| giant
|
(noun) any creature of exceptional size |
- |
| giant
|
(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
heavyweight,
colossus,
behemoth,
titan |
| giant
|
(noun) an unusually large enterprise |
- |
| giant
|
(noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities |
heavyweight,
hulk,
whale |
| giant
|
(noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful |
monster,
goliath,
colossus,
behemoth |
| giant
|
(noun) an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales |
- |
| giant
|
(noun) a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) |
giant star |
| giantess
|
(noun) a female giant |
- |
| giantism
|
(noun) excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland |
overgrowth,
gigantism |
| giantism
|
(noun) excessive largeness of stature |
gigantism |
| giardia
|
(noun) a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans |
- |
| giardiasis
|
(noun) infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort |
- |
| gib
|
(noun) a castrated tomcat |
- |
| gibber
|
(noun) unintelligible talking |
gibberish |
| gibberellin
|
(noun) a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth |
- |
| gibberish
|
(noun) unintelligible talking |
gibber |
| gibbet
|
(noun) alternative terms for gallows |
gallous,
gallows tree,
gallows-tree |
| gibbon
|
(noun) smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies |
Hylobates lar |
| gibbosity
|
(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
jut,
protrusion,
extrusion,
excrescence,
hump,
prominence,
protuberance,
gibbousness,
swelling,
bulge,
bump |
| gibbousness
|
(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
jut,
protrusion,
extrusion,
excrescence,
hump,
prominence,
protuberance,
gibbosity,
swelling,
bulge,
bump |
| gibbsite
|
(noun) white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina |
- |
| gibe
|
(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect |
shaft,
dig,
shot,
barb,
slam,
jibe |
| gibibit
|
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits |
Gibit |
| gibibyte
|
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes |
GB,
G,
GiB,
gigabyte |
| giblet
|
(noun) edible viscera of a fowl |
giblets |
| giblets
|
(noun) edible viscera of a fowl |
giblet |
| giddiness
|
(noun) an impulsive scatterbrained manner |
silliness |
| giddiness
|
(noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall |
lightheadedness,
dizziness,
vertigo |
| gidgee
|
(noun) scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms |
stinking wattle,
Acacia cambegei |
| gifset
|
(noun) A set of images in the GIF format |
- |
| gift
|
(noun) something acquired without compensation |
- |
| gift
|
(noun) natural abilities or qualities |
endowment,
natural endowment,
talent |
| gift
|
(noun) the act of giving |
giving |
| gig
|
(noun) long and light rowing boat; especially for racing |
- |
| gig
|
(noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish |
spear,
fishgig,
fizgig,
lance |
| gig
|
(noun) a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting |
- |
| gig
|
(noun) tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain |
- |
| gig
|
(noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood |
- |
| gig
|
(noun) a booking for musicians |
- |
| gigabit
|
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits |
Gb,
Gbit |
| gigabyte
|
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes |
GB,
G |
| gigabyte
|
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes |
GB,
G,
GiB,
gibibyte |
| gigacycle
|
(noun) 1,000,000,000 periods per second |
GHz,
Gc,
gigacycle per second,
gigahertz |
| gigaflop
|
(noun) a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second. |
GFLOPS,
billion floating point operations per second |
| gigahertz
|
(noun) 1,000,000,000 periods per second |
GHz,
Gc,
gigacycle,
gigacycle per second |
| gigantism
|
(noun) excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland |
overgrowth,
giantism |
| gigantism
|
(noun) excessive largeness of stature |
giantism |
| gigatonne
|
(noun) a unit of weight equivalent to 1 billion tonnes. |
Gt |
| giggle
|
(noun) a foolish or nervous laugh |
- |
| giggler
|
(noun) a person who laughs nervously |
titterer |
| gigolo
|
(noun) a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman |
- |
| gigot
|
(noun) lamb leg suitable for roasting |
leg of lamb |
| gigue
|
(noun) music in three-four time for dancing a jig |
jig |
| gilbert
|
(noun) a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns |
Gb,
Gi |
| gild
|
(noun) a formal association of people with similar interests |
