Name Report For First Name GRAY:
GRAY
First name GRAY's origin is English. GRAY means "gray-haired". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with GRAY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of gray.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with GRAY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with GRAY - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming GRAY
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES GRAY AS A WHOLE:
graycen igrayne graysen grayson grayvesone bedegrayneNAMES RHYMING WITH GRAY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ray) - Names That Ends with ray:
nuray delray diondray gillivray macgillivray macray murray ouray rayRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ay) - Names That Ends with ay:
sisay adjatay barclay galloway bay aanjay anevay chantay chardonnay elliemay fay gay jeanay jenay jennay jonay kevay lindsay linsay lyndsay may mishay shamay tamay thursday ajay barday bodaway corday courtnay dontay enapay finlay garroway hay jay kay lay macaulay mackay montay o'shay otaktay pay pranay ramsay shay tiernay treadway vernay galway tredway thay stanway clay tuesday suhay kenway ordway conway courtenayNAMES RHYMING WITH GRAY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (gra) - Names That Begins with gra:
grace gracelyn gracelynn gracen gracia graciana gracianna gracie graciela gracin gradasso graden gradon grady graeghamm graeglea graegleah graeham graeme graent grafere graham grahem graine grainne gram granger grangere grania grant grantham grantland grantley granuaile granville grazia grazina grazini grazinia grazynaRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (gr) - Names That Begins with gr:
gre greagoir greeley greely greenlee greg gregg gregoire gregor gregoria gregoriana gregorio gregory gregos gregson greguska gremian grendel grenville gresham gret greta gretal gretchen grete gretel grey greyson gricelda griffin griffith griffyth griflet grimbold grimm grimme grindan gringalet gringolet grioghar griorgair grisandole griselda griselde griseldis grisella grisham grishilde grisjahilde griswald griswalda griswalde griswold grizel grizela groot grosvenor grover gru gruddieuNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GRAY:
First Names which starts with 'g' and ends with 'y':
gaby gaffney garey garrey garrity garry garvey gary geary gedaly geffrey genny geoffrey geraghty gerry gilley gilroy gilvarry ginny gipsy godfrey gogarty goldy goodwy gordy gormley gormly gorry guy gwy gyongy gypsyEnglish Words Rhyming GRAY
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES GRAY AS A WHOLE:
| gray | noun (n.) A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint. |
| noun (n.) An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon. | |
| superlative (superl.) White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. | |
| superlative (superl.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. | |
| superlative (superl.) Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. |
| grayback | noun (n.) The California gray whale. |
| noun (n.) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. | |
| noun (n.) The dowitcher. | |
| noun (n.) The body louse. |
| graybeard | noun (n.) An old man. |
| grayfly | noun (n.) The trumpet fly. |
| grayhound | noun (n.) See Greyhound. |
| grayish | adjective (a.) Somewhat gray. |
| graylag | noun (n.) The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose. |
| grayling | adjective (a.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. |
| adjective (a.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region. |
| grayness | noun (n.) The quality of being gray. |
| graywacke | noun (n.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. |
| hoddengray | adjective (a.) Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. |
| stingray | noun (n.) Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidae, syn. Trygonidae, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GRAY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ray) - English Words That Ends with ray:
| array | noun (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. |
| noun (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. | |
| noun (n.) An imposing series of things. | |
| noun (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. | |
| noun (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. | |
| noun (n.) The panel itself. | |
| noun (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. | |
| noun (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. | |
| noun (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. | |
| noun (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. |
| bray | noun (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. |
| noun (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. | |
| verb (v. t.) To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. | |
| verb (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. |
| cray | noun (n.) Alt. of Crayer |
| chambray | noun (n.) A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish. |
| deray | noun (n.) Disorder; merriment. |
| disarray | noun (n.) Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. |
| noun (n.) Confused attire; undress. | |
| verb (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of. | |
| verb (v. t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe. |
| dray | noun (n.) A squirrel's nest. |
| noun (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. | |
| noun (n.) A kind of sledge or sled. |
| estray | noun (n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. |
| verb (v. i.) To stray. |
| foray | noun (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. |
| verb (v. t.) To pillage; to ravage. |
| forray | noun (n.) The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray. |
| verb (v. t.) To foray; to ravage; to pillage. |
| fray | noun (n.) Affray; broil; contest; combat. |
| noun (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing. | |
| verb (v. t.) To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. | |
| verb (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to defray. | |
| verb (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head. | |
| verb (v. i.) To rub. | |
| verb (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. |
| moray | noun (n.) A muraena. |
| orfray | noun (n.) The osprey. |
| ospray | noun (n.) The fishhawk. |
| pelfray | noun (n.) Alt. of Pelfry |
| pray | noun (n. & v.) See Pry. |
| verb (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving. | |
| verb (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech. | |
| verb (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for. | |
| verb (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory. |
| ray | noun (n.) Array; order; arrangement; dress. |
| noun (n.) One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. | |
| noun (n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius. | |
| noun (n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. | |
| noun (n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. | |
| noun (n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray. | |
| noun (n.) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light. | |
| noun (n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. | |
| noun (n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray. | |
| noun (n.) To mark with long lines; to streak. | |
| noun (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles. | |
| noun (n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. | |
