glomerular capsule : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Gilmer
         n 1: United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of
               advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951) [syn: {Gilmer},
               {Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer}, {Dorothy Dix}]

English Dictionary: glomerular capsule	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamor n alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [syn: glamor, glamour]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamorisation n the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) Synonym(s): glamorization, glamorisation, glamourization, glamourisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamorise v make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!" Synonym(s): glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamorization n the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) Synonym(s): glamorization, glamorisation, glamourization, glamourisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamorize v interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!" Synonym(s): romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!" Synonym(s): glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamorous adj having an air of allure, romance and excitement; "glamorous movie stars" Synonym(s): glamorous, glamourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamour n alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [syn: glamor, glamour] v cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something Synonym(s): hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamourisation n the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) Synonym(s): glamorization, glamorisation, glamourization, glamourisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamourise v interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!" Synonym(s): romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!" Synonym(s): glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamourization n the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) Synonym(s): glamorization, glamorisation, glamourization, glamourisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamourize v make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!" Synonym(s): glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glamourous adj having an air of allure, romance and excitement; "glamorous movie stars" Synonym(s): glamorous, glamourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gleaner n someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glimmer n a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn: gleam, gleaming, glimmer] a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" Synonym(s): inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer v shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam, glimmer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glimmering n a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" Synonym(s): inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glimmery adj shining softly and intermittently; "glimmery candlelight"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glomerular adj of or relating to glomeruli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glomerular capsule n thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron Synonym(s): Bowman's capsule, glomerular capsule, capsula glomeruli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glomerule n a compacted or sessile cyme
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glomerulonephritis n nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glomerulus n a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glamour \Gla"mour\, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl[a0]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl[be]m-s[?]ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[be]mr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s[?]ni sight akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.] 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. --Tennyson. 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. --W. Black. 4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. {Glamour gift}, {Glamour might}, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glamour \Gla"mour\, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl[a0]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl[be]m-s[?]ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[be]mr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s[?]ni sight akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.] 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. --Tennyson. 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. --W. Black. 4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. {Glamour gift}, {Glamour might}, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glamour \Gla"mour\, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl[a0]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl[be]m-s[?]ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[be]mr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s[?]ni sight akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.] 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. --Tennyson. 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. --W. Black. 4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. {Glamour gift}, {Glamour might}, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glamourie \Glam"ou*rie\, n. Glamour. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glaymore \Glay"more`\, n. A claymore. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gleaner \Glean"er\, n. 1. One who gathers after reapers. 2. One who gathers slowly with labor. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}. Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine. {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak. Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson. 2. Mica. See {Mica}. --Woodsward. {Glimmer gowk}, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}. Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine. {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak. Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson. 2. Mica. See {Mica}. --Woodsward. {Glimmer gowk}, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson. 2. Mica. See {Mica}. --Woodsward. {Glimmer gowk}, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak. Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmering \Glim"mer*ing\, n. 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. --South. 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak. Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glomerate \Glom"er*ate\, a. [L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glomerate \Glom"er*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Glomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glomerating}.] To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glomerate \Glom"er*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Glomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glomerating}.] To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glomerate \Glom"er*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Glomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glomerating}.] To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glomeration \Glom`er*a"tion\, n. [L. glomeratio.] 1. The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration. 2. That which is formed into a ball; a ball. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glomerous \Glom"er*ous\, a. [L. glomerosus, fr. glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Obs.] --Blount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glomerule \Glom"er*ule\, n. [Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.] 1. (Bot.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood. 2. (Anat.) A glomerulus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Glomerulus \[d8]Glomer"ulus\, n.; pl. {Glomeruli}. [NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gloomy \Gloom"y\, a. [Compar. {Gloomier}; superl. {Gloomiest}.] 1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. [bd]Though hid in gloomiest shade.[b8] --Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance. Syn: Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gillmore, KY Zip code(s): 41327
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gilmer, TX (city, FIPS 29564) Location: 32.73023 N, 94.94566 W Population (1990): 4822 (2140 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75644
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gilmer County, GA (county, FIPS 123) Location: 34.68824 N, 84.45786 W Population (1990): 13368 (6986 housing units) Area: 1105.2 sq km (land), 13.3 sq km (water) Gilmer County, WV (county, FIPS 21) Location: 38.91826 N, 80.85415 W Population (1990): 7669 (3243 housing units) Area: 880.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gilmore, AR (town, FIPS 27040) Location: 35.41114 N, 90.27743 W Population (1990): 331 (125 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72339
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gilmore City, IA (city, FIPS 30945) Location: 42.72658 N, 94.43876 W Population (1990): 560 (272 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50541
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Arbor, MI Zip code(s): 49636
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Arm, MD Zip code(s): 21057
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Raven, NC (CDP, FIPS 26460) Location: 36.12095 N, 79.47003 W Population (1990): 2616 (1080 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27215
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Richey, PA Zip code(s): 16837
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Riddle Lima, PA Zip code(s): 19063
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Ridge, FL (town, FIPS 26050) Location: 26.67145 N, 80.07633 W Population (1990): 207 (93 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33406 Glen Ridge, NJ (CDP, FIPS 26610) Location: 40.80310 N, 74.20503 W Population (1990): 7076 (2470 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07028
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Rock, NJ (borough, FIPS 26640) Location: 40.95915 N, 74.12539 W Population (1990): 10883 (3963 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07452 Glen Rock, PA (borough, FIPS 29760) Location: 39.79337 N, 76.73046 W Population (1990): 1688 (717 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17327
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Rogers, WV Zip code(s): 25848
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen Rose, TX (city, FIPS 29876) Location: 32.23628 N, 97.75464 W Population (1990): 1949 (977 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76043
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenaire, MO (village, FIPS 27262) Location: 39.22003 N, 94.44999 W Population (1990): 597 (216 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenarden, MD (town, FIPS 32500) Location: 38.93075 N, 76.86290 W Population (1990): 5025 (1889 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenarm, IL Zip code(s): 62536
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenmoor, OH (CDP, FIPS 30520) Location: 40.66513 N, 80.61325 W Population (1990): 2307 (937 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenmoore, PA Zip code(s): 19343
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenmora, LA (town, FIPS 29220) Location: 30.97320 N, 92.58277 W Population (1990): 1686 (729 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenrock, WY (town, FIPS 32435) Location: 42.85712 N, 105.85709 W Population (1990): 2153 (1052 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82637
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Gilmore, John {John Gilmore}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Glammar A pattern transformation language for text-to-text translation. Used for compiler writing and linguistics. {(ftp://phoibos.cs.kun.nl/pub/GLASS/glammar.tar.Z)}.