gal | (noun) alliterative term for girl (or woman) | - |
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(noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters | Synonyms: gallon |
(noun) a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) | - |
gala | (noun) a gay festivity | Synonyms: blowout, gala affair, jamboree |
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galactagogue | (noun) agent that induces milk secretion | - |
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galactocele | (noun) a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands) | - |
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galactose | (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose | Synonyms: brain sugar |
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galactosemia | (noun) a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth | - |
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galactosis | (noun) the secretion of milk | - |
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galago | (noun) agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears | Synonyms: bush baby, bushbaby |
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galangal | (noun) southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots | Synonyms: Alpinia galanga |
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(noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galingale |
galantine | (noun) boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold | - |
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galax | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
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galaxy | (noun) (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Synonyms: extragalactic nebula |
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(noun) a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people) | - |
(noun) 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 | Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, wandflower |
galbanum | (noun) a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida | Synonyms: gum albanum |
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galbulus | (noun) the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree | - |
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gale | (noun) a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale | - |
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galea | (noun) an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum | - |
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galena | (noun) soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead | - |
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galere | (noun) a coterie of undesirable people | Synonyms: rogue's gallery |
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galingale | (noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galangal |
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gall | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, freshness, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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(noun) a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats | Synonyms: bile |
(noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment |
(noun) abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury | - |
(noun) a skin sore caused by chafing | - |
(noun) an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle | Synonyms: saddle sore |
gallamine | (noun) neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia | Synonyms: Flaxedil |
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gallant | (noun) a man who attends or escorts a woman | Synonyms: squire |
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(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell |
gallantry | (noun) polite attentiveness to women | - |
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(noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
(noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: chivalry, politesse |
gallberry | (noun) evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries | Synonyms: evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, Ilex glabra, inkberry |
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gallbladder | (noun) a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion | Synonyms: gall bladder |
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galleon | (noun) a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries | - |
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gallery | (noun) narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade | - |
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(noun) a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) | - |
(noun) a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose | - |
(noun) a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited | Synonyms: art gallery, picture gallery |
(noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) | Synonyms: veranda, verandah |
(noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | Synonyms: drift, heading |
(noun) spectators at a golf or tennis match | - |
galley | (noun) the area for food preparation on a ship | Synonyms: caboose, cookhouse, ship's galley |
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(noun) the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner | - |
(noun) (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars | - |
(noun) a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading | - |
gallfly | (noun) any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed | - |
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(noun) small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants | Synonyms: cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gall wasp |
(noun) fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants | Synonyms: gall gnat, gall midge |
gallimaufry | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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gallina | (noun) small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl | Synonyms: jungle fowl |
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gallinacean | (noun) heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds | Synonyms: gallinaceous bird |
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gallinule | (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens | Synonyms: marsh hen, swamphen, water hen |
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gallium | (noun) a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores | Synonyms: atomic number 31, Ga |
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gallon | (noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters | Synonyms: gal |
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(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters | Synonyms: congius, Imperial gallon |
gallop | (noun) a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously | - |
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gallous | (noun) alternative terms for gallows | Synonyms: gallows-tree, gallows tree, gibbet |
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gallows | (noun) an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging | - |
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gallstone | (noun) a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts | Synonyms: bilestone |
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gallus | (noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up | Synonyms: brace, suspender |
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galoot | (noun) a disreputable or clumsy man | - |
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galop | (noun) music suitable for a galop dance | - |
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galosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, golosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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galvanisation | (noun) either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting | Synonyms: galvanization |
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(noun) stimulation that arouses a person to lively action | Synonyms: galvanization |
(noun) stimulation with a galvanic current | Synonyms: galvanization |
galvaniser | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvanizer, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvanizer |
galvanism | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy |
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(noun) electricity produced by chemical action | - |
galvanization | (noun) either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting | Synonyms: galvanisation |
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(noun) stimulation that arouses a person to lively action | Synonyms: galvanisation |
(noun) stimulation with a galvanic current | Synonyms: galvanisation |
galvanizer | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvaniser, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvaniser |
galvanometer | (noun) meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents | - |
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