Name Report For First Name GINA:
GINA
First name GINA's origin is English. GINA means "abbreviation of names ending in -gina". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with GINA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of gina.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with GINA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with GINA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming GINA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES GƯNA AS A WHOLE:
aegina luigina migina reginald reginaNAMES RHYMING WITH GƯNA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ina) - Names That Ends with ina:
asmina crispina hasina zahina inina raina jirina gelsomina levina jaakkina katariina falerina armina katharina akilina alcina aretina filipina jarina trina kina mahina olina adamina ernesztina karolina krisztina dakshina balbina catarina claudina rufina sabrina serafina akina shina citlalmina cha'kwaina catalina afina alexandreina augustina corina crina dorina madalina marina fayina lukina tasina ilhicamina adelina adina aiglentina aina alaina alastrina albertina alejandrina alexandrina alexina alhertina alina almundina alpina alvina alzina amina ancelina antonina apollina aquilina araina arlina aubina audrina avelina belina berdina bernadina bertina bidina blandina brina calvina caprina capucina carina carmelina carolina cedrina chalina cherina china christina chrystina clementina colina corrina cristinaNAMES RHYMING WITH GƯNA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (gin) - Names That Begins with gin:
gin ginebra ginerva ginessa ginger ginna ginnette ginnie ginny ginoRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (gi) - Names That Begins with gi:
giacomo giada gian giana giancinta giancinte gianina gianluca gianna giannes gianni giavanna gibbesone gibson gideon gifford giflet gifre gifuhard gijs gikhrist gil gila gilah gilal gilala gilana gilat gilbarta gilbert gilberta gilberto gilbride gilburt gilchrist gilda gildan gildas gildea giles gilford gili gilia gilibeirt gilit gill gille-eathain gilleabart gillean gilleasbuig gillecriosd gillermo gilles gillespie gilley gilli gillian gillivray gilmar gilmat gilmer gilmore gilpin gilroy gilvarry gimm giolla giollabrighde giollabuidhe giolladhe giollamhuire giollanaebhin giollaruaidh giomar gionnan giorsal giovanna giovanni gipsy girard girflet girven girvyn gisa gisela giselbert gisella giselle giselmaer giselmaereNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GƯNA:
First Names which starts with 'g' and ends with 'a':
gabra gabreilla gabriela gabriella gabryella gadara gadhra gadwa gaea gaetana gaia gaila gaira gaizka gala galatea galawya galea galena galenia galenka galia galiana galiena galila galina galla gallia galochka galya gana ganieda gara garabina garbha garbina garcia garda gardenia garia gaspara gavenia gavina gavra gavrila gavrilla gayla gechina gedalya geela gelasia 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 gisilberhta gitana githa gitta giulia giynna giza gjerta glaleanna gleda glenna gliona gloriana glorianna gobhaEnglish Words Rhyming GINA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES GƯNA AS A WHOLE:
| aboriginal | noun (n.) An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. |
| noun (n.) An animal or a plant native to the region. | |
| adjective (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood. |
| aboriginality | noun (n.) The quality of being aboriginal. |
| angina | noun (n.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. |
| bimarginate | adjective (a.) Having a double margin, as certain shells. |
| boraginaceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants. |
| borraginaceous | adjective (a.) See Borage, n., etc. |
| compagination | noun (n.) Union of parts; structure. |
| devirginate | adjective (a.) Deprived of virginity. |
| verb (v. t.) To deprive of virginity; to deflour. |
| devirgination | noun (n.) A deflouring. |
| emarginate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Emarginated |
| verb (v. t.) To take away the margin of. |
| emarginated | adjective (a.) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus. |
| adjective (a.) Notched at the summit. | |
| adjective (a.) Having the edges truncated. |
| emargination | noun (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin. |
| evagination | noun (n.) The act of unsheathing. |
| noun (n.) An outgrowth or protruded part. |
| evaginate | adjective (a.) Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane. |
| verb (v. i. & t.) To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate. |
| evaginating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evaginate |
| ferruginated | adjective (a.) Having the color or properties of the rust of iron. |
| imaginability | noun (n.) Capacity for imagination. |
| imaginable | adjective (a.) Capable of being imagined; conceivable. |
| imaginal | adjective (a.) Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an imago. |
| imaginant | noun (n.) An imaginer. |
| adjective (a.) Imagining; conceiving. |
| imaginarily | adjective (a.) In a imaginary manner; in imagination. |
| imaginariness | noun (n.) The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality. |
| imaginary | noun (n.) An imaginary expression or quantity. |
| adjective (a.) Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. |
| imaginate | adjective (a.) Imaginative. |
| imagination | noun (n.) The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines. |
| noun (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy. | |
| noun (n.) The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal. | |
| noun (n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. |
| imaginational | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination. |
| imaginationalism | noun (n.) Idealism. |
| imaginative | adjective (a.) Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. |
| adjective (a.) Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. | |
| adjective (a.) Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. |
| immarginate | adjective (a.) Not having a distinctive margin or border. |
| indevirginate | adjective (a.) Not devirginate. |
| inframarginal | adjective (a.) Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain. |
| inimaginable | adjective (a.) Unimaginable; inconceivable. |
| intramarginal | adjective (a.) Situated within the margin. |
| invaginate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Invaginated |
| verb (v. t.) To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in. |
| invaginated | adjective (a.) Sheathed. |
| adjective (a.) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion. |
| invagination | noun (n.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part. |
| noun (n.) One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated. |
| marginal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a margin. |
| adjective (a.) Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss. |
| marginalia | noun (n. pl.) Marginal notes. |
| marginate | noun (n.) Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure. |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin. |
| marginated | adjective (a.) Same as Marginate, a. |
| misimagination | noun (n.) Wrong imagination; delusion. |
| ngina | noun (n.) The gorilla. |
| originable | adjective (a.) Capable of being originated. |
| original | noun (n.) Origin; commencement; source. |
| noun (n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc. | |
| noun (n.) An original thinker or writer; an originator. | |
| noun (n.) A person of marked eccentricity. | |
| noun (n.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum. | |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process. | |
