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Gravimeter

An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.

Gravimetric

Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.

Graving

The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, especially by incision or in intaglio.

Gravitate

To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.

Gravitational

Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational units.

graviton

A theoretical gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles; the quantum of the gravitational field, having zero rest mass and a spin of 2.

Gravity

The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

Gravy

The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

Gray

the SI unit of absorbed dosage of ionizing radiation, equal to an absorbed energy of 1 joule per kilogram of irradiated material; -- abbreviated Gy. This unit is 100 times the commonly used unit, the rad.

Grayback

The California gray whale. The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. The dowitcher. The body louse.

Graylag

The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.

Grayling

A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.

Graystone

A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.

Graywacke

A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together.

Graze

The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

Grazer

One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.

Grazier

One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

Grazing

The act of one who, or that which, grazes.

Grazioso

Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly.

Gre

See Gree, good will.

Grease

Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

grease-gun grease gun

A device held in the hand, having a supply of grease and attached to a reservoir of pressurized air, used to force grease between adjacent moving parts of a machine, especially in the bearings of motor vehicles.

greaseball

a person of Italian descent; -- used as a derogatory ethnic slur, and considered offensive.

greased

smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction; as, a greased pig is too slippery to hold.

greasepaint

a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd.

greaseproof

resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; as, greaseproof wrapping paper.

Greaser

One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

greasewood

A low hardy much-branched spiny shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) common in alkaline soils of Western America.

Greasiness

The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

Greasy

Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

Great

The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.

Great-bellied

Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.

Greatness

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

Greave

To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Greaves

The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

Grebe

One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Grecian

A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.

Grecism

An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism.

Grecize

To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized.

Greco-Roman

Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.

Grecque

An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.

Greed

An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Greediness

The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.

Greedy

Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

Greek

A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

greeklike

of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; as, greeklike struggles.

Greekling

A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions.

Green

To become or grow green.

green-blind

Unable to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red.

green-blindness

A defect of color vision characterized by inability to distinguish green and purplish-red.

Green-broom

A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.

Green-leek

An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

Green-stall

A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.

Greenback

One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.

Greenbacker

One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.

Greenbone

Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus). The European eelpout.

Greencloth

A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.

Greenfinch

A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

Greengage

A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.

Greengill

An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

Greengrocer

A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

Greenhead

The mallard. The striped bass. See Bass.

Greenhorn

A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.

Greenhouse

A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

Greening

A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.

Greenish

Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.

Greenland

An island situated between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the largest island in the world; it is a Danish territory.

Greenlet

One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.

greenling

any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of the genus Hexagrammos.

Greenly

With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. Of a green color.

greenmail

The act, performed by a publicly traded corporation, of paying a corporate raider to give up a takeover attempt, by buying the shares of stock he owns; also, the threat posed by corporate raiders to take over a company unless their stocks are purchased by the company at a price giving them a large profit.

Greenness

The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

Greenockite

Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

Greenroom

The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

Greensand

A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

Greenshank

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

Greenstone

A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Greenth

The state or quality of being green; verdure.

greenwing

The common teal (Anas crecca) of Eurasia and North America.

Greenwood

Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade.

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