| ginglymus | (noun) a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane | Synonyms: ginglymoid joint, hinge joint |
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| 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 | Synonyms: gingko, Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree |
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| ginmill | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, saloon, taproom |
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| ginseng | (noun) Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers | Synonyms: nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax pseudoginseng, Panax schinseng |
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| (noun) aromatic root of ginseng plants | - |
| ginzo | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, greaseball, Guinea, wop |
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| gip | (noun) (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating | Synonyms: gyp |
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| (verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | Synonyms: gyp |
| gipsy | (noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment | Synonyms: gypsy, itinerant |
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| (noun) a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life | Synonyms: gypsy |
| gipsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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| giraffe | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis |
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| girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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| girandole | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandola |
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| girasol | (noun) tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers | Synonyms: Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower |
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| (noun) an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors | Synonyms: fire opal |
| gird | (verb) prepare oneself for a military confrontation | Synonyms: arm, build up, fortify |
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| (verb) bind with something round or circular | Synonyms: encircle |
| (verb) put a girdle on or around | Synonyms: girdle |
| girder | (noun) a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure | - |
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| girdle | (noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | Synonyms: corset, stays |
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| (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth |
| (noun) an encircling or ringlike structure | - |
| (verb) put a girdle on or around | Synonyms: gird |
| (verb) cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | Synonyms: deaden |
| girl | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: fille, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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| (noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girlfriend, lady friend |
| (noun) a youthful female person | Synonyms: female child, little girl |
| (noun) a friendly informal reference to a grown woman | - |
| (noun) a female human offspring | Synonyms: daughter |
| girlfriend | (noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girl, lady friend |
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| (noun) any female friend | - |
| girlhood | (noun) the childhood of a girl | Synonyms: maidenhood, maidhood |
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| girlish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young girl | Synonyms: schoolgirlish |
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| girlishly | (adverb) like a girl | - |
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| girlishness | (noun) being characteristic of a girl | - |
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| 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 | - |
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| (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 | Synonyms: giro cheque |
| girth | (noun) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | Synonyms: cinch |
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| (noun) the distance around a person's body | - |
| (verb) tie a cinch around | Synonyms: cinch |
| gismo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| gist | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence |
| git | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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| gitana | (noun) a Spanish female Gypsy | - |
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| gitano | (noun) a Spanish male Gypsy | - |
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| gittern | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, citole, cittern |
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| give | (noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | Synonyms: spring, springiness |
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| (verb) proffer (a body part) | - |
| (verb) consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man | - |
| (verb) occur | - |
| (verb) estimate the duration or outcome of something | - |
| (verb) dedicate | Synonyms: devote, pay |
| (verb) convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture | Synonyms: throw |
| (verb) convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow | Synonyms: pay |
| (verb) bestow | Synonyms: render |
| (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote |
| (verb) allow to have or take | - |
| (verb) manifest or show | - |
| (verb) guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion | - |
| (verb) inflict as a punishment | - |
| (verb) accord by verdict | - |
| (verb) submit for consideration, judgment, or use | - |
| (verb) offer in good faith | - |
| (verb) give food to | Synonyms: feed |
| (verb) propose | - |
| (verb) be flexible under stress of physical force | Synonyms: yield |
| (verb) give or supply | Synonyms: generate, render, return, yield |
| (verb) bring about | Synonyms: establish |
| (verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: have, hold, make, throw |
| (verb) cause to happen or be responsible for | Synonyms: yield |
| (verb) perform for an audience | - |
| (verb) present to view | - |
| (verb) move in order to make room for someone for something | Synonyms: ease up, give way, move over, yield |
| (verb) break down, literally or metaphorically | Synonyms: break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give way |
| (verb) transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody | - |
| (verb) give as a present; make a gift of | Synonyms: gift, present |
| (verb) leave with; give temporarily | - |
| (verb) cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense | - |
| (verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: afford, yield |
| (verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over |
| (verb) convey or reveal information | - |
| (verb) contribute to some cause | Synonyms: chip in, contribute, kick in |
| (verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: impart, leave, pass on |
| (verb) endure the loss of | Synonyms: sacrifice |
| (verb) bestow, especially officially | Synonyms: grant |
| (verb) deliver in exchange or recompense | - |
| (verb) give (as medicine) | - |
| (verb) give or convey physically | Synonyms: apply |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: afford, open |
| (verb) emit or utter | - |
| (verb) execute and deliver | - |
| giveaway | (noun) an unintentional disclosure | - |
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| (noun) a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | Synonyms: game show |
| (noun) a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group | - |
| given | (adjective) acknowledged as a supposition | Synonyms: granted |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | Synonyms: apt, disposed, minded, tending |
| (noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | Synonyms: precondition, presumption |
| givenness | (noun) the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed | - |
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| giver | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: bestower, conferrer, donor, presenter |
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| (noun) someone who devotes himself completely | - |
| giving | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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| (noun) the act of giving | Synonyms: gift |
| (noun) disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return | - |
| (noun) the imparting of news or promises etc. | - |
| gizmo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| gizzard | (noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food | Synonyms: gastric mill, ventriculus |
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| glabella | (noun) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges | Synonyms: mesophyron |
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| glabellar | (adjective) of or relating to the glabella | - |
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| glabrescent | (adjective) lacking hair or a similar growth or tending to become hairless | - |
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| glabrous | (adjective) having no hair or similar growth; smooth | - |
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| glace | (adjective) (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar | Synonyms: candied, crystalised, crystalized |
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| glacial | (adjective) relating to or derived from a glacier | - |
