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- GLADEAn open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
- GLAMOUROriginally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repul
- GLIBHaving a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
- GLICK
- GLISTENTo reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
- GLOBULEA small round particle of substance; a drop.
- GLOBUSA spherical or nearly spherical structure. A lump in the throat; the sensation of having such a lump present.
- GLOMTo take.
- GLOWEREDsimple past and past participle of glower
- GLUTEUSAny of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.
- GNARLA knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
- GNARLYHaving or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
- GOBLETA drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
- GOLIATHAlternative letter-case form of Goliath.
- GONADA sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary. A testicle.
- GONADSplural of gonad
- GOOBERA peanut.
- GOOBERSplural of goober
- GOOMBAHA person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime)
- GOURMETFine; of superior quality.
- GRADIENTA slope or incline.
- GRAFTA small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of
- GRANULEA tiny grain, a small particle.
- GREMLINA contemptible person.
- GROKTo understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
- GROMETArchaic form of grommet.
- GROVELTo be prone on the ground.
- GRUELA thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
- GRUNDLEA big bunch, lots.
- GUMPTIONCommon sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
- GUNITEA form of shotcrete in which a dry cementitious mixture is blown through a hose to the nozzle, with water injected only at the point of application.
- GURNEYA stretcher having wheeled legs.
- GYNO
- GYPSUMA mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
- HACIENDAA large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.
- HAGUE
- HALVAA confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
- HARMONIOUSShowing accord in feeling or action.
- HAUTEObsolete spelling of haut and haught (“high; haughty”).
- HAZMATHazardous material(s).
- HECKHell.
- HEIFERA young female cow, one over one year old but which has not calved.
- HEINOUSTotally reprehensible.
- HEIT
- HEMATOIDResembling blood.
- HEMPSplural of hemp
- HEPA
- HERCULEANAlternative letter-case form of Herculean.
- HERMANO
- HEWNMade or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
- HEXAGONALHaving six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
- HICCUPA spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- HIERO
- HOAGIEA sandwich made on a long Italian bread or Italian roll.
- HOARDINGA roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
- HOAXESplural of hoax
- HOISINA sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking
- HOLOGRAMA three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
- HOODIAAny of the genus Hoodia of succulent cactiform plants.
- HOOKAAlternative spelling of hookah.
- HOOKYAbsence from school or work; truancy.
- HOPPEDsimple past and past participle of hop
- HOVELAn open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- HOVENalternative past participle of heave
- HOXTON
- HUBRISExcessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
- HUCKLEThe hip, the haunch.
- HULKINGLarge and bulky, heavily built; massive.
- HUMPTYShort and thick; dumpy.
- HYACINEA hyacinth.
- HYDROPLANETo skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
- HYDROPONICOf a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
- HYMNA song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
- HYPERBOLEDeliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
- HYPERTONICHaving a greater osmotic pressure than another.
- HYPOTONICHaving a lower osmotic pressure than another.
- IAMBICConsisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance.
- IBERIAN
- IBUPROFENA synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.
- IMOGEN
- IMPERVIOUSUnaffected or unable to be affected by something.
- IMPETUOUSMaking arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
- IMPLORETo beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech. To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
- INBREDBred within; innate.
- INCUSEHammered or pressed in (usually on a coin).
- INDICTTo accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
- INDIGESTCrude; undigested; upset; unformed; unorganized.
- INGLESplural of ingle
- INGRATEUngrateful.
- INSULAROf or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
- INTEGRATEDcomposed and coordinated to form a whole
- INTERCOMAn independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
- INTREPIDFearless; bold; brave.
- INVITRO
- IODINATETo treat, or to combine, with iodine.
- IRATEExtremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
- IRIDESCENTProducing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
- IRKSOMEMarked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
- ISOTONICHaving the same osmotic pressure.
- ISOTOPEAny of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic