Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.

An idiom of the German language.

A rare element, discovered in 1885 in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic number 32. Atomic weight 72.59. It has excellent semiconductor properties, and is used in transistors and diodes.

The act of Germanizing.

To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.

An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.

See Germ.

Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a killing action upon living microorganisms, particularly bacteria or viruses, which are the cause of many infectious diseases.

A germicidal agent. Germicidal.

The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See Vend/miaire.

Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

To cause to sprout.

The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.

Reproduction by means of germs.

Without germs.

A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed. The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.

A small germ.

To grin or yawn.

A garner.

See Gerocomy.

Pertaining to gerocomy.

That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.

Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

Government by old men.

A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines.

To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.

Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.

In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.

Changeable; fickle.

A gosling.

To guess.

Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, esp. as prepared for use in painting, or in making bas-reliefs and the like; by extension, a plasterlike or pasty material spread upon a surface to fit it for painting or gilding, or a surface so prepared.

A guest.

Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.

To tell stories or gests.

To represent by gesture; to act.

The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.

One who gesticulates.

Representing by, or belonging to, gestures.

A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller.

Relating to gesture.

To make gestures; to gesticulate.

Free from gestures.

Act of making gestures; gesturing.

Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

A divorce granted by a Rabbi in accordance with Jewish law; also, the document attesting to the divorce.

Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.

General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; arrangement; format; make-up; style of dress, etc.

a character trait manifested in a readiness and ability to initiate action; an enterprising and energetic spirit; a go-getting attitude.

A type of Japanese footwear usually with wooden soles, held to the foot by a thong that passes between the first two toes.

Obtainable; able to be gotten.

Aapable of being reached or attained; as, a very getatable man; both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations.

rapid acceleration.

p. p. of Get.

the original third pers. sing. pres. of Go.

That may be obtained.

One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.

One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc.

The name of a battle of the American Civil War fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylavania, in 1863. At this battle, the defeat of General Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate army was a major victory for the Union, and is considered by many a turning point in the war, after which victory by the Confederacy was no longer thought possible; as, many thousands died at Gettysburg. See also Gettysburg Address.

The popular name of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA, as part of a ceremony to dedicate a portion of that battlefield as a cemetary for soldiers who died fighting there. See note below.

A genus of plants of the rose family comprising the avens.

The Marxian socialism and programme of reform through revolution as advocated by the French political leader Jules Basile Guesde (pron. g/d) (1845- ).

Showy; unreal; pretentious.

A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers.

A country in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo, with Burkina Faso bordering on the north, with a population of 17,698,271 (July 1996 est), and a total area of 238,540 sq km. The government is a constitutional democracy, and the capital city is Accra.

of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Ghana; as, Ghanaian writers.

same as Ghanaian (in both senses).

a native or inhabitant of Ghana.

Any wheeled cart or carriage.

To strike aghast; to affright.

Fit to make one aghast; dismal.

The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.

In a ghastly manner; hideously.

Ghastliness.

Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh.

A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes.

Among Muslims, a warrior champion or veteran, esp. in the destruction of infidels.

A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee.

Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil.

See Guess.

A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.

A portable casette or compact disk player, usually having an integrated radio receiver. It typically has two (stereophonic) speakers, and can be adjusted to play at a high sound intensity, from which the name comes.

to form into a ghetto; to isolate (people) as though into a ghetto.

One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses.

See Ghoul.

To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.

To write (a book, article, speech, etc.) for someone else; -- the written material appears under the name of the person for whom it was written.

One who ghost-writes (a book, article, etc.) for someone else.

A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.

Without life or spirit.

Like a ghost; ghastly.

The quality of being ghostly.

Spiritually; mystically.

Ghost lore.

An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies.

Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

A ravine. See Gill a woody glen.

A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot.

Greaves; armor for the legs.

Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

A woman of extraordinary size.

To play the giant.

Appropriate to a giant.

The race of giants.

The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant.

An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Muslim religion, especially Christians.

To balk. See Jib, v. i.

A male cat, esp. an old one. See 1st Gib. n.

The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo.

One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale.

A balky horse.

To speak rapidly and inarticulately.

A plant growth hormone of the gibberellin series (C19H22O6), also called gibberellin A3. It was first isolated from the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi. It is used to promote the growth of seedlings. See also gibberellin.

Any of a number plant growth hormones, the first of which was isolated in 1938 from the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi; more than 60 related gibberelins are known. The most important is gibberellin A3, also called gibberellic acid. They are used in agriculture for promoting plant growth.

Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words.

Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.

Wild fowl; game.