Word
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Definition
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gabardine
| closely woven cotton or wool twill
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gabbart
| barge
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gabble
| to chatter or talk inarticulately
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gabbro
| granular igneous rock
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gabelle
| a salt tax
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gabion
| wicker or wire basket of earth or rock
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gablock
| spur attached to the heel of a fighting cock
|
gad
| to wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure
|
gadarene
| headlong; precipitate
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gadoid
| of, resembling or pertaining to the cod
|
gadroon
| embossed decoration or fluting on silverware
|
gadzookery
| the use of archaisms in literature
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gadzooks
| mild oath
|
gaff
| spar on which head of fore-and-aft sail is extended
|
gaff-topsail
| triangular topsail with its foot extended upon the gaff
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gage
| token of defiance or challenge; thing deposited as pledge of performance
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gal
| unit of acceleration of one centimeter per second per second
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galactic
| of, like or pertaining to or obtained from milk
|
galactoid
| like or resembling milk; milky
|
galactometer
| instrument for measuring specific gravity of milk
|
galactophagist
| milk drinker
|
galactophorous
| bearing or carrying milk
|
galanty
| shadow play
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galatea
| striped cotton
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galeanthropy
| belief that one is a cat
|
galeated
| shaped like a helmet
|
galeiform
| shaped like a helmet
|
galère
| group of undesirable people; unpleasant situation
|
galericulate
| topped by a hat-like covering
|
galilee
| porch in front of church
|
galimatias
| nonsense; confused mixture of unrelated things
|
gallet
| to fill in mortar joints with small pebbles
|
galliard
| sprightly Renaissance and Baroque dance
|
galliard
| brisk; gallant; lively
|
gallimaufry
| a mixture of different things; hodge-podge
|
gallinaceous
| of or resembling pheasants and other domestic birds
|
gallionic
| uncaring; indifferent
|
galliot
| small galley
|
gallipot
| small medicine jar
|
gallize
| to bring wine to standard proportions
|
gallomania
| craze or obsession with France and the French
|
galloon
| lace trim or binding material
|
Gallophile
| one who loves France or the French
|
gallophobia
| fear of France or the French
|
galop
| lively double-time dance
|
galvanometer
| instrument for measuring electrical current
|
galvanoscope
| instrument for detecting presence and direction of electric current
|
gambado
| bound or spring of a horse; fantastic movement
|
gambeson
| ancient leather or quilted coat worn as armour
|
gambrel
| crooked stick used by butchers for hanging carcasses
|
gambrel
| horse's hock
|
gambrel
| roof having a pentagonal gable
|
gambroon
| twilled worsted and cloth
|
gametogenesis
| formation of gametes
|
gamic
| sexual; sexually produced
|
gamidolatry
| worship of marriage
|
gamin
| street urchin; precocious imp
|
gaminesque
| playful; impish; boyish
|
gamma
| unit of magnetic flux density equal to one nanotesla
|
gammadion
| figure comprised of capital gammas; swastika
|
gammicism
| inability or hardship in pronouncing letters 'g' and 'k'
|
gammon
| to feign an action; perpetrate a hoax on
|
gamogenesis
| sexual reproduction
|
gamomania
| obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals
|
gamophagia
| destruction of one gamete by another
|
gamophobia
| fear of marriage
|
gangue
| worthless rock in which valuable metals occur
|
gangway
| either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship
|
ganister
| flint-like rock used to surface roads
|
ganoid
| having shiny smooth scales
|
ganosis
| reduction in shininess of marble
|
gantline
