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Gaddingly
In a roving, idle manner.
Gager
A measurer. See .
Gaia
Goddess of the earth; same as .
Gaily
Merrily; showily. See .
Gainage
The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
Gaiter
A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
Galantine
A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.
Gale
The payment of a rent or annuity.
Galei
That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.
Galilean
A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.
Gall
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.
Gallinipper
A large mosquito.
Gambeson
Same as .
Gamble
To play or game for money or other stake.
Game
Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
Gasolier
Same as .
Gastroscopy
Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
Gastrotricha
A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids.
Gauntly
In a gaunt manner; meagerly.
Gelatinize
To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as ,
Gelatinous
Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
Gemination
A doubling; duplication; repetition.
Geneva
The chief city of Switzerland.
Genitive
The genitive case.
Gens
A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.
Genteel
Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; .
Gerbera
A genus of South African or Asiatic herbs having showy daisy-like flowers; it includes some of the African daisies.
Germanism
An idiom of the German language.
Germ plasm
See , and .
Gesture
Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
Ghostology
Ghost lore.
Giantry
The race of giants.
Gire
See .
givenness
the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed.
Glairy
Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.
Glanderous
Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders.
Glassware
Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.
Glave
See .
Glebosity
The quality of being glebous.
Glutton
To glut; to eat voraciously.
Godsend
Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.
Gold-beaten
Gilded.
Goldfinny
One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (, and ); -- called also , and .
Goliard
A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
Gomer
A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.
goof-off
A person who habitually shirks his duties or avoids work; an idle worthless person.
Goosish
Like a goose; foolish.
Gor-bellied
Bog-bellied.
Gorm
Axle grease. See .
Goudron
a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts.
Graveolent
Having a rank smell.
Gravitative
Causing to gravitate; tending to a center.
Great
Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to and ; .
Great White shark
a large shark (, class ) usually found in warm seas. When young it is bluish but it becomes white with age. It grows to over 15 feet in length and is feared as a man-eater. Also called and .
Grice
See , a step.
Griddlecake
A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.
Grimness
Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.
Grisamber
Ambergris.
Grit
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
Groanful
Agonizing; sad.
Grocery
The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.
groenendael
A black-coated with a heavily plumed tail.
Groggy
Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.
groovy
Very pleasant or very enjoyable; marvelous; wonderful; excellent; -- expressing strong approval, usually of enjoyable experiences.
Growl
To express by growling.
Grume
A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.
Gruyre cheese
A kind of cheese made at , . It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as .
Gry
A measure equal to one tenth of a line.
Guarantee
In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or in all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; .
Guardless
Without a guard or defense; unguarded.
guck
any thick messy substance.
Guerrilla
Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands;
Guide
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.
Gullish
Foolish; stupid.
Gunnery
That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
gunplay
An instance of the firing of small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
Gurt
A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
Gusset
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.
Gustard
The great bustard.
Gutta
A drop.
Gymnogen
One of a class of plants, so called by , because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as .
Gynocracy
Female government; gynecocracy.
Gyrfalcon
One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. and the white species , both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See of .