given to complaining or grumbling; prone to show annoyance at slight provocation; irritable.

imp. p. p. of Grind.

low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow.

A reddish brown North American burrowing marmot (Marmota monax), also called the woodchuck. It hibernates in the winter.

A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

A small prostrate or ascending shrub (Astroloma humifusum) having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus Styphelia.

The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project. It is sometimes carried out by an official who digs the first spadeful of dirt from the ground, to begin the preparatory excavation work.

In a grounded or firmly established manner.

p. p. of Grind.

A batted ball that hits the ground before it leaves the infield, or the act of hitting a baseball along the ground; also called ground ball; -- contrasted with fly or fly ball.

Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder.

The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation.

Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless; as, groundless fear; a groundless report, rumor, or assertion.

A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach.

Solidly; deeply; thoroughly.

The fruit of the Arachis hypog/a (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia). A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut.

An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.

a piece of waterproofed cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect the occupants from moisture.

See Ground plate (a), under Ground

A long, deep wave in the sea, sometimes caused by distant winds or storms.

That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle; as, development of a convenient DNA sequencing technique layed the groundwork for many of the subsequent advances in molecular genetics.

To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of.

arranged into groups, each having some feature in common.

One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranid/, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The tripletail (Lobotes). In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes.

The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.

To seek or shoot grouse.

A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage.

To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.

See Growthead.

The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in.

Same as Growthead.

Cross; sulky; sullen.

A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.

To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.

One who grovels; an abject wretch.

Lying prone; low; debased; submissive in a self-abasing manner.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves.

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.

Capable of growth.

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.

increasing in intensity of some quality.

The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.

One who growls.

In a growling manner.

p. p. of Grow.

fully developed; adult; mature; -- of people and animals; as, Act like a grownup!.

To shiver; to have chills.

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.

A lazy person; a blockhead.

Having capacity of growth.

See Groin.

The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.

One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.

To feel or grope in the dark.

Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

See Grub, n., 1.

To murmur; to grumble.

Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.

Full of grudge; envious.

In a grudging manner.

The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.

A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.

characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign.

Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

Ugly; frightful. Same as grewsome.

Ugly; frightful.

Forwards; with one's face to the ground.

Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.

The natural family comprising the cranes.

An order of inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food, including cranes, rails, and bustards.

Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim.

The noise of one that grumbles.

One who grumbles.

In a grumbling manner.

A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.

In a grum manner.

Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.

Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

The state of being grumous.

In a surly manner; sullenly.

Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.

A groundling (fish).

Groundsel.

Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism.

thickily covered with ingrained dirt or soot; as, a grungy kitchen.

A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.

One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.

In a grunting manner.

To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.

A young hog.

A constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.

See Grudge.

A measure equal to one tenth of a line.

To gride. See Gride.

See Griffin.

A genus of insects including the common crickets.

A vulture; the griffin.

A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.

A shell of the genus Gryphea.

The griffin vulture.

A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.

A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.

A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.

a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth.

Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. Guaiacum.

A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in the past for treating pulmonary tuberculosis.

A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.

a great waterfall on the Brazil-Paraguay border.

A tropical tree of Central America and the West Indies and Puerto Rico (Inga laurina) having spikes of white flowers; it is used as shade for coffee plantations.

Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.

See Iguana.

A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state.

A strongly alkaline base, NH2.CNH.NH2, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.

Yielding guano.

A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.

A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.

The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.

A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.