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Gadbee
The gadfly.
Gadwall
A large duck (), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also .
Gael
A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.
Galiot
A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers.
Galoot
A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy.
Gare
Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.
Garrot
A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
Gasp
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
Gastroepiploic
Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
Gastromalacia
A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
Gastrura
See .
Gaysome
Full of gayety.
gay-wings
A common trailing perennial milkwort () of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
geic
Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.
gelechiid
a small slender-winged moth whose larvae are agricultural pests.
Geneagenesis
Alternate generation. See under .
Genethliacal
Genethliac.
genocidal
Of or pertaining to genocide; .
Gentian
Any one of a genus () of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See of .
Geotropic
Relating to, or showing, geotropism.
Germinal
The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See .
Germ plasm
See , and .
Giantess
A woman of extraordinary size.
Glair
To smear with the white of an egg.
glasses
Same as . See {1}.
Glass-snake
A long, footless lizard (), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.
Glazy
Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.
Glean
Cleaning; afterbirth.
Glibly
In a glib manner; .
Glomerous
Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
Gloominess
State of being gloomy.
Glossology
The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.
Gloze
Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.
Glucinum
A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also .
Glume
The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet.
Glunch
Frowning; sulky; sullen.
Gluttonous
Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; .
Glyoxal
A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, , obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.
Glyphography
A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.
Glyster
Same as .
Godspeed
Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, you.
Godwit
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus , and family . The European black-tailed godwit (), the American marbled godwit (), the Hudsonian godwit (), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also .
Goliard
A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
Goodlich
Goodly.
Gorget
A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.
Gorgonian
Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.
Gossipy
Full of, or given to, gossip.
Graced
Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable.
Grame
Anger; wrath; scorn.
Grandam
An old woman; specifically, a grandmother.
Granulous
Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.
Great
The whole; the gross; .
Greatcoat
An overcoat.
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.
Greenlander
A native of Greenland.
Greet
To weep; to cry; to lament.
grey-headed
same as .
Grief
Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
Grimily
In a grimy manner.
Grossification
The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.
grouch
to complain habitually, especially about minor or routine annoyances.
Groundnut
The fruit of the (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.
Grudgeful
Full of grudge; envious.
Guardenage
Guardianship.
Guess
To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
Guilloched
Waved or engine-turned.
gum tree
Any tree that exudes a gum,
Gutta
A drop.
Gutwort
A plant, , a violent purgative, found in Africa.
Gypse
See .