| rope used in single-block hoist
|
gantry
| shelving for barrels; shelf where drinks are displayed
|
gaposis
| gap in a row of buttons or snaps
|
gar
| mild oath
|
garboard
| plank on a ship's bottom next to the keel
|
garbology
| study of garbage
|
garçonniere
| bachelor apartment
|
gardyloo
| warning cry
|
gargarize
| to gargle
|
garner
| granary; store of anything
|
garnetiferous
| bearing garnets
|
garret
| room just under the roof of a house; attic
|
gasconade
| to brag or boast
|
gasconism
| boastfulness
|
gasiform
| of the form or shape of gas
|
gasometer
| instrument for holding and measuring gases
|
gastriloquist
| ventriloquist
|
gastroenterology
| study of stomach; intestines
|
gastrolatry
| gluttony; excessive love of food
|
gastrolith
| stone ingested by an animal to aid in digestion
|
gastrology
| good eating; cookery
|
gastromancy
| divination by sounds from the belly
|
gastronomy
| study of fine dining
|
gastropod
| mollusks including snails; slugs; whelks
|
gastroscope
| instrument for examining interior of the stomach
|
gastrosopher
| a person skilled in matters of eating
|
gat
| opening or strait between two sandbanks
|
gatefold
| oversized page in a book
|
gaucherie
| awkward or socially unacceptable remark
|
gaud
| trick or practical joke
|
gauffer
| to make pleats or ripples in material
|
gauleiter
| overbearing wielder of petty authority
|
gault
| heavy clay used for bricks
|
gaumless
| stupid; witless; vacant
|
gaur
| wild ox
|
gauss
| unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1/10000 tesla
|
gavage
| force-feeding of poultry
|
gavelkind
| land inheritance by all sons in equal portion
|
gavotte
| moderate tempo French peasant dance
|
gawdelpus
| helpless person
|
gazar
| silk organza fabric
|
geal
| of, like or pertaining or pertaining to the earth
|
gegenschein
| glow of zodiacal light seen opposite the sun
|
geist
| spirit; intellectual inclination
|
geitonogamy
| pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant
|
gelasin
| dimple in the cheek that appears when one smiles
|
gelastic
| of, like or pertaining to or provoking laughter
|
gelation
| solidification by cooling
|
gelid
| extremely cold
|
gelogenic
| tending to produce laughter
|
geloscopy
| fortune-telling by means of laughter
|
gemel
| twinned; occurring in pairs
|
gemelliparous
| having given birth to twins
|
gement
| groaning, lamenting
|
geminate
| to double; to arrange in pairs
|
geminiform
| paired; double
|
gemma
| bud from which a new plant can grow
|
gemmate
| to deck with gems
|
gemmation
| budding
|
gemmeous
| of, like or pertaining to gems; like a gem
|
gemmiferous
| bearing gems
|
gemmology
| study of gems and jewels
|
genappe
| smooth worsted yarn
|
genarch
| head of a family or clan
|
generalate
| the office of a general
|
genesic
| of, like or pertaining to procreation or the genitals
|
genesiology
| study of reproduction and heredity
|
genethliacon
| birthday ode
|
genethlialogy
| the art of casting horoscopes
|
genetrix
| mother; female ancestor
|
geniculate
| bent like a knee; jointed
|
geniophobia
| fear of chins
|
genitive
| indicating possession, origin or relation
|
genoa
| large jib that overlaps the mainsail
|
genophobia
| fear of sex
|
genouillère
| jointed knee-piece of armour
|
gentilitian
| belonging to a race or clan
|
gentrification
| movement of middle class to working class area
|
geocarpy
| the production or ripening of fruit underground
|
geocentrism
| belief that Earth is the centre of the universe
|
geochemistry
| study of chemistry of the earth's crust
|
geochronology
| study of measuring geological time
|
geocyclic
| of, like or pertaining to the rotation and revolution of the Earth
|
geodesy
| earth measurement on a large scale
|
geofact
| rock chipped naturally that looks like an artifact
|
geogenous
| growing on the ground
|
geogeny
| science of the formation of the earth's crust
|
geognosy
| knowledge of the general structure of the earth
|
geogony
| study of formation of the earth
|
geogony
| theory of the formation of the earth
|
geoid
| figure of the earth
|
geolatry
| earth-worship
|
geology
| study of earth's crust
|
geomancy
| divination by casting earth onto a surface
|
geomorphogeny
| study of the origins of land forms
|
