gewandet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

gandy dancer
n 1: a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang

English Dictionary: gewandet	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
giant water bug n large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gonadotrophic adj of or relating to or involving gonadotropin [syn: gonadotropic, gonadotrophic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gonadotrophic hormone n hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity Synonym(s): gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gonadotrophin n hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity Synonym(s): gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gonadotropic adj of or relating to or involving gonadotropin [syn: gonadotropic, gonadotrophic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gonadotropic hormone n hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity Synonym(s): gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gonadotropin n hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity Synonym(s): gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gemmated \Gem"ma*ted\, a. Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gnathidium \[d8]Gnathid"ium\, n.; pl. {Gnathidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gnathite \Gnath"ite\, n. [Gr. [?] the jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxill[91], and maxillipeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gnathotheca \[d8]Gnath`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Gnathothec[92]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the jaw + [?] a box.] (Zo[94]l.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Davy Jones \Da"vy Jones"\ The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors. This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. --Smollett. {Davy Jones's Locker}, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. {Gone to Davy Jones's Locker}, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goniatite \Go"niatite\, n. [Gr. [?] angle.] (Paleon.) One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gynodid2cious \Gy"nodi[d2]`cious\, a. [Gr. [?] a woman + E. di[?]cious.] (Bot.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.