A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.

A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.

Same as Glycerin.

A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.

A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.

Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid.

Same as Glycocoll.

A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.

Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.

Same as Glycocoll.

A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin.

A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.

The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.

A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.-- diol -->

Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.

A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.

Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allanto/n.

A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.

Glyconic.

Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. A glyconic verse.

An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.

One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.

An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.

An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.

Same as Glucosuria.

From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.

A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.

A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]

A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid.

A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime.

A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.

Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.

A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.

Of or pertaining to glyphography.

A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.

The art of engraving on precious stones.

An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth.

One of a family (Glyptodontid/) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.

Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.

The art or process of engraving on precious stones.

A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.

Same as Clyster.

A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.

A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.

To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.

a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.

Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

To grind or strike the teeth together.

With gnashing.

A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.

Of or pertaining to the jaw.

The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.

Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxill/, and maxillipeds.

Flattering; deceitful.

Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.

A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.

The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

A small gnat.

The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.

To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.

One who, or that which, gnaws.

A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic gneiss or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.

Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.

Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.

Having the structure of gneiss.

imp. of Gnaw.

To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.

Churl; curmudgeon.

An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

Gnomonical.

Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.

In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.

A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.

Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing.

According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.

The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.

One skilled in gnomonics.

A treatise on gnomonics.

An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.

The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.

One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.

The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.

Gnawed.

One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes.

Act; working; operation.

A landing approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.

not bound by rule or law or convention.

A negotiator who acts as a link between parties; an intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- sometimes in a disparaging sense.

A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.

A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered. A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions. A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc.

a person disposed to initiate action, rather than take instructions; an enterprising person; a person with a strong drive to accomplish useful goals; especially, one whose career progresses rapidly.

a small low motor vehicle with four wheels and an open framework; -- used for racing.

A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out.

A form of labor protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problems for their employers.

best-looking; -- used of clothing; as, her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.

A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.

To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.

compelled forcibly by an outside agency; as, mobs goaded by blind hatred.

That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .

The line bounding the end of a playing field, at or directly in front of the goal{3}.

One of two posts supporting a crossbar which forms a goal{3}, especially in American football; also, in football the entire structure consisting of the posts, crossbar, and two uprights. To score a goal by kicking the football, the ball must pass above the crossbar and between the vertical lines formed by the uprights.

having no points scored; -- of games.

The area immediately in front of the goal.

Same as 1st Gore.

Patched; mean.

A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.

having a small pointed chin beard.

A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.

One who tends goats.

Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.