| adjective (a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture. | |
| adjective (a.) Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius. | |
| adjective (a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter. |
| originalist | noun (n.) One who is original. |
| originality | noun (n.) The quality or state of being original. |
| originalness | noun (n.) The quality of being original; originality. |
| originant | adjective (a.) Originating; original. |
| originary | adjective (a.) Causing existence; productive. |
| adjective (a.) Primitive; primary; original. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GƯNA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ina) - English Words That Ends with ina:
| acarina | noun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. |
| achatina | noun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. |
| alumina | noun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
| amphirhina | noun (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double. |
| araneina | noun (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders. |
| carina | noun (n.) A keel |
| noun (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification | |
| noun (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. | |
| noun (n.) The keel of the breastbone of birds. |
| casuarina | noun (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color. |
| cavatina | noun (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used. |
| china | noun (n.) A country in Eastern Asia. |
| noun (n.) China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. |
| concertina | noun (n.) A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads. |
| coquina | noun (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida. |
| czarina | noun (n.) The title of the empress of Russia. |
| discina | noun (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle. |
| domina | noun (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. |
| erythrina | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers. |
| farina | noun (n.) A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery. |
| noun (n.) Pollen. |
| 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. |
| glucina | noun (n.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine. |
| haematophlina | noun (n. pl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire. |
| hemina | noun (n.) A measure of half a sextary. |
| noun (n.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces. |
| hydrina | noun (n. pl.) The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong. |
| ianthina | noun (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail. |
| jaina | noun (n.) One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism. |
| jamacina | noun (n.) Jamaicine. |
| janthina | noun (n.) See Ianthina. |
| lamina | noun (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals. |
| noun (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. | |
| noun (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather. |
| limacina | noun (n.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales. |
| linguatulina | noun (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida. |
| littorina | noun (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle. |
| madrina | noun (n.) An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. |
| marikina | noun (n.) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin. |
| meandrina | noun (n.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals. |
| mina | noun (n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas. |
| noun (n.) See Myna. |
| monorhina | noun (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata. |
| nemertina | noun (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela. |
| neritina | noun (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted. |
| oculina | noun (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture. |
| orbulina | noun (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell. |
| ocarina | noun (n.) A kind of small simple wind instrument. |
| quinquina | noun (n.) Peruvian bark. |
| noun (n.) Peruvian bark. |
| pagina | noun (n.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus. |
| paludina | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond. |
| patina | noun (n.) A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella. |
| noun (n.) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals. |
| pedicellina | noun (n.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta. |
| pediculina | noun (n. pl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| piscina | noun (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels. |
| platina | noun (n.) Platinum. |
| polycystina | noun (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state. |
| retina | noun (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye. |
| rhytina | noun (n.) See Rytina. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GƯNA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (gin) - Words That Begins with gin:
| gin | noun (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. |
| noun (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine. | |
| noun (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. | |
| noun (n.) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. | |
| noun (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. | |
| verb (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. | |
| verb (v. t.) To catch in a trap. | |
| verb (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. | |
| (conj.) If. |
| ginning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gin |
| noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gin | |
| verb (v. i.) Beginning. |
| ging | noun (n.) Same as Gang, n., 2. |
| gingal | noun (n.) See Jingal. |
| ginger | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale. |
| noun (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. |
| gingerbread | noun (n.) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. |
| gingerness | noun (n.) Cautiousness; tenderness. |
| gingham | noun (n.) A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints. |
| ginging | noun (n.) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving. |
| gingival | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the gums. |
| gingle | noun (n. & v.) See Jingle. |
| ginglyform | adjective (a.) Ginglymoid. |
| ginglymodi | noun (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel. |
| ginglymoid | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ginglymoidal |
| ginglymoidal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform. |
| ginglymus | noun (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle. |
| ginhouse | noun (n.) A building where cotton is ginned. |
| ginkgo | noun (n.) A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree. |
| ginnee | noun (n.) See Jinnee. |
| ginnet | noun (n.) See Genet, a horse. |
| ginseng | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness. |
| ginshop | noun (n.) A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GƯNA:
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. |
| ganesa | noun (n.) The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence. |
| ganja | noun (n.) The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating. |
| 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. |
| gansa | noun (n.) Same as Ganza. |
| ganza | noun (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| guana | noun (n.) See Iguana. |
| guara | noun (n.) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. |
| noun (n.) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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