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| (adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar |
| (adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | Synonyms: frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry |
| glacially | (adverb) by a glacier | - |
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| glaciate | (verb) become frozen and covered with glaciers | - |
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| (verb) cover with ice or snow or a glacier | - |
| glaciated | (adjective) covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action | - |
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| glaciation | (noun) the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice | - |
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| (noun) the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action | - |
| glacier | (noun) a slowly moving mass of ice | - |
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| glad | (adjective) showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy | - |
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| (adjective) cheerful and bright | Synonyms: beaming |
| (adjective) feeling happy appreciation | - |
| (adjective) eagerly disposed to act or to be of service | Synonyms: happy |
| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily |
| gladden | (verb) become glad or happy | - |
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| (verb) make glad or happy | Synonyms: joy |
| gladdened | (adjective) made joyful | Synonyms: exhilarated |
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| gladdon | (noun) iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa | Synonyms: gladdon iris, Iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris |
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| glade | (noun) a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | Synonyms: clearing |
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| gladfulness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladness, gladsomeness |
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| gladiator | (noun) (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat | - |
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| (noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: prizefighter |
| gladiatorial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat | - |
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| gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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| gladiolus | (noun) the large central part of the breastbone | Synonyms: corpus sternum |
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| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiola, sword lily |
| gladly | (adverb) with pleasure | Synonyms: fain, lief |
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| gladness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladfulness, gladsomeness |
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| gladsome | (adjective) experiencing or expressing gladness or joy | - |
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| gladsomeness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladfulness, gladness |
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| glamor | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamour |
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| glamorisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorization, glamourisation, glamourization |
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| glamorise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, glamourize |
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| glamorization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamourisation, glamourization |
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| glamorize | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamourise, glamourize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamourise, romanticise, romanticize |
| glamorous | (adjective) having an air of allure, romance and excitement | Synonyms: glamourous |
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| glamour | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamor |
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| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, hex, jinx, witch |
| glamourisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourization |
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| glamourise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, romanticise, romanticize |
| glamourization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourisation |
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| glamourize | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourise |
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| glamourous | (adjective) having an air of allure, romance and excitement | Synonyms: glamorous |
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| glamping | (noun) Camping glamorously, i.e., with expensive equipment | - |
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| glance | (noun) a quick look | Synonyms: coup d'oeil, glimpse |
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| (verb) hit at an angle | - |
| (verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glint, peek |
| gland | (noun) any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: secreter, secretor, secretory organ |
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| glanders | (noun) a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans | - |
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| glandular | (adjective) relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland | - |
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| glans | (noun) a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris | - |
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| glare | (noun) an angry stare | Synonyms: glower |
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| (noun) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted | Synonyms: blaze, brilliance |
| (noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: limelight, public eye, spotlight |
| (verb) look at with a fixed gaze | Synonyms: glower |
| (verb) shine intensely | - |
| (verb) be sharply reflected | - |
| glareole | (noun) Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | Synonyms: pratincole |
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| glaring | (adjective) shining intensely | Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, gross, rank |
| glaringly | (adverb) in a glaring manner | - |
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| glary | (adjective) shining intensely | Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring |
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| glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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| glass | (noun) a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking | Synonyms: drinking glass |
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| (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
| (noun) a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror | Synonyms: looking glass |
| (noun) a small refracting telescope | Synonyms: field glass, spyglass |
| (noun) glassware collectively | - |
| (noun) the quantity a glass will hold | Synonyms: glassful |
| (noun) a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure | - |
| (verb) become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance | Synonyms: glass over, glaze, glaze over |
| (verb) put in a glass container | - |
| (verb) enclose with glass | Synonyms: glass in |
| (verb) scan (game in the forest) with binoculars | - |
| (verb) furnish with glass | Synonyms: glaze |
| glassblower | (noun) someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass | - |
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| glassed | (adjective) fitted or covered with glass | Synonyms: glazed |
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| glasses | (noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | Synonyms: eyeglasses, specs, spectacles |
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| glassful | (noun) the quantity a glass will hold | Synonyms: glass |
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| glasshouse | (noun) a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | Synonyms: greenhouse |
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| glassless | (adjective) not furnished with glass | Synonyms: unglazed |
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| glassmaker | (noun) someone who makes glass | - |
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| glassware | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glasswork |
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| glasswork | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glassware |
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| glassworker | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier |
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| glassworks | (noun) a workplace where glass is made | - |
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| glasswort | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: Salicornia europaea, samphire |
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| (noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
| glassy | (adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness | Synonyms: glazed |
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| (adjective) (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it | Synonyms: vitreous, vitrified |
| (adjective) resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness | - |