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Gainsaying
() of Gainsay
Gainsay
() To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
Gainsayer
() One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies.
Gainsome
() Gainful.
Gainsome
() Prepossessing; well-favored.
Gainstood
() of Gainstand
gainstanding
() of Gainstand
Gainstand
() To withstand; to resist.
Gainstrive
() To strive or struggle against; to withstand.
Gairfowl
() See Garefowl.
Gairish
() Alt. of Gairish/ness
Gairishly
() Alt. of Gairish/ness
Gairish/ness
() Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.
Gait
() A going; a walk; a march; a way.
Gait
() Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
Gaited
() Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited.
Gaiter
() A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
Gaiter
() A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
Gaiter
() To dress with gaiters.
Gaitre
() Alt. of Gaytre
Gaytre
() The dogwood tree.
Gala
() Pomp, show, or festivity.
Galacta-gogue
() An agent exciting secretion of milk.
Galactic
() Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
Galactic
() Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
Galactin
() An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.
Galactin
() A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron).
Galactin
() An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
Galactodensimeter
() Same as Galactometer.
Galactometer
() An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.
Galactophagist
() One who eats, or subsists on, milk.
Galactophagous
() Feeding on milk.
Galactophorous
() Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands.
Galactopoietic
() Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.
Galactose
() A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).
Galage
() See Galoche.
Galagos
() of Galago
Galago
() A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
Galanga
() Alt. of Galangal
Galangal
() The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.
Galantine
() A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.
Galapee tree
() The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
Galatian
() Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.
Galaxies
() of Galaxy
Galaxy
() The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars.
Galaxy
() A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
Galban
() Alt. of Galbanum
Galbanum
() A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
Gale
() A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Gale
() A moderate current of air; a breeze.