Name Report For First Name GANA:
GANA
First name GANA's origin is Hebrew. GANA means "garden". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with GANA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of gana.(Brown names are of the same origin (Hebrew) with GANA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with GANA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming GANA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES GANA AS A WHOLE:
agana zigana morganaNAMES RHYMING WITH GANA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ana) - Names That Ends with ana:
ayana fana hasana tarana hana rihana sana' thana' aitana jana jaana durandana luana philana stephana iolana kaimana malana mana moana oliana ivana dhana drisana pithasthana rana andreana fabiana liliana sebastiana chu'mana huyana lenmana nahimana adriana ileana ioana loredana mariana oana roxana stefana tatiana bohdana bwana hakizimana mukhwana kana kohana abriana adana ahana aileana aiyana alana alhana aliyana allana ana andeana ariana arlana arleana aryana assana audreana audriana aureliana aviana ayiana bibiana blyana bradana braiana breana bree-ana brezziana briana caliana caroliana cavana chana chiana christana christiana cipriana corazana daiana damiana dana daviana deana deeana diana duana dyana edana elana eliana eramanaNAMES RHYMING WITH GANA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (gan) - Names That Begins with gan:
gan gandhari ganelon ganet ganic ganice ganieda ganit gann gannie gannon gano ganymedeRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ga) - Names That Begins with ga:
gaagii gaarwine gabal gabbar gabe gabhan gabi gabino gabirel gabor gabra gabreilla gabrian gabriel gabriela gabriele gabriell gabriella gabrielle gabrielo gabrio gabryella gaby gace gad gadara gadarine gaderian gadhra gadi gadiel gadwa gae gaea gael gaelbhan gaelle gaelyn gaetan gaetana gaetane gaffney gage gahariet gaheris gahiji gahmuret gaho gaia gaige gail gaila gaile gair gaira gairbhith gairbith gais gaizka gal gala galahad galahalt galahault galal galan galantyne galatea galatee galatyn galawya galchobhar gale galea galeel galen galena galenia galenka galeno galeron galeun gali galia galiana galice galienaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GANA:
First Names which starts with 'g' and ends with 'a':
galila galina galla gallia galochka galya gara garabina garbha garbina garcia garda gardenia garia gaspara gavenia gavina gavra gavrila gavrilla gayla gechina gedalya geela gelasia gelsomina geltruda gemma genara genaya generosa genessa geneva genevra genisa genisia genna genoveva genowefa gentza georgeta georgetta georgia georgiana geraldina gerda geremia gerhardina gerica gericka gerika germana gertruda gerwa gerwalta geza gezana ghayda ghita ghleanna giada giana giancinta gianina gianluca gianna giavanna gila gilala gilana gilbarta gilberta gilda gildea gilia gina ginebra ginerva ginessa ginna giolla giovanna gisa gisela gisella gisilberhta gitana githa gitta giulia giynna giza gjerta glaleanna gleda glenna gliona gloriana glorianna gobhaEnglish Words Rhyming GANA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES GANA AS A WHOLE:
| ganancial | adjective (a.) Designating, pertaining to, or held under, the Spanish system of law (called ganancial system) which controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife. |
| jaganatha | noun (n.) Alt. of Jaganatha |
| noun (n.) See Juggernaut. |
| malashaganay | noun (n.) The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens). |
| manganate | noun (n.) A salt of manganic acid. |
| morganatic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. |
| nagana | noun (n.) The disease caused by the tsetse fly. |
| permanganate | noun (n.) A salt of permanganic acid. |
| salangana | noun (n.) The salagane. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GANA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ana) - English Words That Ends with ana:
| banana | noun (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. |
| bandana | noun (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form. |
| noun (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. |
| bimana | noun (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia. |
| campana | noun (n.) A church bell. |
| noun (n.) The pasque flower. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Gutta. |
| curtana | noun (n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor. |
| damiana | noun (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. |
| diana | noun (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. |
| dulciana | noun (n.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ. |
| guana | noun (n.) See Iguana. |
| guarana | noun (n.) A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache. |
| gitana | noun (n. masc.) Alt. of Gitano |
| havana | noun (n.) An Havana cigar. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar |
| iguana | noun (n.) Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits. |
| jacana | noun (n.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird. |
| jambolana | noun (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit. |
| kerana | noun (n.) A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians. |
| levana | noun (n.) A goddess who protected newborn infants. |
| liana | noun (n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region. |
| nicotiana | noun (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco. |
| nirvana | noun (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism. |
| quadrumana | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone. |
| pedimana | noun (n. pl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums. |
| poinciana | noun (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. |
| pozzuolana | noun (n.) Alt. of Pozzolana |
| pozzolana | noun (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water. |
| purana | noun (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas. |
| puzzolana | noun (n.) See Pozzuolana. |
| ramayana | noun (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita. |
| rana | noun (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs. |
| sultana | noun (n.) The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. |
| noun (n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. |
| tana | noun (n.) Same as Banxring. |
| thana | noun (n.) A police station. |
| torana | noun (n.) A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone, consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple. |
| tramontana | noun (n.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic. |
| zenana | noun (n.) The part of a dwelling appropriated to women. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GANA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (gan) - Words That Begins with gan:
| ganch | noun (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. |
| gander | noun (n.) The male of any species of goose. |
| ganesa | noun (n.) The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence. |
| ganger | noun (n.) One who oversees a gang of workmen. |
| gangetic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark. |
| gangion | noun (n.) A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n. |
| gangliac | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ganglial |
| ganglial | adjective (a.) Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic. |
| gangliate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Gangliated |
| gangliated | adjective (a.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system. |
| gangliform | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ganglioform |
| ganglioform | adjective (a.) Having the form of a ganglion. |
| ganglion | noun (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. |
| noun (n.) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion. | |
| noun (n.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew. |
| ganglionary | adjective (a.) Ganglionic. |
| ganglionic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. |
| gangrene | noun (n.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. |
| gangrening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gangrene |
| gangrenescent | adjective (a.) Tending to mortification or gangrene. |
| gangrenous | adjective (a.) Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene. |
| gangue | noun (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore. |
| ganil | noun (n.) A kind of brittle limestone. |
| ganister | noun (n.) Alt. of Gannister |
| gannister | noun (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads. |
| ganja | noun (n.) The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating. |
| gannet | noun (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans. |
| ganocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes. |
| ganocephalous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala. |
| ganoid | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei. |
| ganoidal | adjective (a.) Ganoid. |
| ganoidei | noun (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales. |
| ganoidian | noun (a. & n.) Ganoid. |
| ganoine | noun (n.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale. |
| gansa | noun (n.) Same as Ganza. |
| gantlet | noun (n.) A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed. |
| noun (n.) A glove. See Gauntlet. |
| gantline | noun (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline. |
| gantlope | noun (n.) See Gantlet. |
| gantry | noun (n.) See Gauntree. |
| ganza | noun (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. |
| ganging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gange |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GANA:
English Words which starts with 'g' and ends with 'a':
| gadolinia | noun (n.) A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc. |
| noun (n.) A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element, Gad`o*lin"i*um (/), with an assigned atomic weight of 153.3. |
| gala | noun (n.) Pomp, show, or festivity. |
| galanga | noun (n.) Alt. of Galangal |
| galea | noun (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower. |
| noun (n.) A kind of bandage for the head. | |
| noun (n.) Headache extending all over the head. | |
| noun (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell. | |
| noun (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects. |
| galena | noun (n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. |
| noun (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. |
| gallimatia | noun (n.) Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias. |
| gallomania | noun (n.) An excessive admiration of what is French. |
| gamba | noun (n.) A viola da gamba. |
| gamma | noun (n.) The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet. |
| garcinia | noun (n.) A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin. |
| gardenia | noun (n.) A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden. |
| garrupa | noun (n.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish. |
| gasteropoda | noun (n. pl.) Same as Gastropoda. |
| gastraea | noun (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula. |
| gastralgia | noun (n.) Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders. |
| gastromalacia | noun (n.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change. |
| gastropoda | noun (n. pl.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. |
| gastrotricha | noun (n. pl.) A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids. |
| gastrotrocha | noun (n.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side. |
| gastrula | noun (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a gastrula. |
| gastrura | noun (n. pl.) See Stomatopoda. |
| gaultheria | noun (n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon). |
| gehenna | noun (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. |
| gelada | noun (n.) A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male. |
| gemara | noun (n.) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text). |
| gemma | noun (n.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud. |
| noun (n.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell. |
| gemmipara | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Gemmipares |
| genera | noun (n. pl.) See Genus. |
| (pl. ) of Genus |
