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Gaviae

The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.

Gavial

A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.

Gavidae

A natural family of birds including the loons.

Gaviiformes

An order of large aquatic birds, including loons and some extinct forms.

Gavotte Gavot

A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple time.

Gawk

To act like a gawky.

Gawky

Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.

Gawn

A small tub or lading vessel.

gay-wings

A common trailing perennial milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.

Gayal

A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).

Gaydiang

A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk.

Gayety

The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.

Gaylussite

A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.

Gayly

With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.

gazania

any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.

Gaze

A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

Gazeebo

A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect.

Gazehound

A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.

Gazelle

One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes.

Gazet

A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents.

Gazette

To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

Gazetteer

A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.

Gazingstock

A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.

Gazogene

A portable apparatus for making soda water or a/rated liquids on a small scale.

Gazon

One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.

Ge

goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology. See Gaea.

Gean

A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.

Geanticlinal

An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.

Gear

To be in, or come into, gear.

gear up

To prepare (for an event or activity); as, to gear up for the election campaign.

gearbox

the metal casing in which a train of gears is sealed.

geartrain

a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.

Geastrum

The type genus of the Geastraceae, consisting of fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments.

Geat

The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.

Geb

The god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis.

Gecarcinian

A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera.

Geck

To jeer; to show contempt.

Gecko

Any lizard of the family Geckonid/. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot.

Gee

To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver.

geek

A performer in a carnival, often presented as a wild man, who performs grotesquely disgusting acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken or snake.

Geest

Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.

Geez

The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

geezer

A queer old fellow; an old chap; sometimes, an old woman.

gegenschein

A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space.

Gehenna

The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.

geic

Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.

geisha

A Japanese singing and dancing girl, trained to provide entertainment and company for a man or group of men.

Geitonogamy

Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Gelable

Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

Gelada

A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male.

Gelastic

Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing.

Gelatigenous

Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues.

Gelatinate

To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly.

Gelatination

The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.

Gelatine Gelatin

Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.

Gelatiniferous

Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

Gelatinous

Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.

Gelation

The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.

Geld

To castrate; to emasculate.

Gelder

One who gelds or castrates.

Gelechia

The type genus of the Gelechiidae, including pink bollworms.

gelechiid

a small slender-winged moth whose larvae are agricultural pests.

Gelechiidae

A family of moths which include important economic pests, feeding on the seeds of the cotton boll.

Gelid

Cold; very cold; frozen.

Gelose

An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds.

Gelsemine

An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia.

Gelseminic

Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin.

Gelsemium

A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers.

Gelt

Gilding; tinsel.

Gem

To put forth in the form of buds.

Gemara

The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).

Gemarist

One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings.

Gemini

A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th.

Geminy

Twins; a pair; a couple.

Gemitores

A division of birds including the true pigeons.

Gemma

A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.

Gemmaceous

Of or pertaining to gems or to gemm/; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemm/.

Gemmary

A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively.

Gemmate

Having buds; reproducing by buds.

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