| noun (n.) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To array. | |
| verb (v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shine, as with rays. |
| scray | noun (n.) A tern; the sea swallow. |
| spray | noun (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig. |
| noun (n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray. | |
| noun (n.) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold. | |
| noun (n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. | |
| verb (v. t.) Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like. | |
| verb (v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. | |
| verb (v. t.) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer. | |
| verb (v. t.) To let fall in the form of spray. | |
| verb (v. t.) To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid. |
| stonecray | noun (n.) A distemper in hawks. |
| stray | noun (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. |
| noun (n.) The act of wandering or going astray. | |
| adjective (a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. | |
| adjective (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. | |
| adjective (a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to stray. | |
| verb (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. |
| sting ray | noun (n.) Alt. of Stingray |
| tray | noun (n.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc. |
| noun (n.) A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver. | |
| noun (n.) A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles. | |
| verb (v. t.) To betray; to deceive. |
| verray | adjective (a.) Very; true. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GRAY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (gra) - Words That Begins with gra:
| graafian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician. |
| graal | noun (n.) See Grail., a dish. |
| grab | noun (n.) A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts. |
| noun (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure. | |
| noun (n.) An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch. |
| grabbing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grab |
| grabber | noun (n.) One who seizes or grabs. |
| grabbling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grabble |
| grace | noun (n.) The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred. |
| noun (n.) The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor. | |
| noun (n.) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon. | |
| noun (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery. | |
| noun (n.) Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune. | |
| noun (n.) Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit. | |
| noun (n.) Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. | |
| noun (n.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. | |
| noun (n.) The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. | |
| noun (n.) Thanks. | |
| noun (n.) A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal. | |
| noun (n.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc. | |
| noun (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree. | |
| noun (n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops. | |
| verb (v. t.) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. | |
| verb (v. t.) To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor. | |
| verb (v. t.) To supply with heavenly grace. | |
| verb (v. t.) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to. |
| gracing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grace |
| graced | adjective (a.) Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Grace |
| graceful | adjective (a.) Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. |
| graceless | adjective (a.) Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. |
| adjective (a.) Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4. |
| gracile | adjective (a.) Alt. of Gracillent |
| gracillent | adjective (a.) Slender; thin. |
| gracility | noun (n.) State of being gracilent; slenderness. |
| gracious | adjective (a.) Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty. |
| adjective (a.) Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. | |
| adjective (a.) Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections. |
| graciousness | noun (n.) Quality of being gracious. |
| grackle | noun (n.) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow. |
| noun (n.) An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna. |
| gradation | noun (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes. |
| noun (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade. | |
| noun (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series. | |
| noun (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing. | |
| noun (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords. | |
| verb (v. t.) To form with gradations. |
| gradational | adjective (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation. |
| gradatory | noun (n.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. |
| adjective (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. | |
| adjective (a.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. |
| grade | noun (n.) A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. |
| noun (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. | |
| noun (n.) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient. | |
| noun (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. | |
| noun (n.) A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. | |
| verb (v. t.) To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of. |
| grading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grade |
| noun (n.) The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade. |
| gradely | adjective (a.) Decent; orderly. |
| adverb (adv.) Decently; in order. |
| grader | noun (n.) One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated. |
| gradient | noun (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade. |
| noun (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade. | |
| noun (n.) The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient. | |
| adjective (a.) Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. | |
| adjective (a.) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad. | |
| adjective (a.) Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds. |
| gradin | noun (n.) Alt. of Gradine |
| gradine | noun (n.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another. |
| noun (n.) A toothed chised by sculptors. |
| gradino | noun (n.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin. |
| gradual | noun (n.) Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. |
| noun (n.) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. | |
| noun (n.) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. | |
| noun (n.) A series of steps. |
| graduality | noun (n.) The state of being gradual; gradualness. |
| gradualness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness. |
| graduating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graduate |
| graduate | noun (n.) To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc. |
| noun (n.) To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College. | |
| noun (n.) To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven. | |
| noun (n.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. | |
| noun (n.) One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning. | |
| noun (n.) A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated. | |
| noun (n. & v.) Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. | |
