Name Report For First Name GARA:
GARA
First name GARA's origin is Irish. GARA means "mastiff". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with GARA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of gara.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with GARA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with GARA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming GARA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES GARA AS A WHOLE:
mukantagara garabed garai garabina garabine garaden garadin garadun garadyn garafeld garatun megara garanNAMES RHYMING WITH GARA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ara) - Names That Ends with ara:
chinara johara thara' gadara mukamutara ceara aldara ara cynara marmara vara chandara pandara sitara tara xiomara lacramioara marioara camara diara jawara okpara adara alvara amara atara athdara aushara barbara caffara cara cesara chiara ciara conchobara damara dara delmara eara fara fearchara gaspara genara guanhamara hadara hildemara imara intisara intizara jakiara kara keara kesara keyara khiara kiara klara kymara lara machara manara mara molara naiara nara nashara nathara nudara sahara sara takara tamara tammara vafara zara meara zahara aglara samara vavara varvara valara azhara cantara claraRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:
asura aurora azmera efra iyangura japera katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira soumra adraNAMES RHYMING WITH GARA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (gar) - Names That Begins with gar:
gar garberend garbha garbhan garbina garbine garcia gard garda gardenia gardiner gardner gare gared garen garet gareth garett garey garfield garia gariland garin garion garlan garland garlen garlyn garm garman garmangabis garmangahis garmann garmon garmond garmund garnell garner garnet garnett garon garr garrad garran garrard garred garren garret garreth garrett garrey garrick garrin garrison garrity garrman garron garroway garrson garry garson garsone garth garton garudi garvan garve garvey garvin garvyn garwig garwin garwood garwyn garyRhyming 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 gadNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GARA:
First Names which starts with 'g' and ends with 'a':
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 gavenia gavina gavra gavrila gavrilla gayla gechina gedalya geela gelasia gelsomina geltruda gemma 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 giuliaEnglish Words Rhyming GARA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES GARA AS A WHOLE:
| garancin | noun (n.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin. |
| garage | noun (n.) A place for housing automobiles. |
| noun (n.) A shed for housing an airship or flying machine; a hangar. | |
| noun (n.) A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding. | |
| verb (v. t.) To keep in a garage. |
| garaging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garage |
| margarate | noun (n.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GARA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ara) - English Words That Ends with ara:
| agouara | noun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America. |
| apara | noun (n.) See Mataco. |
| ara | noun (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion. |
| noun (n.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America. |
| arara | noun (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus). |
| baccara | noun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat |
| barbara | noun (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. |
| capibara | noun (n.) See Capybara. |
| capybara | noun (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog. |
| caracara | noun (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards. |
| chara | noun (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places. |
| chikara | noun (n.) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India. |
| noun (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis). |
| cithara | noun (n.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp. |
| crantara | noun (n.) The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland. |
| camara | noun (n.) Chamber; house; -- used in Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res (/), and Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos (/). See Legislature. |
| dammara | noun (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. |
| noun (n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species. |
| dulcamara | noun (n.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a). |
| damara | noun (n.) A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus. |
| eschara | noun (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched. |
| ferrara | noun (n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| fissipara | noun (n. pl.) Animals which reproduce by fission. |
| gemara | noun (n.) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text). |
| gemmipara | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Gemmipares |
| guara | noun (n.) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. |
| noun (n.) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry. |
| kithara | noun (n.) See Cithara. |
| mara | noun (n.) The principal or ruling evil spirit. |
| noun (n.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions. | |
| noun (n.) The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus). |
| ovipara | noun (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara. |
| para | noun (n.) A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent. |
| noun (n.) The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm. | |
| noun (n.) Short for Para rubber. |
| piffara | noun (n.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir. |
| primipara | noun (n.) A woman who bears a child for the first time. |
| pupipara | noun (n. pl.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera. |
| samara | noun (n.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit. |
| sassarara | noun (n.) A word used to emphasize a statement. |
| siserara | noun (n.) Alt. of Siserary |
| solfatara | noun (n.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity. |
