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gallic acid
n 1: a colorless crystalline acid obtained from tannin

English Dictionary: glaucous bristlegrass	by the DICT Development Group
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Gallicism n a word or phrase borrowed from French
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Gay-Lussac n French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850) Synonym(s): Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
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Gay-Lussac's law n (physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature Synonym(s): Gay-Lussac's law, Charles's law, law of volumes
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Gaylussacia n deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries Synonym(s): Gaylussacia, genus Gaylussacia
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Gaylussacia baccata n low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries Synonym(s): black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata
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Gaylussacia brachycera n creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries Synonym(s): box huckleberry, Gaylussacia brachycera
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Gaylussacia frondosa n huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit Synonym(s): dangleberry, dangle-berry, Gaylussacia frondosa
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Gelechia gossypiella n larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls Synonym(s): pink bollworm, Gelechia gossypiella small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
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geologic adj of or relating to or based on geology; "geological formations"; "geologic forces" Synonym(s): geological, geologic
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geologic process n (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified Synonym(s): geological process, geologic process
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geologic time n the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history) Synonym(s): geological time, geologic time
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geological adj of or relating to or based on geology; "geological formations"; "geologic forces" Synonym(s): geological, geologic
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geological dating n use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens Synonym(s): dating, geological dating
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geological era n a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods Synonym(s): era, geological era
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geological fault n (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" Synonym(s): fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
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geological formation n (geology) the geological features of the earth [syn: geological formation, formation]
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geological horizon n a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum
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geological period n a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" Synonym(s): period, geological period
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geological phenomenon n a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
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geological process n (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified Synonym(s): geological process, geologic process
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geological time n the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history) Synonym(s): geological time, geologic time
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geologically adv with respect to geology; "geologically speaking, this area is extremely interesting"
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geologist n a specialist in geology
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gilgai soil n soil in the melon holes of Australia
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glasses n optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision Synonym(s): spectacles, specs, eyeglasses, glasses
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glasses case n a case for carrying spectacles
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glasshouse n a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions Synonym(s): greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse
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Glaswegian adj of or relating to or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants n an inhabitant of Glasgow
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glaucous adj having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes"
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glaucous bristlegrass n common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas Synonym(s): yellow bristlegrass, yellow bristle grass, yellow foxtail, glaucous bristlegrass, Setaria glauca
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glossy snake n nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales Synonym(s): glossy snake, Arizona elegans
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glossy-coated adj having glossy hair; "a glossy-coated foxhound" [syn: glossy-haired, glossy-coated, glossy-furred]
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Gloucester n a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn
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Gloucestershire n a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley
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glucagon n a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
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glucocorticoid n a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti- inflammatory activity
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glucosamine n an amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides
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glucose n a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
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glucose tolerance test n test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus
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glucoside n a glycoside derived from glucose
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glucosuria n the presence of abnormally high levels of glucose in the urine
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glycogen n one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body Synonym(s): glycogen, animal starch
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glycogenesis n the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand
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glycogenic adj of or relating to or involving glycogen
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glycoside n a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides
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glycosuria n the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine
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goal-kick n (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line
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Golgi cell n a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter Synonym(s): Golgi's cell, Golgi cell
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Golgi complex n a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) Synonym(s): Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
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Golgi's cell n a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter Synonym(s): Golgi's cell, Golgi cell
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Galago \Ga*la"go\, n.; pl. {Galagos}. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species. Note: The {grand galago} ({Galago crassicaudata}) is about the size of a cat; the {mouse galago} ({G. murinus})is about the size of a mouse.
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Galago \Ga*la"go\, n.; pl. {Galagos}. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species. Note: The {grand galago} ({Galago crassicaudata}) is about the size of a cat; the {mouse galago} ({G. murinus})is about the size of a mouse.
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Galaxy \Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. {Galaxies}. [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. [?] (sc. [?] circle), fr. [?], [?], milk; akin to L. lac. Cf. {Lacteal}.] 1. (Astron.) 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. --Nichol. 2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
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Gall \Gall\, n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. [?], and prob. to E. yellow. [?] See {Yellow}, and cf. {Choler}] 1. (Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder. 2. The gall bladder. 3. Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor. He hath . . . compassed me with gall and travail. --Lam. iii. 5. Comedy diverted without gall. --Dryden. 4. Impudence; brazen assurance. [Slang] {Gall bladder} (Anat.), the membranous sac, in which the bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus. {Gall duct}, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct, or the hepatic duct. {Gall sickness}, a remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands. --Dunglison. {Gall of the earth} (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the {Prenanthes serpentaria}.
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Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. {Gallic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, {C6H2(HO)3.CO2H}, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.
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Gallicism \Gal"li*cism\, n. [F. gallicisme.] A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
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Gallicize \Gal"li*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gallicized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gallicizing}.] To conform to the French mode or idiom.
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Gallicize \Gal"li*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gallicized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gallicizing}.] To conform to the French mode or idiom.
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Gallicize \Gal"li*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gallicized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gallicizing}.] To conform to the French mode or idiom.
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Galligaskins \Gal`li*gas"kins\, n. pl. [Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.] Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
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Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. {Gallowses}[or] {Gallows}. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[be]lgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.] 1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses[?] --Shak. 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak. 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] {Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] {Gallows bitts} (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also {gallows}, {gallows top}, {gallows frame}, etc. {Gallows frame}. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. {Gallows}, [or] {Gallow tree}, the gallows. At length him nail[82]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
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Gallygaskins \Gal`ly*gas"kins\, n. pl. See {Galligaskins}.
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{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}.
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Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. [?]; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. (b) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher. (c) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower. 2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3. 3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress. Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras. 4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson. {Gay Lussac's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Glover's tower}, below. {Glover's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Gay Lussac's tower}, above. {Round tower}. See under {Round}, a. {Shot tower}. See under {Shot}. {Tower bastion} (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works. {Tower mustard} (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis perfoliata}. {Tower of London}, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.
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Dangleberry \Dan"gle*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub ({Gaylussacia frondosa}) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.
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d8Angoumois moth \[d8]An`gou`mois" moth"\ (?; 115). [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zo[94]l.) A small moth ({Gelechia cerealella}) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
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Geologic \Ge`olog"ic\, Geological \Ge`olog"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. g[82]ologique.] Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth.
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Geologic \Ge`olog"ic\, Geological \Ge`olog"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. g[82]ologique.] Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth.
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Geologically \Ge`olog"ical*ly\, adv. In a geological manner.
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Geology \Geol"ogy\, n.; pl. {Geologies}. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + -logy: cf. F. g[82]ologie.] 1. The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of {The Geological Series}. 2. A treatise on the science.
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Geologist \Geol"ogist\, n. [Cf. F. G[82]ologiste.] One versed in the science of geology.
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Geologize \Geol"ogize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Geologized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geologizing}.] To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist. During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire. --Darwin.
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Geologize \Geol"ogize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Geologized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geologizing}.] To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist. During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire. --Darwin.
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Geologize \Geol"ogize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Geologized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geologizing}.] To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist. During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire. --Darwin.
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Glacious \Gla"cious\, a. Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. --Sir T. Browne.
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Glacis \Gla"cis\, n. [F. glacis; -- so named from its smoothness. See {Glacier}.] A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of {Ravelin}).
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Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow. 2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. --Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian}, {Cut}, etc. {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in the Vocabulary. {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart. Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F. Cooper. {Glass cutter}. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. {Glass cutting}. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass. {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}. {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made. {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}. {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}. {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, {Bastie glass}. {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above. {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glass-gazing \Glass"-gaz`ing\, a. Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. [Poetic] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glasshouse \Glass"house`\, n. A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glaucescent \Glau*ces"cent\, a. [See {Glaucous}.] Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glaucic \Glau"cic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glaucous \Glau"cous\, a. [L. glaucus, Gr. [?].] 1. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue. --Lindley. 2. (Bot.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pussy \Pussy\, n. [Dim. of puss.] 1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl. 2. A catkin of the pussy willow. 3. The game of tipcat; -- also called {pussy cat}. {Pussy willow} (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American {Salix discolor}; -- called also {glaucous willow}, and {swamp willow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\ An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called {glaze kiln}, or {glaze}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossic \Glos"sic\ (gl[ocr]s"s[icr]k), n. [L. glossa a word requiring a gloss. See 3d {Gloss}.] A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only. Ingglish Glosik konvai[f9]z hwotev[f9]er proanusiai[f9]shon iz inten[f9]ded bei dhi reiter. --A. J. Ellis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossy \Gloss"y\, a. [Compar. {Glossier}; superl. {Glossiest}.] [See {Gloss} luster.] 