| generalia | noun (n. pl.) Generalities; general terms. |
| geneva | noun (n.) The chief city of Switzerland. |
| noun (n.) A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands. |
| genista | noun (n.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. |
| gentianella | noun (n.) A kind of blue color. |
| geophila | noun (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs. |
| georama | noun (n.) A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside. |
| gephyrea | noun (n. pl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae. |
| gerboa | noun (n.) The jerboa. |
| gerocomia | noun (n.) See Gerocomy. |
| geropigia | noun (n.) A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. |
| glabella | noun (n.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. |
| (pl. ) of Glabellum |
| glama | noun (n.) A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude. |
| glaucoma | noun (n.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball. |
| glioma | noun (n.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system. |
| globigerina | noun (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera. |
| gloria | noun (n.) A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches. |
| noun (n.) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used. | |
| noun (n.) The musical setting of a gloria. |
| gloriosa | noun (n.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India. |
| glossa | noun (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. |
| glossata | noun (n. pl.) The Lepidoptera. |
| glossolalia | noun (n.) Alt. of Glossolaly |
| gloxinia | noun (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. |
| glucina | noun (n.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine. |
| glucosuria | noun (n.) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus. |
| glumella | noun (n.) Alt. of Glumelle |
| glycosuria | noun (n.) Same as Glucosuria. |
| glycyrrhiza | noun (n.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste. |
| noun (n.) The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc. |
| glyptotheca | noun (n.) A building or room devoted to works of sculpture. |
| gnathostoma | noun (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. |
| gnathotheca | noun (n.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird. |
| goa | noun (n.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet. |
| golgotha | noun (n.) Calvary. See the Note under Calvary. |
| gondola | noun (n.) A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now. |
| noun (n.) A flat-bottomed boat for freight. | |
| noun (n.) A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. | |
| noun (n.) An elongated car under a dirigible. |
| gonimia | noun (n. pl.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia. |
| gonorrhea | noun (n.) Alt. of Gonorrhoea |
| gonorrhoea | noun (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap. |
| gonotheca | noun (n.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian. |
| gordiacea | noun (n. pl.) A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix. |
| gorgonacea | noun (n. pl.) See Gorgoniacea. |
| gorgonia | noun (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis. |
| noun (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian. |
| gorgoniacea | noun (n. pl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated. |
| gorilla | noun (n.) 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. |
| gorma | noun (n.) The European cormorant. |
| goura | noun (n.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species. |
| granadilla | noun (n.) The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices. |
| grandma | noun (n.) Alt. of Grandmamma |
| grandmamma | noun (n.) A grandmother. |
| grandpa | noun (n.) Alt. of Grandpapa |
| grandpapa | noun (n.) A grandfather. |
| granilla | noun (n.) Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect. |
| grindelia | noun (n.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis. |
| grossularia | noun (n.) Same as Grossular. |
| gryphaea | noun (n.) A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster. |
| guara | noun (n.) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. |
| noun (n.) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry. |
| guava | noun (n.) A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly. |
| guereza | noun (n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white. |
| guerilla | adjective (a.) See Guerrilla. |
| guerrilla | noun (n.) An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war. |
| noun (n.) 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. | |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare. |
| guinea | noun (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. |
| noun (n.) A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. |
| gula | noun (n.) The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat. |
| noun (n.) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum. | |
| noun (n.) A capping molding. Same as Cymatium. |
| gumma | noun (n.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin. |
| guna | noun (n.) In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages. |
| gutta | noun (n.) A drop. |
| noun (n.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop. |
| gymnoblastea | noun (n. pl.) The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule. |
| gymnochroa | noun (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See Hydra. |
| gymnocopa | noun (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages. |
| gymnoglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth. |
| gymnolaema | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Gymnolaemata |
| gymnolaemata | noun (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome. |
| gymnophiona | noun (n. pl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha. |
| gymnophthalmata | noun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusae; the hydromedusae. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids. |
| gymnosomata | noun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell. |
| gymnotoka | noun (n. pl.) The Athecata. |
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