| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| glad | superl. | Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; — opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; — said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason., Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating., To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate., To be glad; to rejoice. |
| glee | noun | Music; minstrelsy; entertainment., Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast., An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome. |
| gleg | adjective | Quick of perception; alert; sharp. |
| glen | noun | A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills. |
| glew | noun | See Glue. |
| gley | verb i. | To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things., Asquint; askance; obliquely. |
| glib | superl. | Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib., Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech., To make glib., A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes., To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. |
| glim | noun | Brightness; splendor., A light or candle. |
| glow | verb i. | To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent., To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc., To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn., To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism., To make hot; to flush., White or red heat; incandscence., Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks., Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor., Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc. |
| glue | noun | A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances., To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. |
| glum | noun | Sullenness., Moody; silent; sullen., To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. |
| glut | verb t. | To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge., To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy., To eat gluttonously or to satiety., That which is swallowed., Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market., Something that fills up an opening; a clog., A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks., A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing., A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course., An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin., A block used for a fulcrum., The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc. |
| glyn | noun | Alt. of Glynne |