1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossist \Gloss"ist\, n. A writer of comments. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossographer \Glos"sog"ra*pher\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] tongue + [?] to write. See 3d {Gloss}.] A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. --Hayward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossographical \Glos`sograph"ical\, a. Of or pertaining to glossography.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glossography \Glos"sog"ra*phy\, n. [See {Glossographer}.] The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glucic \Glu"cic\, a. [Gr. [?] sweet.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glucogen \Glu"co*gen\, n. [R.] See {Glycogen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glucogenesis \Glu`cogen"esis\, n. Glycogenesis. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glucose \Glu"cose`\, n. [Gr. [?] sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] 1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also {dextrose}, {grape sugar}, {diabetic sugar}, and {starch sugar}. See {Dextrose}. 2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glucoside \Glu"co*side\, n. [See {Glucose}.] (Chem.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocholate \Gly`co*cho"late\, n. [Glycocoll + cholic.] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocholic \Gly`co*chol"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid. {Glycocholic acid} (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocholic \Gly`co*chol"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid. {Glycocholic acid} (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocin \Gly"co*cin\, n. [Glycocoll + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as {Glycocoll}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocoll \Gly"co*coll\, n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also {glycin}, and {glycocin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocin \Gly"co*cin\, n. [Glycocoll + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as {Glycocoll}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocoll \Gly"co*coll\, n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also {glycin}, and {glycocin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycocoll \Gly"co*coll\, n. [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also {glycin}, and {glycocin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycogen \Gly"co*gen\, n. [Gr. [?] sweet + -gen: cf. F. glycog[8a]ne.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycogeny \Glycog"eny\, Glycogenesis \Gly`cogen"esis\, n. (Physiol.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycogenic \Gly`co*gen"ic\, a. Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycogeny \Glycog"eny\, Glycogenesis \Gly`cogen"esis\, n. (Physiol.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycose \Gly"cose\, n. [Gr. [?] sweet + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycosine \Gly"co*sine\, n. (Chem.) An organic base, {C6H6N4}, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycosometer \Gly`cosom"eter\, n. [Gr. [?] sweet + -meter.] (Med.) An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valley \Val"ley\, n.; pl. {Valleys}. [OE. vale, valeie, OF. val[82]e, valede, F. vall[82]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See {Vale}.] 1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. The valley of the shadow of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called {gorges}, {ravines}, {ca[a4]ons}, {gulches}, etc. 2. (Arch.) (a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a re[89]ntrant angle. (b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. {Valley board} (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. {Valley rafter}, [or] {Valley piece} (Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. {Valley roof} (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See {Valley}, 2, above.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glascock County, GA (county, FIPS 125) Location: 33.23108 N, 82.60694 W Population (1990): 2357 (1036 housing units) Area: 373.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
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Glasscock County, TX (county, FIPS 173) Location: 31.86727 N, 101.53204 W Population (1990): 1447 (600 housing units) Area: 2333.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
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Gloucester, MA (city, FIPS 26150) Location: 42.63180 N, 70.68343 W Population (1990): 28716 (13125 housing units) Area: 67.3 sq km (land), 40.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01930 Gloucester, NC Zip code(s): 28528
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Gloucester City, NJ (city, FIPS 26820) Location: 39.89237 N, 75.11780 W Population (1990): 12649 (4934 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08030
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Gloucester County, NJ (county, FIPS 15) Location: 39.71487 N, 75.14007 W Population (1990): 230082 (82459 housing units) Area: 841.4 sq km (land), 31.4 sq km (water) Gloucester County, VA (county, FIPS 73) Location: 37.40321 N, 76.52284 W Population (1990): 30131 (12451 housing units) Area: 561.0 sq km (land), 185.0 sq km (water)
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Gloucester Courthouse, VA (CDP, FIPS 31608) Location: 37.40976 N, 76.52696 W Population (1990): 2118 (830 housing units) Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
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Gloucester Point, VA (CDP, FIPS 31616) Location: 37.26768 N, 76.49554 W Population (1990): 8509 (3585 housing units) Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 18.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23062
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) A {Haskell} 1.2 compiler written in Haskell by the AQUA project at {Glasgow University}, headed by Simon Peyton Jones throughout the 1990's [started?]. GHC can generate either {C} or {native code} for {SPARC}, {DEC} {Alpha} and other platforms. It can take advantage of features of {gcc} such as global register variables and has an extensive set of optimisations. GHC features an extensible I/O system based on a "{monad}", in-line {C} code, fully fledged {unboxed} data types, incrementally-updatable {array}s, {mutable reference type}s, {generational garbage collector}, {concurrent} {thread}s. Time and space {profiling} is also supported. It requires {GNU} gcc 2.1+ and {Perl}. GHC runs on {Sun-4}, {DEC Alpha}, {Sun-3}, {NeXT}, {DECstation}, {HP-PA} and {SGI}. Latest version: 4.01, as of 1998-11-30. {Glasgow FTP (ftp://ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/)}. {Yale (ftp://nebula.cs.yale.edu/pub/haskell/glasgow/)}. {Sweden (ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/haskell/glasgow/)}. {Papers (ftp://ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/pub/glasgow-fp)}. ["Imperative functional programming", Peyton Jones & Wadler, POPL '93]. ["Unboxed data types as first-class citizens", Peyton Jones & Launchbury, FPCA '91]. ["Profiling lazy functional languages", Sansom & Peyton Jones, Glasgow workshop '92]. ["Implementing lazy functional languages on stock hardware", Peyton Jones, Journal of Functional Programming, Apr 1992]. E-mail: . (1999-01-05)