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 |
galvanizing | (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanic, galvanising |
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galvanometer | (noun) meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents | - |
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gam | (noun) a herd of whales | - |
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gamba | (noun) viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello | Synonyms: bass viol, viola da gamba |
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gambist | (noun) a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba | - |
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gambit | (noun) a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position | - |
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(noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation | Synonyms: ploy, stratagem |
(noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker | Synonyms: ploy |
gamble | (noun) a risky act or venture | - |
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(noun) money that is risked for possible monetary gain | - |
(verb) play games for money | - |
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
gambler | (noun) a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events | - |
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(noun) someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement | Synonyms: risk taker |
gambling | (adjective) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | Synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated, sporting |
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(noun) the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) | Synonyms: gaming, play |
gamboge | (noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: lemon, lemon yellow, maize |
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(noun) a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative | - |
gambol | (noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | Synonyms: caper, frolic, play, romp |
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(verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
gambrel | (noun) a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper | Synonyms: gambrel roof |
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game | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs | Synonyms: crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame |
(noun) a contest with rules to determine a winner | - |
(noun) an amusement or pastime | - |
(noun) your occupation or line of work | Synonyms: biz |
(noun) a single play of a sport or other contest | - |
(noun) frivolous or trifling behavior | - |
(noun) animal hunted for food or sport | - |
(noun) the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game | - |
(noun) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Synonyms: plot, secret plan |
(noun) the flesh of wild animals that is used for food | - |
(noun) (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win | - |
(noun) (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves | - |
(verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, punt, stake |
gamebag | (noun) a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter | - |
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gameboard | (noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games | Synonyms: board |
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gamecock | (noun) a cock bred and trained for fighting | Synonyms: fighting cock |
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(noun) someone who is a very fierce fighter | Synonyms: hell-kite, hell-rooster |
gamedev | (noun) someone who develops a game | - |
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gamekeeper | (noun) a person employed to take care of game and wildlife | Synonyms: game warden |
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gamelan | (noun) a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs | - |
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gamely | (adverb) in an intrepid manner | - |
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gameness | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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gamesmanship | (noun) the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game | - |
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gametangium | (noun) cell or organ in which gametes develop | - |
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gamete | (noun) a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes | - |
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gametocyte | (noun) an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis | - |
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gametoecium | (noun) gametangia and surrounding bracts | - |
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gametogenesis | (noun) the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis | - |
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gametophore | (noun) a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts | - |
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gametophyte | (noun) the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | - |
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gamey | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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(adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | Synonyms: gamy, high |
(adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy |
gamification | (noun) Making something more engaging by incorporating ideas and mechanics from games | - |
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gamin | (noun) (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets | Synonyms: street arab, throwaway |
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gamine | (noun) a girl of impish appeal | - |
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(noun) a homeless girl who roams the streets | - |
gaminess | (noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: raciness, ribaldry, spiciness |
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gaming | (noun) the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) | Synonyms: gambling, play |
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gamma | (noun) the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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(noun) a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted | - |
gammon | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | Synonyms: ham, jambon |
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(noun) hind portion of a side of bacon | - |
gammopathy | (noun) a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood | - |
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gammy | (adjective) (British informal) sore or lame | - |
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gamopetalous | (adjective) having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel | Synonyms: sympetalous |
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gamp | (noun) colloquial terms for an umbrella | Synonyms: brolly |
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gamut | (noun) a complete extent or range: | - |
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(noun) the entire scale of musical notes | - |
gamy | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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(adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | Synonyms: gamey, high |
(adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy |
gander | (noun) mature male goose | - |
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ganef | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganof, gonif, goniff |
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gang | (noun) tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together | - |
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(noun) an organized group of workmen | Synonyms: crew, work party |
(noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: mob, pack, ring |
(noun) an informal body of friends | Synonyms: bunch, crew, crowd |
(verb) act as an organized group | Synonyms: gang up |
gangboard | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangplank, gangway |
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gangdom | (noun) underworld organizations | Synonyms: gangland, organized crime |
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ganger | (noun) the foreman of a work gang | - |
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gangland | (noun) underworld organizations | Synonyms: gangdom, organized crime |
