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Gabionage
The part of a fortification built of gabions.
Gad
The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.
Gaduin
A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature, found in cod-liver oil.
Gall
To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition;
Gallin
A substance obtained by the reduction of galleiuml;n.
Gambrel
The hind leg of a horse.
Gameful
Full of game or games.
Gammon
To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Gamomorphism
That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species.
gangdom
criminal organizations, collectively.
garambulla
An arborescent cactus of Western Mexico () bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit.
Garancin
An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.
Garcinia
A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. .
Gas
An ariform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with , but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or ariform state.
Gascoynes
Gaskins.
Gastrocnemius
The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
Gastrohepatic
Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; .
Gastromyces
The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.
Gastromyth
One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.
Gastronomist
A gastromomer.
Gaudiness
The quality of being gaudy.
Gautama
The family name of , the founder of Buddhism; born ca. 563 b.c., died ca. 483 b.c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See .
Gear
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
Gelechia
The type genus of the , including pink bollworms.
gendarmery
Same as .
Genius
A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. .
Gentiopikrin
A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.
geophyte
a perennial plant propagated by overwintering buds on underground bulbs or tubers or corms.
Germ
That which is to develop a new individual; ; the earliest form under which an organism appears.
Gimp
To notch; to indent; to jag.
Gird
To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
Girondist
A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.
Glad
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
Gladden
To be or become glad; to rejoice.
Gladen
Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European .
Gladiatorship
Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.
Gleg
Quick of perception; alert; sharp.
Glide path
the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called .
Globe
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
Gloried
Illustrious; honorable; noble.
Glossographer
A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Glycolyl
A divalent, compound radical, , regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.
Glyphic
Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
Gnathotheca
The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.
Goa
A species of antelope (), inhabiting Thibet.
Goby
One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus and allied genera.
Gog
Haste; ardent desire to go.
Gonfalonier
He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer
Gongorism
An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.
Gonosome
The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.
Gonozooid
A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See , and of .
Goodwife
The mistress of a house.
Govern
To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.
grantable
Capable of being granted.
grantee
The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.
Granulite
A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called , and .
Grape fruit
The shaddock.
graphologist
A person skilled in or professing to be skilled in graphology.
Graticulation
The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.
Graywacke
A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together.
Gre
See , a step.
Grecism
An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism.
Greenback
One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
Green-stall
A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.
Gregarian
Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.
Gregory
, born 1572, died 1585, the pope who introduced the modern calendar.
Grill
To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to broil.
Griminess
The state of being grimy.
Grimme
A West African antelope () of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also .
Grisons
Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps.
Groggy
Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.
Guevina
A genus having only one species: the Chilean nut.
Guinean
of or pertaining to Guinea{1}; .
Guitar
A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers.
Gulgul
A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.
Gumma
A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
Gumminess
The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
gumptious
enterprising.
Gunpowder
A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
Gurglingly
In a gurgling manner.
gutsy
marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger.
Gye
To guide; to govern.
Gynander
A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.
Gynecocracy
Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy.
Gynocracy
Female government; gynecocracy.