geophagy
| practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating
|
geophilous
| living in or near the ground
|
geophone
| device for detecting sound waves underground
|
geophyte
| plant that grows in the earth
|
geoponic
| agricultural
|
geoponics
| study of agriculture
|
georgette
| thin silk
|
georgic
| of, like or pertaining to agricultural or rustic affairs; rural; agrarian
|
geoscopy
| examination or analysis of soil
|
geoselenic
| of, like or pertaining to both the Earth and the moon
|
geostrophic
| of, like or pertaining to deflection due to effects of Earth's rotation
|
geotaxis
| response of an organism to gravity
|
geotechnics
| study of increasing habitability of the earth
|
geothermometer
| instrument for measuring subterranean temperatures
|
gerascophobia
| fear of growing old
|
geratology
| study of decadence and decay
|
gerdoying
| imitation sound of a crash
|
gerendum
| something that is to be done
|
gerent
| one that rules or manages
|
german
| of one's parents' siblings
|
Germanophilia
| love or fondness for Germany or the Germans
|
germicide
| substance that kills germs
|
gerocomy
| study of old age
|
geromorphism
| appearing to be older than one's actual age
|
gerontocracy
| government by the aged
|
gerontogenous
| of, like or pertaining to the Old World
|
gerontology
| study of the elderly; aging
|
gerontophilia
| sexual attraction towards the elderly
|
gerrymander
| to divide electoral districts for one's own political gain
|
gesso
| plaster of Paris used in painting
|
gestatorial
| of, like or pertaining to carrying
|
gestic
| of, like or pertaining to gestures
|
geta
| wooden-soled Japanese shoe
|
gewgaw
| toy; trifling object; bauble
|
ghawazi
| Egyptian dancing girls
|
giaour
| one who does not follow the Islamic faith; unbeliever
|
gib
| wedge-shaped piece of metal that holds another in place
|
gibbet
| gallows
|
gibbous
| hump-backed; humped; swollen
|
gibus
| hat worn to the opera
|
gid
| brain disease suffered by sheep
|
gig
| light two-wheeled one-horse carriage
|
giganticide
| killing of a giant
|
gigantology
| study of giants
|
gigantology
| giant-lore
|
gigantomachy
| war of giants against the gods
|
gigot
| leg of mutton
|
gigue
| lively Baroque dance in triple time
|
gilbert
| unit of magnetomotive force
|
gilderoy
| proud person
|
gilliver
| wallflower
|
gimbals
| arrangement of rings allowing free motion of supported object
|
gimcrack
| trick; trivial mechanism
|
gimmal
| ring that can be divided into two or three rings
|
gingham
| striped cotton cloth
|
ginglymus
| joint that permits movement in one plane only
|
ginnel
| narrow alley between high buildings
|
ginnery
| place where cotton is ginned
|
girandole
| branched chandelier or similar structure
|
girasol
| fire-opal that glows like fire in certain light
|
glabrous
| hairless; smooth
|
glaciology
| study of ice ages and glaciation
|
glacis
| a gentle slope in fortification
|
gladiate
| shaped like a sword
|
glair
| egg white used as medium for binding paint
|
glaireous
| slimy; viscous
|
glandiferous
| bearing acorns or nuts
|
glandiform
| gland-shaped; acorn-shaped
|
glanduliferous
| bearing glands
|
glareous
| gravelly; growing on gravel
|
glaucous
| sea-green; greyish-blue
|
glebe
| church land granted to clergyman
|
glebe
| sod; the soil
|
glebous
| earthy; full of clods
|
gleed
| hot coal; burning ember
|
gleek
| a trick or joke
|
gleet
| mucus discharge from the urethra
|
glenoid
| slightly cupped; socket-shaped
|
gliriform
| resembling a rodent
|
glirine
| rodent-like; of, like or pertaining to rodents
|
glissade
| moving on snow without skis
|
gloaming
| period between sunset and full night; dusk
|
globuliferous
| bearing globules
|
glochidiate
| bristled; barbed
|
glomerate
| packed or bunched together
|
glossa
| the tongue
|
glossographer
| writer of short explanatory notes or glosses
|
glossoid
| like a tongue
|
glossology
| study of language; study of the tongue
|
glossophagine
| eating using the tongue
|
glottogonic
| of, like or pertaining to the origins of language
|
glozing
| flattery; deceit
|
gluconeogenesis
| production of glucose from non-carbohydrates
|
glumiferous
| bearing glumes
|
glutinous
| gluey; sticky
|
glutition
| swallowing
|
glycogenesis
