| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| glabellum | noun | The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite. |
| glabreate | verb t. | Alt. of Glabriate |
| glabriate | verb t. | To make smooth, plain, or bare. |
| gladdened | imp. & past participle | of Gladden |
| gladiator | noun | Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement., One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy. |
| gladiolus | noun | A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily., The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum. |
| gladstone | noun | A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman. |
| glaireous | adjective | Glairy; covered with glair. |
| glamourie | noun | Glamour. |
| glandered | adjective | Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. |
| glandular | adjective | Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands. |
| glariness | noun | Alt. of Glaringness |
| glassfuls | plural | of Glassful |
| glassware | noun | Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass. |
| glasswork | noun | Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass. |
| glasswort | noun | A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. |
| glaucodot | noun | A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic. |
| glaucosis | noun | Same as Glaucoma. |
| glebeless | adjective | Having no glebe. |
| glebosity | noun | The quality of being glebous. |
| glenlivat | noun | Alt. of Glenlivet |
| glenlivet | noun | A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. |
| glenoidal | adjective | Glenoid. |
| glidingly | adverb | In a gliding manner. |
| glimmered | imp. & past participle | of Glimmer |
| glimpsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Glimpse |
| glissando | noun & adjective | A gliding effect; gliding. |
| glissette | noun | The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant. |
| glistened | imp. & past participle | of Glisten |
| glistered | imp. & past participle | of Glister |
| glittered | imp. & past participle | of Glitter |
| globefish | noun | A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon. |
| globosely | adverb | In a globular manner; globularly. |
| globosity | noun | Sphericity. |
| globulite | noun | A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape. |
| globulous | adjective | Globular; spherical; orbicular. |
| glochidia | plural | of Glochidium |
| glomerate | adjective | Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate., To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads. |
| glomerous | adjective | Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. |
| glomerule | noun | A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood., A glomerulus. |
| glomeruli | plural | of Glomerulus |
| glorified | imp. & past participle | of Glorify |
| glorioser | noun | A boaster. |
| glossator | noun | A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. |
| glossitis | noun | Inflammation of the tongue. |
| glowering | present participle & vb. noun | of Glower |
| glowingly | adverb | In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion. |
| glucoside | noun | One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates. |
| glueyness | noun | Viscidity. |
| glutazine | noun | A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine. |
| glutinate | verb t. | To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. |
| glutinous | adjective | Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey., Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland. |
| glycerate | noun | A salt of glyceric acid. |
| glyceride | noun | A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially. |
| glycerine | noun | An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin. |
| glycerite | noun | A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin. |
| glycocoll | noun | A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin. |
| glycogeny | noun | Alt. of Glycogenesis |
| glycolide | noun | A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. |
| glyconian | adjective & noun | Glyconic. |
| glycosine | noun | An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal. |
| glyoxalic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. |
| glyptodon | noun | An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. |
| glatified | adjective | Pleased; indulged according to desire. |