| granny | (noun) a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure | Synonyms: granny knot |
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| (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, nan, nanna |
| (noun) an old woman | - |
| granola | (noun) cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
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| grant | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation, subsidization |
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| (noun) a right or privilege that has been granted | - |
| (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: concession |
| (noun) any monetary aid | - |
| (noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: assignment |
| (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: concede, yield |
| (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, allot |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: allow |
| (verb) transfer by deed | Synonyms: deed over |
| (verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: award |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, concede, yield |
| (verb) bestow, especially officially | Synonyms: give |
| granted | (adjective) acknowledged as a supposition | Synonyms: given |
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| grantee | (noun) a recipient of a grant | - |
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| (noun) someone to whom the title of property is transferred | Synonyms: alienee |
| granter | (noun) a person who grants or gives something | - |
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| grantor | (noun) a person who makes a grant in legal form | - |
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| granular | (adjective) having a granular structure like that of chondrites | Synonyms: chondritic |
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| (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | Synonyms: coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granulose, gritty, mealy |
| granularity | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, graininess |
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| granulate | (verb) form granulating tissue | - |
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| (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: grain |
| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: grain |
| granulated | (adjective) made grainy or formed into granules | - |
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| granulation | (noun) the act of forming something into granules or grains | - |
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| (noun) new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process | Synonyms: granulation tissue |
| granulator | (noun) a machine that forms material (such as plastics, bottles, organics, etc.) into granules. | Synonyms: granulator machine |
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| granule | (noun) a tiny grain | - |
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| granuliferous | (adjective) producing or full of granules | - |
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| granulocyte | (noun) a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm | - |
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| granulocytic | (adjective) of or relating to granulocytes | - |
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| granulocytopenia | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulocytosis, agranulosis |
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| granuloma | (noun) a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection | - |
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| granulomatous | (adjective) relating to or characterized by granulomas | - |
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| granulose | (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | Synonyms: coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, gritty, mealy |
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| grape | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grapeshot |
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| (noun) any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters | - |
| (noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape vine, grapevine |
| grapefruit | (noun) large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half | - |
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| (noun) citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp | Synonyms: Citrus paradisi |
| grapelike | (adjective) resembling the fruit of a grape vine | - |
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| grapeshot | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grape |
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| grapevine | (noun) gossip spread by spoken communication | Synonyms: pipeline, word of mouth |
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| (noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape, grape vine |
| grapey | (adjective) having a taste like that of grapes | Synonyms: grapy |
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| graph | (noun) a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes | Synonyms: graphical record, graphical recording |
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| (noun) a visual display of information | Synonyms: chart |
| (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
| (verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: chart |
| (verb) plot upon a graph | - |
| grapheme | (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, graph, graphic symbol |
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| graphic | (adjective) relating to or presented by a graph | Synonyms: graphical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the graphic arts | - |
| (adjective) describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail | - |
| (adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind | Synonyms: lifelike, pictorial, vivid |
| (adjective) written or drawn or engraved | Synonyms: graphical, in writing |
| (noun) an image that is generated by a computer | Synonyms: computer graphic |
| graphical | (adjective) relating to or presented by a graph | Synonyms: graphic |
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| (adjective) written or drawn or engraved | Synonyms: graphic, in writing |
| graphically | (adverb) in a graphic way | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to graphic aspects | - |
| (adverb) in a diagrammatic manner | Synonyms: diagrammatically |
| graphics | (noun) the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book | - |
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| (noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, artwork, nontextual matter |
| graphite | (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, plumbago |
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| graphologist | (noun) a specialist in inferring character from handwriting | Synonyms: handwriting expert |
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| graphology | (noun) the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) | - |
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| graphospasm | (noun) muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil | Synonyms: writer's cramp |
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| grapnel | (noun) a light anchor for small boats | Synonyms: grapnel anchor |
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| (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron |
| grappa | (noun) Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing | - |
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| grapple | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling |
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| (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron |
| (noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: clamshell |
| (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grip |
| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, make do, make out, manage |
| grappler | (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron |
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| (noun) combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | Synonyms: matman, wrestler |
| grappling | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling |
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| (noun) the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | Synonyms: rassling, wrestling |
| grapy | (adjective) having a taste like that of grapes | Synonyms: grapey |
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| grasp | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grip, hold |
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| (noun) an intellectual hold or understanding | Synonyms: grip |
| (noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: appreciation, hold |
| (noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: compass, range, reach |
| (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grok, savvy |
| (verb) hold firmly | Synonyms: hold on |
| graspability | (noun) The quality of being able to be understood or comprehended; understandability. | - |
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| graspable | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: apprehensible, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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| grasping | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile |
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| (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: prehension, seizing, taking hold |
| (noun) understanding with difficulty | - |
| grass | (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
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| (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture |
| (noun) a police informer who implicates many people | Synonyms: supergrass |
| (noun) narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay | - |
| (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