| production of glycogen
|
glyptic
| of, like or pertaining to carving or gem-engraving
|
glyptography
| the art of engraving on gems
|
glyptology
| study of gem engravings
|
gnathal
| of, like or pertaining to the jaws
|
gnathion
| tip of the chin
|
gnathonic
| flattering
|
gnomic
| signifying general truth; pertaining to aphorisms or proverbs
|
gnomology
| collection of aphorisms, proverbs and short poems
|
gnomon
| upright rod of a sundial
|
gnomonics
| the art of measuring time using sundials
|
gnosiology
| study of knowledge; philosophy of knowledge
|
gnosis
| knowledge; especially spiritual
|
gnosticism
| belief that freedom derives solely from knowledge
|
gnotobiology
| study of life in germ-free conditions
|
goatish
| lustful; foolish
|
godet
| triangular piece of cloth inserted in a skirt
|
goetic
| of, like or pertaining to black magic
|
goitrous
| affected by or pertaining to goitre
|
goldenrod
| dark golden yellow
|
goliard
| wandering student
|
goliardy
| riotous or lustful behaviour
|
goluptious
| delightful; luscious
|
gomphiasis
| looseness of the teeth
|
gomphosis
| growth of teeth into the bone cavity
|
gonalgia
| knee pain
|
gonfalon
| ensign with streamers hung from a horizontal bar
|
gonfalonier
| standard-bearer
|
goniometer
| instrument for measuring angles between faces
|
gonoph
| pickpocket; thief
|
gorget
| piece of armour for the throat
|
gorgoneion
| representation of the gorgon's head
|
gorgonize
| to turn into stone; to paralyze with one's gaze
|
gormandism
| gluttony
|
gormless
| dull or unintelligent
|
gorsedd
| assembly for granting awards to Welsh bards
|
gorsoon
| boy-servant
|
gossypine
| cottony
|
gouache
| opaque watercolour paint
|
gowk
| a cuckoo; a fool
|
grabble
| search with the hand; grope
|
graben
| a rift valley
|
gracility
| slenderness
|
gradatim
| step by step
|
gradgrind
| one who regulates things by means of statistics
|
gradin
| a rising tier of seats in a theatre
|
gradiometer
| instrument for measuring gradient of a physical quantity
|
gradual
| part of mass between epistle and gospel
|
gradualism
| belief that things proceed by degrees
|
Graecomania
| obsession with Greece and the Greeks
|
grafology
| divination by studying writing
|
grain
| unit of weight equal to 1/7000 of a pound
|
graip
| pitchfork; dungfork
|
grallatory
| of, like or pertaining to wading birds
|
gramary
| magic; enchantment
|
gramercy
| expression of gratitude or surprise
|
gramineous
| of, like or pertaining to grass; grassy
|
graminivorous
| feeding on grass or cereals
|
graminology
| study of grasses
|
grammalogue
| word represented by a single sign; logogram
|
grammaticaster
| a piddling grammarian
|
grammatolatry
| worship of letters and words
|
grammatology
| study of systems of writing
|
grandeval
| of great age; ancient
|
grandiloquent
| bombastic
|
grandinous
| full of hail; consisting of hail
|
grandisonant
| pompous-sounding
|
grangerize
| to cut plates out of many books to illustrate one
|
granivorous
| feeding on seeds
|
granuliferous
| bearing granules
|
grapheme
| a letter of the alphabet
|
graphemics
| study of systems of representing speech in writing
|
grapholagnia
| obsession with obscene pictures
|
graphology
| study of handwriting
|
graphomania
| obsession with writing
|
graphophobia
| fear of writing
|
graphospasm
| writer's cramp
|
grapnel
| small anchor used for dragging or grappling
|
graptomancy
| divination by studying handwriting
|
grassing
| bleaching by exposure on grass
|
graticulation
| division of design into squares when scaling
|
gratis
| without charge; for free
|
grattoir
| scraper made of flint
|
gratulatory
| congratulatory
|
grauncher
| clumsy and incompetent mechanic
|
graupel
| frozen rain or snowflakes
|
gravamen
| grievance; grounds of legal complaint
|
graveolent
| rank-smelling; fetid
|
gravid
| pregnant
|
gravimeter
| instrument for measuring variations in gravitational fields
|
gravimetrical
| of, like or pertaining to measuring by weight
|
gray
| unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to 100 rads
|
greave
| armour for the shin
|
greaves
| tallow waste
|
gregal
| of, like or pertaining to a flock
|
gregatim
| in flocks
|
greige
| of a grey-beige colour
|
gremial
