grab | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch |
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(noun) a mechanical device for gripping an object | - |
grabber | (noun) an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately | - |
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grace | (noun) a sense of propriety and consideration for others | Synonyms: seemliness |
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(noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: gracility |
(noun) (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God | Synonyms: free grace, grace of God |
(noun) a disposition to kindness and compassion | Synonyms: good will, goodwill |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, thanksgiving |
(noun) (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence | Synonyms: saving grace, state of grace |
(noun) a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor | Synonyms: grace period |
gracefulness | (noun) beautiful carriage | - |
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gracelessness | (noun) an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression | Synonyms: ungracefulness |
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(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, stiffness |
gracilariid | (noun) small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves | Synonyms: gracilariid moth |
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gracility | (noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: grace |
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graciousness | (noun) excellence of manners or social conduct | - |
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(noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignancy, benignity |
grackle | (noun) long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage | Synonyms: crow blackbird |
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(noun) glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech | Synonyms: Gracula religiosa, hill myna, Indian grackle |
grad | (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, graduate |
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(noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grade |
gradation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: graduation |
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(noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: grade |
(noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: step |
grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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(noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
(noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
(noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
(noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
(noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
(noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
(noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
grader | (noun) a judge who assigns grades to something | - |
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gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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(noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
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(noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
(noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
gradual | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass | - |
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graduality | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: gradualness |
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gradualness | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: graduality |
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(noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual | Synonyms: gentleness |
graduate | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
graduation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: gradation |
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(noun) the successful completion of a program of study | - |
(noun) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | - |
(noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise |
graffiti | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffito |
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graffito | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffiti |
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graft | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: grafting |
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(noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | Synonyms: bribery |
(noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
grafting | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: graft |
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graham | (noun) flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage) | Synonyms: graham flour, whole meal flour, whole wheat flour |
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grail | (noun) (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper | Synonyms: Holy Grail, Sangraal |
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(noun) the object of any prolonged endeavor | - |
grain | (noun) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | - |
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(noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: texture |
(noun) the smallest possible unit of anything | - |
(noun) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | Synonyms: cereal, food grain |
(noun) a relatively small granular particle of a substance | - |
(noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: caryopsis |
(noun) a cereal grass | - |
(noun) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
(noun) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
(noun) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | Synonyms: metric grain |
(noun) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | - |
grainfield | (noun) a field where grain is grown | Synonyms: grain field |
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graininess | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, granularity |
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graining | (noun) a texture like that of wood | Synonyms: woodgraining |
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gram | (noun) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | Synonyms: g, gm, gramme |
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grama | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama grass, gramma, gramma grass |
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gramicidin | (noun) an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria | - |
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gramma | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama, grama grass, gramma grass |
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grammar | (noun) the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | - |
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grammarian | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: syntactician |
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grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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gramme | (noun) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | Synonyms: g, gm, gram |
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gramophone | (noun) an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically | Synonyms: acoustic gramophone |
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gramps | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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grampus | (noun) slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas | Synonyms: Grampus griseus |
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(noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: killer, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
gran | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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granadilla | (noun) the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers | - |
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(noun) tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit | Synonyms: giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis |
(noun) Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora edulis, purple granadillo |
(noun) considered best for fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora ligularis, sweet granadilla |
granadillo | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony | Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree |
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granary | (noun) a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed | Synonyms: garner |
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grand | (noun) a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs | Synonyms: grand piano |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard |
grandad | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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grandaunt | (noun) an aunt of your father or mother | Synonyms: great-aunt |
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grandchild | (noun) a child of your son or daughter | - |
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granddad | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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granddaddy | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, grandfather, grandpa |
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granddaughter | (noun) a female grandchild | - |
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grandee | (noun) a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal | - |
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grandeur | (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandness, magnificence, splendor, splendour |
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(noun) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | Synonyms: magnanimousness, nobility, nobleness |
grandfather | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandpa |
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grandiloquence | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
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grandiosity | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
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grandma | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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grandmaster | (noun) a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge | - |
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grandmother | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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grandnephew | (noun) a son of your niece or nephew | Synonyms: great-nephew |
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grandness | (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour |
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(noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
(noun) splendid or imposing in size or appearance | Synonyms: impressiveness, magnificence, richness |
(noun) a prominent status | Synonyms: importance |
grandniece | (noun) a daughter of your niece or nephew | Synonyms: great-niece |
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grandpa | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather |
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grandparent | (noun) a parent of your father or mother | - |
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grandson | (noun) a male grandchild | - |
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grandstand | (noun) a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof | Synonyms: covered stand |
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(noun) the audience at a stadium or racetrack | - |
grandstander | (noun) someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand | - |
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granduncle | (noun) an uncle of your father or mother | Synonyms: great-uncle |
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grange | (noun) an outlying farm | - |
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granger | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: farmer, husbandman, sodbuster |
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granite | (noun) something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness) | - |
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(noun) plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz | - |
graniteware | (noun) a kind of stone-grey enamelware | - |
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grannie | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grandmother, granny, nan, nanna |
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granny | (noun) a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure | Synonyms: granny knot |
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(noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, nan, nanna |
(noun) an old woman | - |
granola | (noun) cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
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grant | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation, subsidization |
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(noun) a right or privilege that has been granted | - |
(noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: concession |
(noun) any monetary aid | - |
(noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: assignment |
grantee | (noun) a recipient of a grant | - |
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(noun) someone to whom the title of property is transferred | Synonyms: alienee |
granter | (noun) a person who grants or gives something | - |
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grantor | (noun) a person who makes a grant in legal form | - |
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granularity | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, graininess |
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granulation | (noun) the act of forming something into granules or grains | - |
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(noun) new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process | Synonyms: granulation tissue |
granulator | (noun) a machine that forms material (such as plastics, bottles, organics, etc.) into granules. | Synonyms: granulator machine |
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granule | (noun) a tiny grain | - |
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granulocyte | (noun) a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm | - |
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granulocytopenia | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulocytosis, agranulosis |
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granuloma | (noun) a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection | - |
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grape | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grapeshot |
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(noun) any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters | - |
(noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape vine, grapevine |
grapefruit | (noun) large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half | - |
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(noun) citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp | Synonyms: Citrus paradisi |
grapeshot | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grape |
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grapevine | (noun) gossip spread by spoken communication | Synonyms: pipeline, word of mouth |
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(noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape, grape vine |
graph | (noun) a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes | Synonyms: graphical record, graphical recording |
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(noun) a visual display of information | Synonyms: chart |
(noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
grapheme | (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, graph, graphic symbol |
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graphic | (noun) an image that is generated by a computer | Synonyms: computer graphic |
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graphics | (noun) the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book | - |
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(noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, artwork, nontextual matter |
graphite | (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, plumbago |
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graphologist | (noun) a specialist in inferring character from handwriting | Synonyms: handwriting expert |
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graphology | (noun) the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) | - |
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graphospasm | (noun) muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil | Synonyms: writer's cramp |
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grapnel | (noun) a light anchor for small boats | Synonyms: grapnel anchor |
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(noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron |