gunge - cf . GOO, GUNK]...

glucoma - see GLAUCOUS]...

greyhond - cf. ON grey) + hund dog, rel. to HOUND]...

giberish - n. unintelligible or meaningless speech; nonsense. [perh. f. GIBBER(1) (but attested...

gush - v. & n. 1 tr. & intr. emit or flow in a sudden and copious stream. 2 intr. speak...

greyhund - cf. ON grey) + hund dog, rel. to HOUND]...

glacoma - see GLAUCOUS]...

grehound - cf. ON grey) + hund dog, rel. to HOUND]...

gumge - cf . GOO, GUNK]...

gib - orig. unkn.]...

greyound - cf. ON grey) + hund dog, rel. to HOUND]...

gnomon - n. 1 the rod or pin etc. on a sundial that shows...

gens - n. (pl. gentes) 1 Rom.Hist. a group of families sharing a name and ...

grizzly - adj. & n. (grizzlier, grizzliest) grey, greyish, grey-haired. (pl. -ies) (in...

gnoon - n. 1 the rod or pin etc. on a sundial that shows...

geograpy - n. 1 the study of the earth's physical features, resources, and climate,

greyhoud - cf. ON grey) + hund dog, rel. to HOUND]...

Gael - n. 1 a Scottish Celt. 2 a Gaelic-speaking Celt. Gaeldom n. [Gael. Gaidheal]...

geteway - n. 1 an entrance with or opening for a gate. 2 a frame or structure built over a...

genitics - n.pl. (treated as sing.) the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics....

guilty - adj. (guiltier, guiltiest) 1 culpable of or responsible for a wrong. 2 conscious...

gallon - n. 1 a (in full imperial gallon) Brit . a measure...

ghoust - gh- occurs first in Caxton, prob. infl. by Flem. gheest]...

gupy - n. (pl. -ies) a freshwater fish , Poecilia reticulata,...

glacial - adj. 1 of ice; icy. 2 Geol. characterized or produced by the presence or agency...

geyhound - cf. ON grey) + hund dog, rel. to HOUND]...

glitch - orig. unkn.]...

gymnast - see GYMNASIUM]...

gangrene - n. & v. 1 Med. death and decomposition of a part of the body tissue ,...

gnmon - n. 1 the rod or pin etc. on a sundial that shows...

ghetto - n. & v. (pl. -os) 1 a part of a city, esp. a slum ...

guppie - n. (pl. -ies) a freshwater fish , Poecilia reticulata,...

greting - n. 1 the act or an instance of welcoming or addressing...

grudge - n. & v. a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment,...

grim - adj. (grimmer, grimmest) 1 of a stern or forbidding appearance. 2 harsh,

GCE - abbr. (in the UK) General Certificate of Education. ...

geminal - adj. Chem. (of molecules) having two functional groups attached to the same atom....

geomerty - n. 1 the branch of mathematics concerned with...

gammy - adj. (gammier, gammiest) Brit. sl. (esp. of a leg) lame; permanently injured. [dial....

getto - n. & v. (pl. -os) 1 a part of a city, esp. a slum ...

goof - n. & v. sl. 1 a foolish or stupid person. 2 a mistake. 1 tr. bungle ,...

gallry - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a room or building for showing works of art. 2 a balcony, esp. a...

gimnastics - n.pl. (also treated as sing.) 1 exercises developing or displaying physical agility...

gibberish - n. unintelligible or meaningless speech; nonsense. [perh. f. GIBBER(1) (but attested...

goegraphy - n. 1 the study of the earth's physical features, resources, and climate,

glamur - var. of GRAMMAR, with ref . to the occult practices...

galic - n. & adj. any of the Celtic languages spoken in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle...

grammer - n. 1 a the study or rules of a language's inflections or other means of showing...

gumbo - n. (pl. -os) US 1 okra. 2 a soup thickened with okra...

gladiater - n. 1 hist. a man trained to fight with a sword or other weapons at ancient

gimnastik - adj. of or involving gymnastics. gymnastically adv. [L gymnasticus f. Gk gumnastikos...

greyhuond - cf. ON grey) + hund dog, rel. to HOUND]...

gourami - n. 1 a a large freshwater fish, Osphronemus goramy, native ...

greeding - n. 1 the act or an instance of welcoming or addressing...

gavity - n. 1 a the force that attracts a body to the centre of the earth or other celestial...

glitter - v. & n. intr. 1 shine, esp . with a bright reflected...

gg - abbr. Governor-General. ...

glamour - var. of GRAMMAR, with ref . to the occult practices...

gatway - n. 1 an entrance with or opening for a gate. 2 a frame or structure built over a...

gosh - int. expressing surprise. [euphem. for GOD]...

genalogy - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor. b an account...

gerund - n. Gram. a form of a functioning as a noun, orig. in Latin ending in -ndum (declinable),...

gab - n. colloq. talk, chatter, twaddle. gift of the gab the facility of speaking ...

goggle - v., adj., & n. 1 intr. a ( often foll. by at) look...

goblet - n. 1 a drinking-vessel with a foot and a stem, usu. of glass. 2 archaic a

ginormous - adj. Brit. sl. very large; enormous. [GIANT + ENORMOUS]...

georaphy - n. 1 the study of the earth's physical features, resources, and climate,

given - adj. & n. 1 as previously stated or assumed; granted; specified (given that

gography - n. 1 the study of the earth's physical features, resources, and climate,

genital - adj. & n. of or relating to animal reproduction....