| gnarl | (noun) something twisted and tight and swollen | Synonyms: knot |
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| (verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, grumble, murmur, mutter |
| (verb) twist into a state of deformity | - |
| gnarled | (adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarly, knobbed, knotted, knotty |
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| gnarly | (adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarled, knobbed, knotted, knotty |
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| gnash | (verb) grind together, of teeth | - |
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| gnat | (noun) any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies | - |
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| (noun) (British usage) mosquito | - |
| gnatcatcher | (noun) very small North American and South American warblers | - |
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| gnathion | (noun) the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline | - |
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| gnathopod | (noun) One of a set of three paired appendages on the thorax of a decapod crustacean, located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. | Synonyms: maxilliped |
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| gnathostome | (noun) a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | - |
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| gnaw | (verb) become ground down or deteriorate | Synonyms: eat at, erode, gnaw at, wear away |
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| (verb) bite or chew on with the teeth | - |
| gnawer | (noun) relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing | Synonyms: rodent |
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| gneiss | (noun) a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite | - |
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| gnetum | (noun) small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour | Synonyms: Gnetum gnemon |
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| gnocchi | (noun) (Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese | - |
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| gnome | (noun) a short pithy saying expressing a general truth | - |
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| (noun) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure | Synonyms: dwarf |
| gnomic | (adjective) relating to or containing gnomes | - |
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| gnomish | (adjective) used of small deformed creatures | - |
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| gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
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| gnosis | (noun) intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics | - |
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| gnostic | (adjective) possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things | - |
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| gnu | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: wildebeest |
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