Gasp (n.) The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
Gaspereau (n.) The alewife.
Gasserian (a.) Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion.
Gassing (n.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
Gassing (n.) Boasting; insincere or empty talk.
Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
Gast (v. t.) To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast.
Gaster (v. t.) To gast.
Gasteromycetes (n. pl.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
Gasteropod (n.) Same as Gastropod.
Gasteropoda (n. pl.) Same as Gastropoda.
Gasteropodous (a.) Same as Gastropodous.
Gastful (a.) Alt. of Gastly
Gastly (a.) See Ghastful, Ghastly.
Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
Gastness (n.) See Ghastness.
Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.
Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.
Gastralgia (n.) Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.
Gastric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery.
Gastriloquist (n.) One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.
Gastriloquous (a.) Ventriloquous.
Gastriloquy (n.) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
Gastritis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.
Gastro- () A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy.
Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
Gastrocolic (a.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.
Gastrodisc (n.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst.
Gastroduodenal (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery.
Gastroduodenitis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice.
Gastroelytrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous.
Gastroenteric (a.) Gastrointestinal.
Gastroenteritis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.
Gastroepiploic (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
Gastrohepatic (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.
Gastrohysterotomy (n.) Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.
Gastrointestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
Gastrolith (n.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
Gastrology (n.) The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
Gastromalacia (n.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
Gastromancy (n.) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.
Gastromancy (n.) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.
Gastromyces (n.) The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.
Gastromyth (n.) One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.
Gastronome (n.) Alt. of Gastronomer
Gastronomer (n.) One fond of good living; an epicure.
Gastronomic (a.) Alt. of Gastronomical
Gastronomical (a.) Pertaining to gastromony.
Gastronomist (n.) A gastromomer.
Gastronomy (n.) The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
Gastrophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.
Gastropneumatic (a.) Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.
Gastropod (n.) One of the Gastropoda.
Gastropoda (n. pl.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca.
Gastropodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.
Gastroraphy (n.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.
Gastroscope (n.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
Gastroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
Gastroscopy (n.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
Gastrosplenic (n.) Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
Gastrostege (n.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.
Gastrostomy (n.) The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
Gastrotomy (n.) A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
Gastrotricha (n. pl.) A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids.
Gastrotrocha (n.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side.
Gastrovascular (a.) Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of c/lenterates.
Gastrulae (pl. ) of Gastrula
Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea.
Gastrula (a.) Of or pertaining to a gastrula.
Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.
Gastrura (n. pl.) See Stomatopoda.
Gastrurous (a.) Pertaining to the Gastrura.
Gat () imp. of Get.
Gate (n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
Gate (n.) An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
Gate (n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
Gate (n.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
Gate (n.) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
Gate (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
Gate (v. t.) To supply with a gate.
Gate (v. t.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
Gate (n.) A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
Gate (n.) Manner; gait.
Gated (a.) Having gates.
Gatehouse (n.) A house connected or associated with a gate.
Gateless (a.) Having no gate.
Gateman (n.) A gate keeper; a gate tender.
Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Gatepost (n.) A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
Gateway (n.) A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.
Gatewise (adv.) In the manner of a gate.
Gathered (imp. & p. p.) of Gather
Gathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gather
Gather (v. t.) To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.
Gather (v. t.) To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.
Gather (v. t.) To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
Gather (v. t.) To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle.
Gather (v. t.) To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.
Gather (v. t.) To gain; to win.