order,
guild,
social club,
society,
club,
lodge |
| gilder
|
(noun) someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt |
- |
| gildhall
|
(noun) the meeting place of a medieval guild |
- |
| gilding
|
(noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold |
gilt |
| gill
|
(noun) a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters |
- |
| gill
|
(noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces |
- |
| gill
|
(noun) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus |
lamella |
| gill
|
(noun) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water |
branchia |
| gillie
|
(noun) a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief |
- |
| gillie
|
(noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep |
ghillie |
| gillyflower
|
(noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers |
stock |
| gillyflower
|
(noun) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors |
Dianthus caryophyllus,
carnation,
clove pink |
| gilt
|
(noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold |
gilding |
| gimbal
|
(noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips |
- |
| gimcrack
|
(noun) ornamental objects of no great value |
nonsense,
gimcrackery,
falderol,
folderal,
frill,
trumpery |
| gimcrackery
|
(noun) ornamental objects of no great value |
nonsense,
gimcrack,
falderol,
folderal,
frill,
trumpery |
| gimel
|
(noun) the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
- |
| gimlet
|
(noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice |
- |
| gimlet
|
(noun) hand tool for boring holes |
wimble,
screw auger,
auger |
| gimmick
|
(noun) a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident |
catch |
| gimmick
|
(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
dojigger,
doodad,
doohickey,
gismo,
gizmo,
gubbins,
whatchamacallit,
whatchamacallum,
whatsis,
widget,
thingamabob,
thingamajig,
thingmabob,
thingmajig,
thingumabob,
thingumajig,
thingummy |
| gimmick
|
(noun) any clever maneuver |
device,
twist |
| gimmickry
|
(noun) a collection of gimmicks |
- |
| gimp
|
(noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet |
gameness,
gimpiness,
claudication,
lameness,
limping |
| gimpiness
|
(noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet |
gameness,
gimp,
claudication,
lameness,
limping |
| gin
|
(noun) strong liquor flavored with juniper berries |
- |
| gin
|
(noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose |
snare,
noose |
| gin
|
(noun) a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers |
cotton gin |
| gin
|
(noun) a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points |
knock rummy,
gin rummy |
| ginep
|
(noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp |
genip,
Spanish lime,
honey berry,
Melicocca bijuga,
Melicocca bijugatus,
mamoncillo,
Spanish lime tree |
| ginger
|
(noun) perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems |
- |
| ginger
|
(noun) dried ground gingerroot |
powdered ginger |
| ginger
|
(noun) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery |
gingerroot |
| ginger
|
(noun) liveliness and energy |
pep,
peppiness |
| gingerbread
|
(noun) cake flavored with ginger |
- |
| gingerol
|
(noun) derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger |
- |
| gingerroot
|
(noun) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery |
ginger |
| gingersnap
|
(noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger |
snap,
ginger nut,
ginger snap |
| gingham
|
(noun) a clothing fabric in a plaid weave |
- |
| gingiva
|
(noun) the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth |
gum |
| gingivitis
|
(noun) inflammation of the gums |
- |
| gingko
|
(noun) deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree |
maidenhair tree,
Ginkgo biloba,
ginkgo |
| ginglymus
|
(noun) a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane |
hinge joint,
ginglymoid joint |
| ginkgo
|
(noun) deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree |
maidenhair tree,
Ginkgo biloba,
gingko |
| ginmill
|
(noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter |
bar,
saloon,
barroom,
taproom |
| ginseng
|
(noun) aromatic root of ginseng plants |
- |
| ginseng
|
(noun) Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers |
nin-sin,
Panax ginseng,
Panax pseudoginseng,
Panax schinseng |
| ginzo
|
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent |
Guinea,
dago,
greaseball,
wop |
| gip
|
(noun) (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating |
gyp |