| (verb) shoot down, of birds | - |
| (verb) feed with grass | - |
| (verb) cover with grass | Synonyms: grass over |
| (verb) spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach | - |
| grassfinch | (noun) usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds | Synonyms: grass finch |
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| grassfire | (noun) an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area | Synonyms: prairie fire |
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| grasshopper | (noun) terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping | Synonyms: hopper |
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| (noun) a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao) | - |
| grassland | (noun) land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life | - |
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| grassless | (adjective) lacking grass | - |
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| grasslike | (adjective) resembling grass | - |
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| grassroots | (adjective) fundamental | - |
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| (adjective) of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group | - |
| grassy | (adjective) abounding in grass | - |
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| grate | (noun) a frame of iron bars to hold a fire | Synonyms: grating |
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| (noun) a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air | Synonyms: grating |
| (noun) a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something | - |
| (verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | Synonyms: grind |
| (verb) scratch repeatedly | Synonyms: scrape |
| (verb) reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface | - |
| (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, fret, rankle |
| (verb) furnish with a grate | - |
| grateful | (adjective) feeling or showing gratitude | Synonyms: thankful |
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| (adjective) affording comfort or pleasure | - |
| gratefully | (adverb) in a thankful manner; with thanks | Synonyms: thankfully |
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| (adverb) with appreciation; in a grateful manner | Synonyms: appreciatively |
| gratefulness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: appreciativeness, thankfulness |
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| grater | (noun) utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese) | - |
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| graticule | (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: reticle, reticule |
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| gratification | (noun) the act or an instance of satisfying | - |
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| (noun) state of being gratified or satisfied | Synonyms: satisfaction |
| gratified | (adjective) having received what was desired | - |
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| gratify | (verb) yield (to); give satisfaction to | Synonyms: indulge, pander |
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| (verb) make happy or satisfied | Synonyms: satisfy |
| gratifying | (adjective) affording satisfaction or pleasure | Synonyms: enjoyable, pleasurable |
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| (adjective) pleasing to the mind or feeling | Synonyms: sweet |
| gratifyingly | (adverb) in a gratifying manner | Synonyms: satisfyingly |
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| grating | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy |
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| (noun) a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air | Synonyms: grate |
| (noun) a frame of iron bars to hold a fire | Synonyms: grate |
| (noun) optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum | Synonyms: diffraction grating |
| gratingly | (adverb) in a harsh and grating manner | Synonyms: harshly, raspingly |
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| gratis | (adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, costless, free, gratuitous |
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| (adverb) without charge | Synonyms: for free, free of charge |
| gratitude | (noun) a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation | - |
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| gratuitous | (adjective) without cause | - |
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| (adjective) unnecessary and unwarranted | Synonyms: needless, uncalled-for |
| (adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, costless, free, gratis |
| gratuitously | (adverb) in an uncalled-for manner | - |
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| gratuity | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, pourboire, tip |
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| (noun) an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation | - |
| gratulatory | (adjective) expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune | Synonyms: congratulatory |
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| grave | (adjective) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | Synonyms: dangerous, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe |
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| (adjective) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | Synonyms: grievous, heavy, weighty |
| (adjective) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | Synonyms: sedate, sober, solemn |
| (noun) a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | Synonyms: tomb |
| (noun) a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: grave accent |
| (noun) death of a person | - |
| (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, scratch |
| (verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: sculpt, sculpture |
| gravedigger | (noun) a person who earns a living by digging graves | - |
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| gravel | (noun) rock fragments and pebbles | Synonyms: crushed rock |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| (verb) cover with gravel | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| gravelly | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy |
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| (adjective) abounding in small stones | Synonyms: pebbly, shingly |
| gravelweed | (noun) perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States | Synonyms: Verbesina helianthoides |
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| gravely | (adverb) in a grave and sober manner | Synonyms: soberly, staidly |
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| (adverb) to a severe or serious degree | Synonyms: badly, seriously, severely |
| graven | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: engraved, etched, incised, inscribed |
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| (adjective) cut into a desired shape | Synonyms: sculpted, sculptured |
| graveness | (noun) a manner that is serious and solemn | Synonyms: gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness |
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| graver | (noun) a tool used by an engraver | Synonyms: graving tool, pointel, pointrel |
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| graverobber | (noun) someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection | Synonyms: body snatcher, ghoul |
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| (noun) someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts | - |
| gravestone | (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: headstone, tombstone |
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| graveyard | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolis |
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| gravid | (adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, great, heavy, large, with child |
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| gravida | (noun) a pregnant woman | - |
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| (noun) the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in | - |
| gravidation | (noun) technical terms for pregnancy | Synonyms: gravidity, gravidness |
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| gravidity | (noun) technical terms for pregnancy | Synonyms: gravidation, gravidness |
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| gravidness | (noun) technical terms for pregnancy | Synonyms: gravidation, gravidity |
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| gravimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid | Synonyms: hydrometer |
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| (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth | Synonyms: gravity meter |
| gravimetric | (adjective) of or relating to hydrometry | Synonyms: hydrometric |
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| gravimetry | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity | Synonyms: hydrometry |
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| gravitas | (noun) formality in bearing and appearance | Synonyms: dignity, lordliness |
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| gravitate | (verb) move due to the pull of gravitation | - |
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| (verb) be attracted to | - |
| (verb) move toward | - |
| gravitation | (noun) a figurative movement toward some attraction | - |
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| (noun) movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction | - |
| (noun) (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface | Synonyms: gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity |
| gravitational | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by gravitation | Synonyms: gravitative |
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| gravitationally | (adverb) with respect to gravitation | - |
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