Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 6

Gamopetalous (a.) Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.

Gamophyllous (a.) Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).

Gamosepalous (a.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.

Gamut (n.) The scale.

Gamy (a.) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.

Gamy (a.) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.

Gan (v.) Began; commenced.

Ganch (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.

Gander (n.) The male of any species of goose.

Gane (v. i.) To yawn; to gape.

Ganesa (n.) The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence.

Gang (v. i.) To go; to walk.

Gang (v. i.) A going; a course.

Gang (v. i.) A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.

Gang (v. i.) A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.

Gang (v. i.) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.

Ganger (n.) One who oversees a gang of workmen.

Gangetic (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark.

Gang-flower (n.) The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week.

Gangion (n.) A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n.

Gangliac (a.) Alt. of Ganglial

Ganglial (a.) Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.

Gangliate (a.) Alt. of Gangliated

Gangliated (a.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system.

Gangliform (a.) Alt. of Ganglioform

Ganglioform (a.) Having the form of a ganglion.

Ganglia (pl. ) of Ganglion

Ganglions (pl. ) of Ganglion

Ganglion (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

Ganglion (n.) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.

Ganglion (n.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.

Ganglionary (a.) Ganglionic.

Ganglionic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.

Gangrel (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant.

Gangrenate (v. t.) To gangrene.

Gangrene (n.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.

Gangrened (imp. & p. p.) of Gangrene

Gangrening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gangrene

Gangrene (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.

Gangrenescent (a.) Tending to mortification or gangrene.

Gangrenous (a.) Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene.

Gangue (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.

Gangway (v. i.) A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.

Gangway (v. i.) In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.

Gangway (v. i.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.

Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.

Ganil (n.) A kind of brittle limestone.

Ganister (n.) Alt. of Gannister

Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

Ganja (n.) The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.

Gannet (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.

Ganocephala (n. pl.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.

Ganocephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.

Ganoid (a.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.

Ganoidal (a.) Ganoid.

Ganoidei (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.

Ganoidian (a. & n.) Ganoid.

Ganoine (n.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.

Gansa (n.) Same as Ganza.

Gantlet (n.) A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.

Gantlet (n.) A glove. See Gauntlet.

Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

Gantlope (n.) See Gantlet.

Gantry (n.) See Gauntree.

Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

Gaoler (n.) The keeper of a jail. See Jailer.

Gap (n.) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.

Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife.

Gap (v. t.) To make an opening in; to breach.

Gaped (imp. & p. p.) of Gape

Gaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gape

Gape (v. i.) To open the mouth wide

Gape (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.

Gape (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.

Gape (v. i.) To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.

Gape (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.

Gape (n.) The act of gaping; a yawn.

Gape (n.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.

The gapes () A fit of yawning.

The gapes () A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.

Gaper (n.) One who gapes.

Gaper (n.) A European fish. See 4th Comber.

Gaper (n.) A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam.

Gaper (n.) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills.

Gapeseed (n.) Any strange sight.

Gapesing (n.) Act of gazing about; sightseeing.

Gapeworm (n.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

Gapingstock (n.) One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.

Gap-toothed (a.) Having interstices between the teeth.

Gar (v.) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

Gar (v.) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.

Gar (n.) To cause; to make.

Garancin (n.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.

Garb (n.) Clothing in general.

Garb (n.) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.

Garb (n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.

Garb (n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.

Garb (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).

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