| acromegalia | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegaly |
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| acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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| acromegaly | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegalia |
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| adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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| agal | (noun) a cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh | - |
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| agalactia | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactosis |
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| agalactosis | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactia |
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| algal | (adjective) of or relating to alga | - |
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| antifungal | (adjective) capable of destroying fungi | Synonyms: fungicidal |
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| (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
| argal | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argali, Ovis ammon |
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| argali | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argal, Ovis ammon |
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| astragal | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: bead, beading, beadwork |
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| (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragalus, talus |
| astragalar | (adjective) of or relating to the anklebone | - |
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| astragalus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus |
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| bergall | (noun) common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States | Synonyms: cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus |
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| bungaloid | (adjective) characterized by bungalows | - |
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| bungalow | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: cottage |
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| cardiomegaly | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the heart | Synonyms: enlarged heart, megacardia, megalocardia |
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| centrifugal | (adjective) tending to move away from a center | - |
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| (adjective) tending away from centralization, as of authority | - |
| (adjective) conveying information to the muscles from the CNS | Synonyms: motor |
| conjugal | (adjective) of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband | Synonyms: connubial |
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| conjugally | (adverb) in a conjugal manner | Synonyms: connubial |
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| corticifugal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticoefferent, corticofugal |
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| corticofugal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticifugal, corticoefferent |
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| cytomegalic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells | - |
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| cytomegalovirus | (noun) any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems | Synonyms: CMV |
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| dactylomegaly | (noun) abnormally large fingers or toes | - |
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| egalitarian | (adjective) favoring social equality | Synonyms: classless |
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| (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: equalitarian |
| egalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: equalitarianism |
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| egalite | (noun) social and political equality | Synonyms: egality |
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| egality | (noun) social and political equality | Synonyms: egalite |
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| extragalactic | (adjective) outside or beyond a galaxy | - |
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| extralegal | (adjective) not regulated or sanctioned by law | Synonyms: nonlegal |
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| farthingale | (noun) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
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| frugal | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, scotch, sparing, stinting |
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| frugality | (noun) prudence in avoiding waste | Synonyms: frugalness |
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| frugally | (adverb) in a frugal manner | - |
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| frugalness | (noun) prudence in avoiding waste | Synonyms: frugality |
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| fugal | (adjective) of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue | - |
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| fugally | (adverb) in a fugal style | - |
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| fungal | (adjective) of or relating to fungi | Synonyms: fungous |
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| 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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| galactic | (adjective) of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way) | - |
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| (adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, astronomical |
| 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 |
| (verb) irritate or vex | Synonyms: irk |
| (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: chafe, fret |
| 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 | (adjective) unflinching in battle or action | - |
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| (adjective) being attentive to women like an ideal knight | Synonyms: chivalrous, knightly |
| (adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility | Synonyms: lofty, majestic, proud |
| (adjective) lively and spirited | Synonyms: dashing |
| (noun) a man who attends or escorts a woman | Synonyms: squire |
| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell |
| gallantly | (adverb) in a gallant manner | Synonyms: chivalrously |
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| 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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| galled | (adjective) painful from having the skin abraded | Synonyms: chafed |
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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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| gallinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean | - |
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| galling | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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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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| gallivant | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gad, jazz around |
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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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| (verb) ride at a galloping pace | - |
| (verb) go at galloping speed | - |
| (verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: extend |
| 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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| galore | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: abounding |
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| (adjective) in great numbers | - |
| galosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, golosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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| galumph | (verb) move around heavily and clumsily | - |
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| galvanic | (adjective) pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action | Synonyms: voltaic |
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| (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanising, galvanizing |
| 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 |
| galvanise | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanize |
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| (verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanize |
| (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanize, startle |
| 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 |
| galvanising | (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanic, galvanizing |
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| 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 |
| galvanize | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanise |
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| (verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanise |
| (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, startle |
| 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 |