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- GRANDIOSOA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
- GRANGEA granary.
- GRANGERA member of the Grange, National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association representing farmers.
- GRANITEA group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is q
- GRANTTo give (permission or wish).
- GRANULEA tiny grain, a small particle.
- GRANULOUSgranular
- GRANUMA stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis.
- GRAPHIUMA stylus (for writing).
- GRATIFYTo please.
- GRATISFree: without charge.
- GRATITUDEThe state of being grateful.
- GRATUITYAn additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
- GRAVAMINAplural of gravamen
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GRAVIDAA pregnant woman.
- GRAVIDITYpregnancy
- GRAVITASSeriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
- GRAZIOSOgraceful, flowing
- GREASEAnimal fat in a melted or soft state.
- GREEOne of a flight of steps.
- GREGARIOUSWho enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
- GREMIALOf or pertaining to the lap.
- GREXA multicellular aggregate of amoeba.
- GRIEFSuffering, hardship.
- GRIEVOUSCausing grief, pain, or sorrow.
- GRISEOFULVINAn antifungal drug C17H17ClO6 obtained from the mold Penicillium griseofulvum, used in humans and animals against fungal infections of the hair and skin.
- GROCKLEA tourist from elsewhere in the country
- GROGAn alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes
- GROSCHENAny of several obsolete European silver coins.
- GROSSRemarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; Highly or conspicuously offensive.
- GROTTOA small cave.
- GROYNEAn often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
- GRUMEA thick semisolid
- GULAThe upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
- GULARParticularly of an animal: of, pertaining to, or located at the gula (“the upper front of the neck next to the chin”) or the throat.
- GULLETThe throat or esophagus.
- GULLYA trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- GULOSITYExcessive appetite; greed, gluttony.
- GURGESA whirlpool.
- GURNARDAny of various marine fish of the family Triglidae that have a large armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom.
- GUSTABLEHaving a taste; capable of being tasted.
- GUSTATIONThe act of tasting.
- GUSTATORYOf, or relating to, the sense of taste.
- GUSTOEnthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
- GUTTAA drop (of liquid, especially a medication).
- GUTTATEShaped like or resembling drops.
- GUTTATIONThe exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure.
- GUTTERA prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
- GUTTURALOf, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- GUTTYCharged or sprinkled with drops.
- GYMNASIAplural of gymnasium
- GYMNASTICOf or pertaining to gymnastics.
- GYMNASTICALAlternative form of gymnastic.
- HABERGEONA sleeveless or short-sleeved coat of mail armour (a shorter hauberk).
- HABILEGenerally able or adroit; handy.
- HABITATConditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
- HABITUDEThe essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
- HABITUDINALRelating to habitus or habitude.
- HABITUSHabitude; mode of life; bearing.
- HACKNEYAn ordinary horse.
- HAFNIUMA chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
- HAFNIUMSA chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
- HALITUSA vapour.
- HALLUCINATETo seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.
- HAMATEHooked at the end.
- HAMOSEHaving the end hooked or curved.
- HAMOUSHamose.
- HAMULOSEBearing a small hook at the end
- HAMULUSA hook, or hook-like process.
- HANAPERA kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper
- HARUSPEXA soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
- HARUSPICYDivination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
- HASLETThe internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a pig.
- HASSIUMAn artificially-produced transuranic chemical element (symbol Hs) with atomic number 108.
- HAUSTORIUMA root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
- HAWSERA thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
- HEBETUDEMental lethargy or dullness.
- HEBETUDINOUSDisplaying mental lethargy or dullness.
- HEDERAAny Old World ivy of the genus Hedera
- HEIRSomeone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
- HEMATOLOGYThe scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- HEMOGLOBINThe iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with
- HEPARliver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
- HEPARINA compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombo
- HERBA plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.
- HERBACEOUSNot woody, lacking lignified tissues.
- HERBAGEHerbs collectively.
- HERBARIUMA collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
- HERBOSEHaving an abundance of herbage; full of herbs.
- HEREDITARYPassed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- HEREDITYHereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their
- HERETICALOf or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
- HERITAGEAn inheritance; property that may be inherited.
- HERMETICPertaining to the ancient Greek Olympian god Hermes.
- HERNIAA disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
- HEROICOf or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
- HEROICALHeroic.
- HESITANCEThe act or state of hesitating.
- HESITANCYA pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.