| tiara | noun (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over. |
| noun (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity. |
| totara | noun (n.) A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine. |
| tuatara | noun (n.) A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck. |
| unipara | noun (n.) A woman who has borne one child. |
| vara | noun (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. |
| vivipara | noun (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara. |
| yeara | noun (n.) The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a. |
| zaphara | noun (n.) Zaffer. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GARA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (gar) - Words That Begins with gar:
| gar | noun (n.) To cause; to make. |
| verb (v.) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish. | |
| verb (v.) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike. |
| garb | noun (n.) Clothing in general. |
| noun (n.) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge. | |
| noun (n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century. | |
| noun (n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. | |
| noun (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified). | |
| verb (v. t.) To clothe; array; deck. |
| garbage | noun (n.) Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome. |
| verb (v. t.) To strip of the bowels; to clean. |
| garbed | adjective (a.) Dressed; habited; clad. |
| garbel | noun (n.) Same as Garboard. |
| verb (v. t.) Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken. |
| garbling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garble |
| garble | noun (n.) Refuse; rubbish. |
| noun (n.) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings. | |
| verb (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. | |
| verb (v. t.) To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account. |
| garbler | noun (n.) One who garbles. |
| garboard | noun (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. |
| garboil | noun (n.) Tumult; disturbance; disorder. |
| 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. |
| gard | noun (n.) Garden. |
| noun (v. & n.) See Guard. |
| gardant | adjective (a.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast. |
| garden | noun (n.) A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. |
| noun (n.) A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. | |
| verb (v. i.) To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cultivate as a garden. |
| gardening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garden |
| noun (n.) The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture. |
| gardener | noun (n.) One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist. |
| 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. |
| gardenless | adjective (a.) Destitute of a garden. |
| gardenly | adjective (a.) Like a garden. |
| gardenship | noun (n.) Horticulture. |
| gardon | noun (n.) A European cyprinoid fish; the id. |
| gardyloo | noun (n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh. |
| gare | noun (n.) Coarse wool on the legs of sheep. |
| garefowl | noun (n.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk. |
| garfish | noun (n.) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. |
| noun (n.) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. |
| garganey | noun (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal. |
| gargantuan | adjective (a.) Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate. |
| gargarism | noun (n.) A gargle. |
| garget | noun (n.) The throat. |
| noun (n.) A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands. | |
| noun (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite. | |
| noun (n.) See Poke. |
| gargil | noun (n.) A distemper in geese, affecting the head. |
| gargle | noun (n.) See Gargoyle. |
| noun (n.) A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect. | |
| verb (v. t.) To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs. | |
| verb (v. t.) To warble; to sing as if gargling |
| gargling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gargle |
| gargol | noun (n.) A distemper in swine; garget. |
| gargoulette | noun (n.) A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet. |
| gargoyle | noun (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely. |
| gargyle | noun (n.) See Gargoyle. |
| garibaldi | noun (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi. |
| noun (n.) A California market fish (Pomancentrus rubicundus) of a deep scarlet color. |
| garish | adjective (a.) Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. |
| adjective (a.) Gay to extravagance; flighty. |
| garland | noun (n.) The crown of a king. |
| noun (n.) A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. | |
| noun (n.) The top; the thing most prized. | |
| noun (n.) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology. | |
| noun (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in. | |
| noun (n.) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. | |
| verb (v. t.) To deck with a garland. |
| garlanding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garland |
| garlandless | adjective (a.) Destitute of a garland. |
| garlic | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable. |
| noun (n.) A kind of jig or farce. |
| garlicky | adjective (a.) Like or containing garlic. |
| garment | noun (n.) Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. |
| garmented | adjective (p. a.) Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment. |
| garmenture | noun (n.) Clothing; dress. |
| garner | noun (n.) A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation. |
| verb (v. t.) To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure. |
| garnering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garner |
| garnet | noun (n.) A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms. |
| noun (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out. |
| garnetiferous | adjective (a.) Containing garnets. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GARA:
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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