Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
gabelleman |
noun |
A gabeler. |
gabionnade |
noun |
See Gabionade. |
gaditanian |
adjective |
Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain., A native or inhabitant of Cadiz. |
gadolinite |
noun |
A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron. |
gadolinium |
noun |
A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined. |
gailliarde |
noun |
A lively French and Italian dance. |
gaingiving |
noun |
A misgiving. |
gainsaying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Gainsay |
gainstrive |
verb t. & i. |
To strive or struggle against; to withstand. |
galimatias |
noun |
Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confused mixture. |
gallanting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Gallant |
gallyambic |
adjective |
Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; — said of a kind of verse. |
gallicized |
imp. & past participle |
of Gallicize |
gallimatia |
noun |
Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias. |
gallomania |
noun |
An excessive admiration of what is French. |
gallopaded |
imp. & past participle |
of Gallopade |
galvanized |
imp. & past participle |
of Galvanize |
galvanizer |
noun |
One who, or that which, galvanize. |
gama grass |
|
A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; — called also sesame grass. |
gambolling |
|
of Gambol |
gamekeeper |
noun |
One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. |
gangliated |
adjective |
Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system. |
gangliform |
adjective |
Alt. of Ganglioform |
ganglionic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. |
gangrenate |
verb t. |
To gangrene. |
gangrening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Gangrene |
gangrenous |
adjective |
Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene. |
gardenless |
adjective |
Destitute of a garden. |
gardenship |
noun |
Horticulture. |
gargantuan |
adjective |
Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate. |
garlanding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Garland |
garmenture |
noun |
Clothing; dress. |
garnierite |
noun |
An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. |
garnishing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Garnish |
garnisheed |
imp. & past participle |
of Garnishee |
garrisoned |
imp. & past participle |
of Garrison |
gas-burner |
noun |
The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. |
gasconaded |
imp. & past participle |
of Gasconade |
gasconader |
noun |
A great boaster; a blusterer. |
gasometric |
adjective |
Alt. of Gasometrical |
gasteropod |
noun |
Same as Gastropod. |
gastralgia |
noun |
Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders. |
gastrodisc |
noun |
That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. |
gastrolith |
noun |
See Crab’s eyes, under Crab. |
gastrology |
noun |
The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach. |
gastromyth |
noun |
One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. |
gastronome |
noun |
Alt. of Gastronomer |
gastronomy |
noun |
The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. |
gastropoda |
noun pl. |
One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. |
gastrotomy |
noun |
A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach. |
gastrurous |
adjective |
Pertaining to the Gastrura. |
gatherable |
adjective |
Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. |
gaudygreen |
adjective / noun |
Light green. |
gauffering |
noun |
A mode of plaiting or fluting. |
gaultheria |
noun |
A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon). |
gaylussite |
noun |
A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. |