Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
giallolino |
noun |
A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot. |
gibbostity |
noun |
The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness. |
giddy-head |
noun |
A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. |
gier-eagle |
noun |
A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). |
gieseckite |
noun |
A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite. |
giftedness |
noun |
The state of being gifted. |
gigantical |
adjective |
Bulky, big. |
gill-flirt |
noun |
A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. |
gilt-edged |
adjective |
Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper., Of the best quality; — said of negotiable paper, etc. |
gingerness |
noun |
Cautiousness; tenderness. |
ginglyform |
adjective |
Ginglymoid. |
ginglymodi |
noun |
An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel. |
ginglymoid |
adjective |
Alt. of Ginglymoidal |
gismondine |
noun |
Alt. of Gismondite |
gismondite |
noun |
A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome. |