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   gear wheel
         n 1: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in
               order to change the speed or direction of transmitted
               motion [syn: {gear}, {gear wheel}, {geared wheel},
               {cogwheel}]

English Dictionary: grey willow by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
girl
n
  1. a young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille]
  2. a youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"
    Synonym(s): female child, girl, little girl
    Antonym(s): boy, male child
  3. a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age"
    Synonym(s): daughter, girl
    Antonym(s): boy, son
  4. a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out"
    Synonym(s): girlfriend, girl, lady friend
  5. a friendly informal reference to a grown woman; "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goral
n
  1. small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains
    Synonym(s): goral, Naemorhedus goral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gorilla
n
  1. largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
    Synonym(s): gorilla, Gorilla gorilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grail
n
  1. the object of any prolonged endeavor
  2. (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
    Synonym(s): grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gray whale
n
  1. medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
    Synonym(s): grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gray willow
n
  1. Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs [syn: grey willow, gray willow, Salix cinerea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grayly
adv
  1. having a grey appearance; "lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons"
    Synonym(s): grayly, greyly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greeley
n
  1. United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)
    Synonym(s): Greeley, Horace Greeley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grey whale
n
  1. medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
    Synonym(s): grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grey willow
n
  1. Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs [syn: grey willow, gray willow, Salix cinerea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyly
adv
  1. having a grey appearance; "lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons"
    Synonym(s): grayly, greyly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grill
n
  1. a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill [syn: grillroom, grill]
  2. a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"
    Synonym(s): grill, grille, grillwork
v
  1. cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"
  2. examine thoroughly; "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grille
n
  1. small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
    Synonym(s): wicket, lattice, grille
  2. grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator
    Synonym(s): grille, radiator grille
  3. a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"
    Synonym(s): grill, grille, grillwork
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
growl
n
  1. the sound of growling (as made by animals) [syn: growl, growling]
v
  1. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff"
    Synonym(s): grumble, growl, rumble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gruel
n
  1. a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guerilla
n
  1. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
    Synonym(s): guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guerrilla
n
  1. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
    Synonym(s): guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gyral
adj
  1. relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain; "the gyral sulcus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gear \Gear\, n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment,
      armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw[c6],
      garw[c6] ornament, dress. See {Yare}, and cf. {Garb} dress.]
      1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
  
                     Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
  
      2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
  
                     Homely gear and common ware.               --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
      3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
            or material.
  
                     Clad in a vesture of unknown gear.      --Spenser.
  
      4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
  
      5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
  
      6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
  
                     Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
  
      8. (Mech.)
            (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a
                  bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
            (b) An apparatus for performing a special function;
                  gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
            (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out
                  of gear.
  
      9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st {Jeer}
            (b) .
  
      10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
            Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
  
                     That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
                     gear was an honest man.                     --Latimer.
  
      {Bever gear}. See {Bevel gear}.
  
      {Core gear}, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise
            wheel}, under {Mortise}.
  
      {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for
            cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as
            to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the
            cut-off. See under {Expansion}.
  
      {Feed gear}. See {Feed motion}, under {Feed}, n.
  
      {Gear cutter}, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of
            gear wheels by cutting.
  
      {Gear wheel}, any cogwheel.
  
      {Running gear}. See under {Running}.
  
      {To throw} {in, [or] out of}, {gear} (Mach.), to connect or
            disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or
            out of, working relation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Girl \Girl\, n. [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1):
      cf. LG. g[94]r child.]
      1. A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young
            maiden.
  
      3. A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goral \Go"ral\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An Indian goat antelope ({Nemorhedus goral}), resembling the
      chamois.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gorilla \Go*ril"la\, n. [An African word; found in a Greek
      translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is
      larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton
      and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In
      some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape,
      except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graal \Graal\, n.
      See Grail., a dish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grail \Grail\, n. [Cf. OF. graite slender, F. gr[ecir]te.]
      One of the small feathers of a hawk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grail \Grail\, n. [OF. greel, LL. gradale. See {Gradual}, n.]
      A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
      [Obs.] --T. Warton.
  
               Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals,
               etc.                                                      --Strype.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grail \Grail\, n. [OF. graal, greal, greet, F. graal, gr?al, LL.
      gradalis, gradale, prob. derived fr. L. crater bowl, mixing
      vessel, Gr. krath`r. See {Crater.}]
      A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy
      Grail.
  
      Note: The Holy Grail, according to some legends of the Middle
               Ages, was the cup used by our Savior in dispensing the
               wine at the last supper; and according to others, the
               platter on which the paschal lamb was served at the
               last Passover observed by our Lord. This cup, according
               to the legend, if appoached by any but a perfectly pure
               and holy person, would be borne away and vanish from
               the sight. The quest of the Holy Grail was to be
               undertaken only by a knight who was perfectly chaste in
               thought, word, and act.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grail \Grail\, n. [F. gr[ecir]le hail, from gr[90]s grit, OHG.
      griex, grioz, G. gries, gravel, grit. See {Grit.}]
      Small particles of earth; gravel. [Obs.]
  
               Lying down upon the sandy grail.            --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graille \Graille\, n. [Cf. F. gr[ecir]le a sort of file.]
      A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face
      and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.
      gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw,
      OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel.
      gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.]
      1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
            or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
            mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  
                     These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
                     mixing whites and blacks.                  --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  
      3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  
      {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.
  
      {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara.
  
      {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.
  
      {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
      {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
            female mallard.
  
      {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
      {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.
  
      {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
            grouse. See {Heath grouse}.
  
      {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
            genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.
  
      {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of
            the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in
            the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
            capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet
            ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
            Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.
  
      {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
            ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
            inhabits arctic America.
  
      {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),
            very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
            learning to talk.
  
      {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}.
  
      {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
            See {Snapper}.
  
      {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
      {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California
            whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large
            numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},
            {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.
      gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw,
      OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel.
      gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.]
      1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
            or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
            mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  
                     These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
                     mixing whites and blacks.                  --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  
      3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  
      {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.
  
      {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara.
  
      {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.
  
      {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
      {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
            female mallard.
  
      {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
      {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.
  
      {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
            grouse. See {Heath grouse}.
  
      {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
            genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.
  
      {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of
            the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in
            the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
            capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet
            ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
            Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.
  
      {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
            ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
            inhabits arctic America.
  
      {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),
            very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
            learning to talk.
  
      {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}.
  
      {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
            See {Snapper}.
  
      {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
      {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California
            whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large
            numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},
            {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gril \Gril\ (gr[icr]l), a. [OE. gril harsh; akin to G. grell
      offending the ear or eye, shrill, dazzling, MHG. grel angry;
      cf. AS. gallan to provoke.]
      Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grill \Grill\, n.
      1. A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those
            sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.
  
      2. A grillroom.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grill \Grill\, v. t.
      To stamp or mark with a grill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grill \Grill\, v. i.
      To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to
      broil.
  
               He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains.
                                                                              --Kipling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grill \Grill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grilling}.] [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. gra[8b]l, L.
      craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron,
      dim. of crates hurdle. See {Grate}, n.]
      1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. [1913 Webster]
  
                     Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on
                     gridirons.                                          --Marvell.
  
      2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grill \Grill\, n. [F. gril. See {Grill}, v. t.]
      1. A gridiron.
  
                     [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat.
                                                                              --Cotton.
  
      2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grilly \Gril"ly\, v. t. [See {Grill}, v. t.]
      To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. [Obs.] --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Growl \Growl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Growled}; p. pr. & vb. e.
      {Growling}.] [D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to
      G. grollen to be angry.]
      To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give
      forth an angry, grumbling sound. --Gay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Growl \Growl\, v. t.
      To express by growling. --Thomson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Growl \Growl\, n.
      The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling
      sound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gruel \Gru"el\, n. [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf.
      OHG. gruzzi groats, G. gr[81]tze, As. grut. See {Grout}.]
      A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal,
      or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gruelly \Gru"el*ly\, a.
      Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guerilla \Gue*ril"la\, a.
      See {Guerrilla}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guerrilla \Guer*ril"la\, a.
      Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly
      and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla
      warfare.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guerrilla \Guer*ril"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a little war, skirmish,
      dim. of guerra war, fr. OHG. werra discord, strife. See
      {War}.]
      1. An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant
            attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of
            Spain during the Peninsular war.
  
      2. One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular
            warfare; especially, a member of an independent band
            engaged in predatory excursions in war time.
  
      Note: The term guerrilla is the diminutive of the Spanish
               word guerra, war, and means petty war, that is, war
               carried on by detached parties; generally in the
               mountains. . . . A guerrilla party means, an irregular
               band of armed men, carrying on an irregular war, not
               being able, according to their character as a guerrilla
               party, to carry on what the law terms a regular war.
               --F. Lieder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gurl \Gurl\, n.
      A young person of either sex. [Obs.] See {Girl}. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gyral \Gy"ral\, a. [See {Gyre}.]
      1. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
  
      2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gerlaw, IL
      Zip code(s): 61435

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greeley, CO (city, FIPS 32155)
      Location: 40.42132 N, 104.74387 W
      Population (1990): 60536 (23991 housing units)
      Area: 73.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 80634
   Greeley, IA (city, FIPS 32610)
      Location: 42.58513 N, 91.34194 W
      Population (1990): 263 (105 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52050
   Greeley, KS (city, FIPS 28350)
      Location: 38.36742 N, 95.12712 W
      Population (1990): 339 (147 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66033
   Greeley, NE
      Zip code(s): 68842
   Greeley, PA
      Zip code(s): 18425

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grulla, TX
      Zip code(s): 78548

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gurley, AL (town, FIPS 32440)
      Location: 34.70314 N, 86.37306 W
      Population (1990): 1007 (393 housing units)
      Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35748
   Gurley, NE (village, FIPS 20435)
      Location: 41.32055 N, 102.97388 W
      Population (1990): 198 (95 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 69141

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GIRL
  
      Graph Information Retrieval Language.   A language for handling
      {directed graph}s.
  
      ["Graph Information Retrieval Language", S. Berkowitz, Report
      76-0085, Naval Ship Res Dev Center, (Feb 1976)].
  
      (1994-11-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GRAAL
  
      ("Grail") General Recursive Applicative and Algorithmic
      Language.   FP with polyadic combinators.   "Graal: A Functional
      Programming System with Uncurryfied Combinators and its
      Reduction Machine", P. Bellot in ESOP 86, G. Goos ed, LNCS
      213, Springer 1986.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GRAIL
  
      Graphical Input Language.
  
      A {flow chart} language entered on a graphics tablet.   The
      graphical follow-on to {JOSS}.
  
      ["The GRAIL Language and Operations", T.O. Ellis et al,
      RM-6001-ARPA, RAND, Sept 1969].
  
      (1995-01-23)
  
  
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