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- GIMBALA device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
- GIMELThe third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
- GIMLETA small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
- GIMPA narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furnitur
- GIMPEDsimple past and past participle of gimp
- GIMPYLimping, lame, with crippled legs.
- GINGA company; troop; a gang.
- GINGELYginger, red-haired
- GINGERThe pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
- GINGERBREADA type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
- GINGERBREADYResembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- GINGEREDSpiced with ginger.
- GINGERLYIn a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously.
- GINGEROUSOf a ginger or reddish colour.
- GINGERYSomewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).
- GINGHAMA cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
- GINGLYMUSA hinge joint.
- GINHOUSEA building where cotton is ginned.
- GINKA guy, a fellow, especially a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
- GINORMOUSVery large.
- GIPPEROne who gips (cleans fish in preparation for curing).
- GIRAFFEA ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of a network, and two or
- GIRAFFIDAn animal of the family Giraffidae (such as giraffes (Giraffa spp.) and okapis (Okapia johnstoni)).
- GIRANDOLEAn ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
- GIRASOLAlternative spelling of girasole (“Jerusalem artichoke”).
- GIRASOLESynonym of Jerusalem artichoke .
- GIRDTo bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- GIRDLEThat which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
- GIRLA female child.
- GIRLHOODThe state or condition of being a girl.
- GIRLIEA magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women.
- GIRLISHLike (that of) a girl; feminine.
- GIRLYCharacteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.
- GIRNTo grimace; to snarl.
- GIROA transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
- GIRTA horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
- GIRTHA band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- GIRTHEDOf a sizeable girth; portly.
- GISARMEA type of polearm having a spearhead and a reverse hooked spike on the back.
- GISTThe main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
- GIUSTOstrict, exact.
- GIVABLECapable of being given.
- GIVETo move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- GIVEAWAYSomething that is given away or handed out for free.
- GIVEBACKA rebate.
- GIVENpast participle of give
- GIVEROne who gives; a donor or contributor.
- GIZMOSomething, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten.
- GLABROUSBald, hairless; smooth.
- GLACIALOf, or relating to glaciers.
- GLACIATETo cover with ice or a glacier.
- GLACIATIONThe process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena; an ice age
- GLACIERA large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
- GLACIEREDOf terrain: having glaciers.
- GLACISA gentle incline. A gentle sloping landform created by the deposition or erosion of material. A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and ex
- GLADPleased; happy; gratified.
- GLADEAn open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
- GLADIATESword-shaped.
- GLADIATORA person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
- GLADIATORYgladiatorial
- GLADIERHaving glades.
- GLADIESTHaving glades.
- GLADIOLUSThe center part of the sternum.
- GLADIUSA Roman sword roughly two feet long.
- GLADSOMEMarked by joy or gladness; happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
- GLADYHaving glades.
- GLAIKITSenseless; silly, foolish.
- GLAIREgg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
- GLAIREOUSslimy
- GLAIRIESTOf or pertaining to glair; slimy, viscous and transparent.
- GLAIRINbaregine
- GLAIRYOf or pertaining to glair; slimy, viscous and transparent.
- GLAIVEA light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
- GLAIVEDArmed with a glaive.
- GLAMGlamour; glamorousness.
- GLAMORIZATIONThe act of glamorizing, or something glamorized.
- GLAMORIZETo make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
- GLAMOROUSHaving glamour; stylish, attractive.
- 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
- GLAMOURISEAlternative spelling of glamorize.
- GLAMOURIZEAlternative form of glamorize.
- GLANCETo turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly. To look briefly at (something). To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle. To cause (something) to move obliquely. To hit (a ba
- GLANCEROne who glances.
- GLANDA specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases
- GLANDERSAn infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
- GLANDESplural of glans
- GLANDIFORMShaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- GLANDULARPertaining to a gland or glands.
- GLANDULEA small gland or secreting vessel.
- GLANSA structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.
- GLAREAn intense, blinding light.
- GLAREOUSglairy
- GLARINGReflecting with glare.
- GLARYOf a dazzling lustre; glaring; bright; shining.
- GLASNOST1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
- GLASSIFYSynonym of vitrify: to convert a silica-bearing material to a glasslike substance by applying heat.
- GLASSINEA light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages.
- GLASSWORTAny plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
- GLAUBERITEAn evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and calcium sulphate, with the chemical formula Na2Ca(SO4)2.
- GLAUBERITESAn evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and calcium sulphate, with the chemical formula Na2Ca(SO4)2.