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Traditional English :: gingiva
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gingival.html - n. (pl. gingivae) the gum. |
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Traditional English :: gingivitis
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gingival.html - n.
inflammation of the gums. |
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Traditional English :: gingili
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gingival.html - n.
1 sesame.
2 sesame oil. [Hindi jinjali f. Arab. juljulan] |
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Traditional English :: gingiva
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gingival.html - n. (pl. gingivae) the gum. |
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Traditional English :: gingivitis
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gingival.html - n.
inflammation of the gums. |
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Traditional English :: ginger
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gingival.html - n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a a hot spicy root usu. powdered for use in cooking, or preserved in syrup, or candied. b the plant, Zingiber officinale, of SE Asia, having this root.
2 a light reddish-yellow colour.
3 spirit, mettle.
4 stimulation. --adj. --v.tr.
1 flavour with ginger.
2 (foll. by up) rouse or enliven. black ginger unscraped ginger. ginger ale an effervescent non-alcoholic clear drink flavoured with ginger extract. ginger beer an effervescent mildly alcoholic cloudy drink, made by fermenting a mixture of ginger and syrup. ginger group Brit. a group within a party or movement that presses for stronger or more radical policy or action. ginger-nut a ginger-flavoured biscuit. ginger-pop colloq. = ginger ale. ginger-snap a thin brittle biscuit flavoured with ginger. ginger wine a drink of fermented sugar, water, and bruised ginger. gingery adj. [ME f. OE gingiber & OF gingi(m)bre, both f. med.L gingiber ult. f. Skr. srngaveram f. srngam horn + -vera body, with ref. to the antler-shape of the root] |
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