyconic | adjective | Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; — applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry., A glyconic verse. |
| glyconin | noun | An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc. |
| glyoxime | noun | A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime. |
| glyptics | noun | The art of engraving on precious stones. |