| glia | (noun) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | Synonyms: neuroglia |
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| glial | (adjective) of or relating to neuroglia | - |
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| glib | (adjective) artfully persuasive in speech | Synonyms: glib-tongued, smooth-tongued |
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| (adjective) having only superficial plausibility | Synonyms: pat, slick |
| (adjective) marked by lack of intellectual depth | - |
| glibly | (adverb) with superficial plausibility | Synonyms: slickly |
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| glibness | (noun) a kind of fluent easy superficiality | Synonyms: slickness |
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| glide | (noun) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | Synonyms: coast, slide |
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| (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring |
| (noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: semivowel |
| (verb) move smoothly and effortlessly | - |
| (verb) fly in or as if in a glider plane | - |
| (verb) cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly | - |
| glider | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: sailplane |
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| gliding | (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, sailing, sailplaning, soaring |
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| glimmer | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmering, inkling, intimation |
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| (noun) a flash of light (especially reflected light) | Synonyms: gleam, gleaming |
| (verb) shine brightly, like a star or a light | Synonyms: gleam |
| glimmering | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, inkling, intimation |
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| glimmery | (adjective) shining softly and intermittently | - |
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| glimpse | (noun) a quick look | Synonyms: coup d'oeil, glance |
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| (noun) a brief or incomplete view | - |
| (noun) a vague indication | - |
| (verb) catch a glimpse of or see briefly | - |
| glint | (noun) a spatially localized brightness | - |
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| (noun) a momentary flash of light | Synonyms: flicker, spark |
| (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glisten, glitter, shine |
| (verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glance, peek |
| glinting | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| glioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: spongioblastoma |
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| glioma | (noun) a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia | - |
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| glipizide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: Glucotrol |
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| gliricidia | (noun) any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous | - |
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| glissade | (noun) (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet | - |
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| (verb) perform a glissade, in ballet | - |
| glissando | (noun) a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale | - |
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| (adverb) (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes) | - |
| glisten | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle |
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| (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glint, glitter, shine |
| glistening | (adjective) reflecting light | Synonyms: glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny |
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| glister | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glisten, glitter, scintillation, sparkle |
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| glistering | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| glitch | (noun) a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | Synonyms: bug |
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| (verb) To suffer a minor malfunction | - |
| glitter | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glisten, glister, scintillation, sparkle |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: coruscation, sparkle |
| (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glint, glisten, shine |
| glittering | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| glittery | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| glitz | (noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness |
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