1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram [syn: {gram}, {gramme}, {gm}] 2: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine [syn: {guanine}] 3: one of the four nucleotide...

1: a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff [syn: {treble clef}]

1: worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration [syn: {anti-G suit}]

1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated [syn: {g}, {gee}]

1: treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body [syn: {acupressure}, {shiatsu}]

1: a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation [syn: {FBI agent}, {government man}]

1: minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; covering for the pubic area 2: a garment that provides covering for the loins [syn: {breechcloth}, {breechclout}, {loincloth}]

1: British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950) [syn: {Shaw}, {George Bernard Shaw}]

1: English philosopher (1873-1958) [syn: {Moore}, {George Edward Moore}]

1: conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936) [syn: {Chesterton}, {Gilb...

1: German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887) [syn: {Kirchhoff}, {Gustav Robert Kirchhoff}]

1: United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924) [syn: {Hall}, {Granville Stanley Hall}]

1: the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare [syn: {tabu...

1: a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures [syn: {generally accepted accounting practice...

1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: {chitchat}, {small talk}, {gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin-wag}, {chin-wagging}, {causerie}]

1: an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter [syn: {gamma aminobutyric acid}]

1: a firm durable fabric with a twill weave 2: (usually in the plural) trousers [syn: {flannel}, {tweed}, {white}] 3: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles [syn: {duster}, {gabe...

{gabby}

{gabby}

1: rapid and indistinct speech [syn: {jabber}, {jabbering}] v : speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle}, {twaddle}, {cl...

1: one of a family of granular intrusive rocks

1: full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {garrulous}, {loquacious}, {talkative}, {talky}] [also: {gabbiest}, {gabbier}]

1: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles [syn: {duster}, {gabardine}, {smock}, {dust coat}]

1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: {chitchat}, {small talk}, {gab}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin-wag}, {chin-wagging}, {causerie}]

1: the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof [syn: {gable end}, {gable wall}] 2: United States film actor (1901-1960) [syn: {Clark Gable}, {William Clark Gable}]

1: the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof [syn: {gable}, {gable wall}]

1: a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end [syn: {saddle roof}, {saddleback}, {saddleback roof}]

1: the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof [syn: {gable}, {gable end}]

1: (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall; "a gabled roof" [ant: {hipped}]

1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: {Gabonese Republic}, {Gabun}]

1: the basic unit of money in Gabon

1: of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants; "Gabonese hills"; "gabonese writers" n : a native or inhabitant of Gabon

1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: {Gabon}, {Gabun}]

1: large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper [syn: {Bitis gabonica}]

1: British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979) [syn: {Dennis Gabor}]

1: French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873) [syn: {Emile Gaboriau}]

1: capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast [syn: {capital of Botswana}]

1: (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God

1: German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736) [syn: {Fahrenheit}]

1: French physicist who developed the first color photographic process (1845-1921) [syn: {Lippmann}]

1: Spanish dramatist who wrote the first dramatic treatment of the legend of Don Juan (1571-1648) [syn: {Tirso de Molina}]

1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: {Gabon}, {Gabonese Republic}]

1: an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six mo...

1: a member of an agricultural people in southeastern India 2: the Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba people

1: a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

1: Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942) [syn: {Qaddafi}, {Qadhafi}, {...

{gad}

1: a cushion on a throne for a prince in India

{gad}

1: a persistently annoying person [syn: {pest}, {blighter}, {cuss}, {pesterer}] 2: any of various large flies that annoy livestock

1: a device that is very useful for a particular job [syn: {appliance}, {contraption}, {contrivance}, {convenience}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {widget}]

1: a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets

1: appliances collectively; "labor-saving gadgetry"

1: large family of important mostly marine food fishes [syn: {family Gadidae}]

1: cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini [syn: {order Gadiformes}]

1: a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae [syn: {gadoid fish}]

1: a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae [syn: {gadoid}]

1: a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium [syn: {ytterbite}]

1: a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group [syn: {Gd}, {atomic number 64}]

1: an industrial town in north central Alabama

1: type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes [syn: {genus Gadus}]

1: closely related to Atlantic cod [syn: {Pacific cod}, {Alaska cod}]

1: a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus [syn: {whiting}, {Merlangus merlangus}]

1: one of the world's most important commercial fishes [syn: {Atlantic cod}]

1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: {Gaia}, {Ge}]

1: a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man

1: relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn: {Celtic}] n : any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland [syn: {Goidelic}, {Erse}]

1: able to communicate in Gaelic

1: Italian dancer for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808) [syn: {Vestris}]

1: Italian composer of operas (1797-1848) [syn: {Donizetti}]

1: a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail 2: an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish

1: a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast [syn: {fore-and-aft topsail}]

1: a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff [syn: {gaffsail}]

1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: {faux pas}, {solecism}, {slip}, {gaucherie}]

1: an elderly man [syn: {old-timer}, {oldtimer}, {old geezer}, {antique}] 2: an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set 3: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want t...

1: a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff [syn: {gaff-headed sail}]

1: a city in west central Tunisia

1: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest"; "even a schoolb...

1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: {closure}, {cloture}, {gag rule}] 2: any law that limits freedom of the press

1: the point of a joke or humorous story [syn: {punch line}, {laugh line}, {tag line}]

1: a court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit; "imposing a gag order on members of the press violates the First Amendment"

1: normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth [syn: {pharyngeal reflex}]

1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: {closure}, {cloture}, {gag law}]

1: mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" [syn: {doddering}, {doddery}, {senile}] 2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga o...

1: Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968) [syn: {Yuri Gagarin}, {Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin}]

1: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk}, {locoweed}, {Mary Jane}] 2: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a...

{gag}

{gag}

1: a flock of geese v : make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"

1: a comedian who uses gags [syn: {standup comedian}] 2: someone who writes comic material for public performers [syn: {gagster}, {gagwriter}]

1: someone who writes comic material for public performers [syn: {gagman}, {gagwriter}]

1: someone who writes comic material for public performers [syn: {gagman}, {gagster}]

1: Asiatic mustard used as a potherb [syn: {chinese mustard}, {indian mustard}, {leaf mustard}, {Brassica juncea}]

1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: {Gaea}, {Ge}]

1: a gay feeling [syn: {merriment}] 2: a festive merry feeling [syn: {playfulness}]

1: any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy

1: annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center [syn: {blanket flower}, {Indian blanket}, {fire wheel}, {fire-wheel}]

1: in a gay manner; "the scandals were gaily diverting"

1: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: {addition}, {increase}] 2: the advantageous q...

1: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in th...

1: gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: {perk up}, {perk}, {percolate}, {pick up}]

1: a person who gains weight [syn: {weight gainer}] 2: a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange" 3: a dive in which the diver throws the f...

1: a university town in north central Florida

1: yielding a fair profit [syn: {paid}, {paying}]

1: in a gainful way; "are you gainfully employed now?"

1: the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property [syn: {capture}, {seizure}]

1: without gain or profit [syn: {profitlessly}, {unprofitably}]

1: graceful and pleasing; "gainly conduct"; "a gainly youth with dark hair and eyes"

{gainsay}

1: take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: {challenge}, {dispute}] [also: {gainsaid}]

1: English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788) [syn: {Thomas Gainsborough}]

1: king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477) [syn: {Genseric}]

1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn: {pace}] 2: a horse's manner of moving 3: a person's manner of walking

1: a cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles [syn: {spat}, {spats}] 2: a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides 3: legging consisting of a cloth or...

1: Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41) [syn: {Caligula}, {Gaius Caesar}]

1: Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41) [syn: {Caligula}, {Gaius}]

1: prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC) [syn: {Cassius}, {Cassius Longinus}]

1: Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC) [syn: {Flaminius}]

1: conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) [syn: {Caesar}, {Julius Caesar}]

1: Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14) [syn: {Augustus}, {Gaius Octavianus}, {Octavian}...

1: Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14) [syn: {Augustus}, {Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianu...

1: Roman satirist (died in 66) [syn: {Petronius}, {Petronius Arbiter}]

1: Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113) [syn: {Pliny}, {Pliny the Younger}]

1: Roman author of an encylclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79) [syn: {Pliny}, {Pliny the Elder}]

1: Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC) [syn: {Catullus}]

1: United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters [syn: {gallon}] 2: a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) 3: alliterati...

1: offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: {gala(a)}, {gay}, {festal}, {festive}, {merry...

1: a gay festivity [syn: {gala}, {jamboree}, {blowout}]

1: agent that induces milk secretion

1: of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way); "the galactic plane" 2: inconceivably large [syn: {astronomic}, {astronomical}]

1: a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands)

1: a simple sugar found in lactose [syn: {brain sugar}]

1: a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth

1: the secretion of milk

1: agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears [syn: {bushbaby}, {bush baby}]

1: (Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail [syn: {Sir Galahad}]

1: a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high)

1: southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots [syn: {Alpinia galanga}] 2: European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: {galingale}, {Cyperus...

1: boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold

1: a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall [syn: {shadow show}, {shadow play}]

1: a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life [syn: {Galapagos Islands}]

1: a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life [syn: {Galapagos}]

1: (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers

1: an ancient country in central Asia Minor

1: a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC)

1: a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians [syn: {Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians}, {Epistle to the Galatians}]

1: tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [syn: {galaxy}, {wandflower}, {be...

1: tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [syn: {galax}, {galaxy}, {wandflo...

1: a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people) 2: tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroo...

1: a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida [syn: {gum albanum}]

1: United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908) [syn: {John Galbraith}, {John Kenneth Galbraith}]

1: jacamars [syn: {family Galbulidae}]

1: the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree

1: a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

1: an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum [also: {galeae} (pl)]

{galea}

1: small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue [syn: {genus Galega}]

1: tall bushy European perennial grown for its masses of light-textured pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally [syn: {goat's rue}, {goat rue}]

1: Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)

1: soft blue-gray mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead

1: tiger sharks [syn: {genus Galeocerdo}]

1: large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body [syn: {tiger shark}]

1: erect annual European herbs [syn: {genus Galeopsis}]

1: coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States [syn: {hemp nettle}, {dead nettle}]

1: a genus of Carcharhinidae [syn: {genus Galeorhinus}]

1: Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A) [syn: {soupfin shark}, {soupfin}, {soup-fin}]

1: an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes [syn: {Pasto}]

1: a coterie of undesirable people [syn: {rogue's gallery}]

1: a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay

1: the dialect of Portuguese (sometimes regarded as a dialect of Spanish) spoken in Galicia northwestern Spain

1: carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a grayish-white back and dark underparts [syn: {grison}, {Grison vittatus}]

1: the cup-shaped fruiting body of this discomycete has a jellylike interior and a short stalk

1: of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants [syn: {Galilean}] n : an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ) [syn: {Galilean}]

1: of or relating to Galileo or his works 2: of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants [syn: {Galilaean}] n 1: an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ) [syn: {Galilaean}] 2: one of the...

1: one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo [syn: {Galilean}]

1: a type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy

1: an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry

1: Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that e...

1: Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that e...

1: Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998) [syn: {Ulanova}, {Galina Ulanova}]

1: Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998) [syn: {Ulanova}, {Galina Sergeevna Ulanova}]

1: European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: {galangal}, {Cyperus longus}]

1: annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers [syn: {genus Galium}]

1: annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia [syn: {cleavers}, {clivers}, {goose grass}, {catchweed}, {spring cleavers}]

1: North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental [syn: {Northern bedstraw}, {Northern snow bedstraw}]

1: bedstraw with sweetish roots [syn: {wild licorice}]

1: Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America [syn: {wild madder}, {white madder}, {white bedstraw}, {infant's-breath}, {false baby's breath}]

1: Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genu...

1: common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia [syn: {yellow bedstraw}, {yellow cleavers}, {Our Lady's bedstraw}]

1: an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle [syn: {saddle sore}] 2: a skin sore caused by chafing 3: abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or mi...

1: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants [syn: {gall midge}, {gallfly}]

1: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants [syn: {gallfly}, {gall gnat}]

1: common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes pl...

1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants [syn: {gallfly}, {cynipid wasp}, {cynipid gall wasp}]

1: evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries [syn: {inkberry}, {gallberry}, {evergreen winterberry}, {Ilex glabra}]

1: neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia [syn: {Flaxedil}]

1: unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers" 2: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: {dashing}] 3: having or displaying great dignity ...

1: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1930

1: in a gallant manner; "he gallantly offered to take her home" [syn: {chivalrously}] [ant: {unchivalrously}]

1: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: {heroism}, {v...