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gangling | (adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs | Synonyms: gangly, lanky, rangy |
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(adjective) tall and thin | Synonyms: gangly, lanky |
gangliocyte | (noun) a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system | Synonyms: ganglion cell |
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ganglion | (noun) an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons | - |
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gangly | (adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs | Synonyms: gangling, lanky, rangy |
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(adjective) tall and thin | Synonyms: gangling, lanky |
gangplank | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangway |
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gangrene | (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: mortification, necrosis, sphacelus |
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(noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass | Synonyms: slough, sphacelus |
(verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: mortify, necrose, sphacelate |
gangrenous | (adjective) suffering from tissue death | Synonyms: mortified |
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gangsaw | (noun) a power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts | - |
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gangsta | (noun) (Black English) a member of a youth gang | - |
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gangster | (noun) a criminal who is a member of gang | Synonyms: mobster |
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gangway | (noun) a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) | - |
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(noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangplank |
(noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: aisle |
ganja | (noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | Synonyms: cannabis, marihuana, marijuana |
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(noun) a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction | Synonyms: Cannabis sativa, marihuana, marijuana |
gank | (verb) to kill with little effort in a video game | - |
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gannet | (noun) large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish | - |
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ganof | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganef, gonif, goniff |
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ganoid | (noun) primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering | Synonyms: ganoid fish |
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ganoin | (noun) shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales | Synonyms: ganoine |
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ganoine | (noun) shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales | Synonyms: ganoin |
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gantlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gauntlet |
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(noun) the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times | - |
(noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gauntlet, metal glove |
(noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gauntlet |
(noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gauntlet |
gantry | (noun) a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. | Synonyms: gauntry |
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gaol | (noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | Synonyms: clink, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer |
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(verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
gaolbird | (noun) a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly | Synonyms: jail bird, jailbird |
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gaolbreak | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, breakout, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
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gaoler | (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey |
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gap | (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, disruption, interruption |
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(noun) a narrow opening | Synonyms: crack |
(noun) a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures | Synonyms: spread |
(noun) a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations | - |
(noun) an open or empty space in or between things | Synonyms: opening |
(noun) a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks | Synonyms: col |
(verb) make an opening or gap in | Synonyms: breach |
gape | (noun) a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open) | - |
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(noun) an expression of openmouthed astonishment | - |
(verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gawk, gawp, goggle |
(verb) be wide open | Synonyms: yaw, yawn |
gaping | (adjective) with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe | Synonyms: agape |
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gar | (noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | Synonyms: billfish, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus |
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(noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters | Synonyms: billfish, needlefish |
garage | (noun) an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles | - |
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(noun) a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired | Synonyms: service department |
(verb) keep or store in a garage | - |
garambulla | (noun) small berrylike fruit | - |
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(noun) arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit | Synonyms: garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans |
garb | (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, dress |
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(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
garbage | (noun) a receptacle where waste can be discarded | - |
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(noun) a worthless message | Synonyms: drivel |
(noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, refuse, scraps |
garbageman | (noun) someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse | Synonyms: dustman, garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, refuse collector |
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garbanzo | (noun) large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | Synonyms: chickpea |
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(noun) the seed of the chickpea plant | Synonyms: chickpea |
garbed | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, dressed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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garble | (verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | Synonyms: distort, falsify, warp |
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garbled | (adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
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garboard | (noun) the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship | Synonyms: garboard plank, garboard strake |
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garboil | (noun) a state of commotion and noise and confusion | Synonyms: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar |
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garbology | (noun) the study of a society by analyzing its garbage | - |
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gardant | (adjective) looking forward | Synonyms: full-face, guardant |
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garden | (adjective) the usual or familiar type | - |
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(noun) a plot of ground where plants are cultivated | - |
(noun) a yard or lawn adjoining a house | - |
(noun) the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden | - |
(verb) work in the garden | - |
gardener | (noun) someone who takes care of a garden | Synonyms: nurseryman |
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(noun) someone employed to work in a garden | - |
gardenia | (noun) any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers | - |
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gardening | (noun) the cultivation of plants | Synonyms: horticulture |
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