| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| greatcoat | noun | An overcoat. |
| greatness | noun | The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc., Pride; haughtiness. |
| grecizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Grecize |
| greekling | noun | A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. |
| greenback | noun | One of the legal tender notes of the United States; — first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits. |
| greenbone | noun | Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus)., The European eelpout. |
| greenfish | noun | See Bluefish, and Pollock. |
| greengage | noun | A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage. |
| greengill | noun | An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood. |
| greenhead | noun | The mallard., The striped bass. See Bass., Alt. of Greenhood |
| greenhood | noun | A state of greenness; verdancy. |
| greenhorn | noun | A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. |
| greenness | noun | The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow., Freshness; vigor; newness., Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth. |
| greenroom | noun | The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater. |
| greensand | noun | A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. |
| greenweed | noun | See Greenbroom. |
| greenwood | noun | A forest as it appears is spring and summer., Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. |
| gregarian | adjective | Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. |
| gregarine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Gregarinae., One of the Gregarinae. |
| gregorian | adjective | Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name. |
| greillade | noun | Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process. |
| grenadier | noun | Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc., Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; — called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish., A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black. |
| grenadine | noun | A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women’s wear., A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine. |
| greyhound | noun | A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. |