| intimate; pertaining to the lap or bosom
|
grenadine
| thin silk
|
gressorial
| adapted for walking
|
gricer
| train-spotter or railway enthusiast
|
gridelin
| violet-grey
|
griffade
| sudden seizure with the claws
|
grillage
| framework of timber
|
grilse
| salmon first returning to the river from the sea
|
grimgribber
| learned gibberish; legal jargon
|
grimoire
| magician's book for summoning spirits
|
grinagog
| one who is constantly grinning
|
gripulous
| grasping; greedy
|
grisaille
| style of painting in grey tints
|
griseous
| pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled
|
grith
| sanctuary; asylum
|
grithbreach
| breach of the peace
|
grobianism
| slovenly boorishness
|
groggery
| low public-house
|
grognard
| old or veteran soldier
|
grogram
| coarse loosely woven silk fabric
|
gromatic
| of, like or pertaining to surveys or surveying
|
gromatics
| science of surveying
|
grosgrain
| heavy close-woven corded silk
|
grough
| deep gully in peat moor area
|
groundage
| a charge on a ship in port
|
groundling
| person of inferior taste; commoner
|
groundprox
| altitude warning system in aircraft
|
groundsel
| lowest timber of a structure
|
groupuscule
| small clique or faction
|
grout
| to root or grub with the snout
|
growlery
| a retreat for times of ill humour
|
groyne
| wooden breakwater
|
grufted
| dirty; begrimed
|
gruine
| of, like or pertaining to cranes or similar birds
|
grum
| morose; surly
|
grumous
| clotted; lumpy
|
guaniferous
| bearing dung
|
guardant
| of a heraldic animal turned to side with head facing the viewer
|
guarish
| to heal
|
gudgeon
| metal pin or bearing connecting rudder to a boat
|
gudgeon
| a person easily cheated
|
guerdon
| reward; recompense
|
guéridon
| small ornate table or stand
|
guérite
| chair with raised back forming a hood
|
guichet
| ticket window or similar small opening
|
guidon
| pennant with rounded outer edge
|
guignol
| something intended to horrify people
|
guilloche
| to decorate with intersecting curved lines
|
guimpe
| wide cloth covering neck and shoulders worn by nuns
|
guipure
| lace having no ground or mesh
|
gules
| heraldic name for the colour red
|
gulix
| kind of fine linen
|
gullery
| place where gulls breed
|
gulosity
| gluttony; greed
|
gulpin
| credulous person; simpleton
|
gummiferous
| bearing gum
|
gummosity
| gumminess
|
gumnivorous
| feeding on tree saps
|
gunarchy
| government by women; gynarchy
|
gunnage
| number of guns carried on a warship
|
gunwale
| upper edge of the side of a ship
|
gurgitate
| to bubble; to boil
|
gurgitation
| surging
|
gurlet
| pickaxe with one pointed and one bladed end
|
guttate
| spotted; having drops or droplike markings
|
guttatim
| drop by drop
|
guttation
| release of drops of moisture
|
guttiferous
| exuding drops
|
guttiform
| shaped like a drop
|
gutturotetany
| spasm in the throat causing stutter
|
guyot
| flat-topped underwater mountain
|
gybe
| to swing a sail from one side to another
|
gyle
| fermenting vat for beer
|
gymnasiarch
| the head of a gymnasium
|
gymnasiarchy
| government over a school or academy
|
gymnasiast
| a pupil in a gymnasium
|
gymnobiblism
| belief that the Bible can be presented to unlearned without commentary
|
gymnophobia
| fear of nudity
|
gymnosophy
| deep contemplation performed while naked
|
gynaecide
| killing of women
|
gynaecocracy
| government by women; gynarchy
|
gynaecology
| study of women's physiology
|
gynaecomania
| abnormal sexual obsession with women
|
gynandroid
| hermaphroditic; being of or resembling both sexes
|
gynarchy
| government by women
|
gynics
| knowledge of women
|
gyniolatry
| deep respect or devotion for women
|
gynocentric
| focused on or concerned with women
|
gynocracy
| government by women; gynarchy
|
gynotikolobomassophile
| one who nibbles on women's earlobes
|
gypsiferous
| bearing gypsum
|
gyrograph
| instrument for counting a wheel's revolutions
|
gyroidal
| spiral; rotatory
|
gyromancy
| divination by falling from dizziness
|
gyron
| triangular heraldic charge
|
gyrose
| having a folded surface; marked with wavy lines
|
gyrostatics
| the study of rotating bodies
|
gyrus
| convoluted ridge between two grooves
|
gyve
| to fetter; to shackle
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