| gipsy
|
(noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment |
itinerant,
gypsy |
| gipsy
|
(noun) a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life |
gypsy |
| gipsywort
|
(noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers |
gypsywort,
Lycopus europaeus |
| giraffe
|
(noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa |
Giraffa camelopardalis,
camelopard |
| girandola
|
(noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror |
girandole |
| girandole
|
(noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror |
girandola |
| girasol
|
(noun) an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors |
fire opal |
| girasol
|
(noun) tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers |
Jerusalem artichoke,
Jerusalem artichoke sunflower,
Helianthus tuberosus |
| girder
|
(noun) a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure |
- |
| girdle
|
(noun) an encircling or ringlike structure |
- |
| girdle
|
(noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers |
waistband,
waistcloth,
sash,
cincture |
| girdle
|
(noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment |
stays,
corset |
| girl
|
(noun) a young female |
miss,
missy,
fille,
young lady,
young woman |
| girl
|
(noun) a youthful female person |
female child,
little girl |
| girl
|
(noun) a female human offspring |
daughter |
| girl
|
(noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved |
girlfriend,
lady friend |
| girl
|
(noun) a friendly informal reference to a grown woman |
- |
| girlfriend
|
(noun) any female friend |
- |
| girlfriend
|
(noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved |
girl,
lady friend |
| girlhood
|
(noun) the childhood of a girl |
maidenhood,
maidhood |
| girlishness
|
(noun) being characteristic of a girl |
- |
| giro
|
(noun) a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office |
giro cheque |
| giro
|
(noun) a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so |
- |
| girth
|
(noun) the distance around a person's body |
- |
| girth
|
(noun) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place |
cinch |
| gismo
|
(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
gimmick,
dojigger,
doodad,
doohickey,
gizmo,
gubbins,
whatchamacallit,
whatchamacallum,
whatsis,
widget,
thingamabob,
thingamajig,
thingmabob,
thingmajig,
thingumabob,
thingumajig,
thingummy |
| gismo
|
(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
contrivance,
gadget,
gizmo,
widget,
contraption,
convenience,
appliance |
| gist
|
(noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
effect,
core,
essence,
burden |
| gist
|
(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
heart,
center,
centre,
core,
nitty-gritty,
nub,
inwardness,
heart and soul,
marrow,
meat,
pith,
kernel,
essence,
substance,
sum |
| git
|
(noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible |
puke,
rat,
skunk,
stinker,
bum,
crumb,
stinkpot,
rotter,
dirty dog,
scum bag,
scumbag,
so-and-so,
lowlife |
| gitana
|
(noun) a Spanish female Gypsy |
- |
| gitano
|
(noun) a Spanish male Gypsy |
- |
| gittern
|
(noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings |
cither,
cithern,
citole,
cittern |
| give
|
(noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
spring,
springiness |
| giveaway
|
(noun) a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group |
- |
| giveaway
|
(noun) an unintentional disclosure |
- |
| giveaway
|
(noun) a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards |
game show |
| given
|
(noun) an assumption that is taken for granted |
presumption,
precondition |
| givenness
|
(noun) the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed |
- |
| giver
|
(noun) someone who devotes himself completely |
- |
| giver
|
(noun) person who makes a gift of property |
donor,
presenter,
conferrer,
bestower |
| giving
|
(noun) the act of giving |
gift |
| giving
|
(noun) the imparting of news or promises etc. |
- |
| giving
|
(noun) disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return |
- |
| gizmo
|
(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
gimmick,
dojigger,
doodad,
doohickey,
gismo,
gubbins,
whatchamacallit,
whatchamacallum,
whatsis,
widget,
thingamabob,
thingamajig,
thingmabob,
thingmajig,
thingumabob,
thingumajig,
thingummy |
| gizmo
|
(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
contrivance,
gadget,
gismo,
widget,
contraption,
convenience,
appliance |
| gizzard
|
(noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food |
gastric mill,
ventriculus |