| verb (v. i.) To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. | |
| verb (v. i.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds. | |
| verb (v. i.) To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. |
| graduated | adjective (a.) Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades. |
| adjective (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Graduate |
| graduateship | noun (n.) State of being a graduate. |
| graduation | noun (n.) The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc. |
| noun (n.) The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale. | |
| noun (n.) The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation. |
| graduator | noun (n.) One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments. |
| noun (n.) An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals. | |
| noun (n.) An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air. |
| gradus | noun (n.) A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry. |
| graf | noun (n.) A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl. |
| graff | noun (n.) A steward; an overseer. |
| noun (n. & v.) See Graft. |
| graffage | noun (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat. |
| graffer | noun (n.) a notary or scrivener. |
| graffiti | noun (n. pl.) Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii. |
| graft | noun (n.) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. |
| noun (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. | |
| noun (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. | |
| noun (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. | |
| noun (n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union. | |
| noun (n.) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. | |
| noun (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns. | |
| noun (n.) Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or unjust means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or any position of trust or employment to obtain fees, perquisites, profits on contracts, legislation, pay for work not done or service not performed, etc.; illegal or unfair practice for profit or personal advantage; also, anything thus gained. | |
| noun (n.) A "soft thing" or "easy thing;" a "snap." | |
| verb (v. i.) To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting. |
| grafting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graft |
| noun (n.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty. | |
| noun (n.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another. |
| grafter | noun (n.) One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting. |
| noun (n.) An instrument by which grafting is facilitated. | |
| noun (n.) The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. |
| grahamite | noun (n.) One who follows the dietetic system of Graham. |
| grail | noun (n.) A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. |
| noun (n.) A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail. | |
| noun (n.) Small particles of earth; gravel. | |
| noun (n.) One of the small feathers of a hawk. |
| graille | noun (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. |
| grain | noun (v. & n.) See Groan. |
| noun (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food. | |
| noun (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. | |
| noun (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram. | |
| noun (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. | |
| noun (n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain. | |
| noun (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. | |
| noun (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. | |
| noun (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. | |
| noun (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4. | |
| noun (n.) To yield fruit. | |
| noun (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate. | |
| noun (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. | |
| noun (n.) A tine, prong, or fork. | |
| noun (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river. | |
| noun (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points. | |
| noun (n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. | |
| adjective (a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination. | |
| adjective (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. | |
| verb (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. | |
| verb (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.). |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GRAY:
English Words which starts with 'g' and ends with 'y':
| gaby | noun (n.) A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. |
| gadfly | noun (n.) Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies. |
| gaiety | noun (n.) Same as Gayety. |
| gainly | adjective (a.) Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. |
| gairishly | noun (n.) Alt. of Gairish/ness |
| galaxy | noun (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars. |
| noun (n.) A splendid assemblage of persons or things. |
| gallantry | noun (n.) Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. |
| noun (n.) Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry. | |
| noun (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue. | |
| noun (n.) Gallant persons, collectively. |
| gallery | adjective (a.) A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal. |
| adjective (a.) A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc. | |
| adjective (a.) A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall. | |
| adjective (a.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850. | |
| adjective (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. | |
| adjective (a.) A working drift or level. |
| galley | noun (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not |
| noun (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century. | |
| noun (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars. | |
| noun (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. | |
| noun (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. | |
| noun (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. | |
| noun (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. | |
| noun (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. |
| gallfly | noun (n.) An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall. |
| gallimaufry | noun (n.) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. |
| noun (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. |
| galloway | noun (n.) A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron. |
| gally | noun (n.) See Galley, n., 4. |
| adjective (a.) Like gall; bitter as gall. | |
| verb (v. t.) To frighten; to worry. |
| galvanocautery | noun (n.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current. |
| galvanoglyphy | noun (n.) Same as Glyphography. |
| galvanography | noun (n.) The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy. |
| noun (n.) A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates. |
| galvanology | noun (n.) A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena. |
| galvanometry | noun (n.) The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents. |
| galvanoplasty | noun (n.) The art or process of electrotypy. |
| galvanoscopy | noun (n.) The use of galvanism in physiological experiments. |
| gamy | adjective (a.) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored. |
| adjective (a.) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout. |
| ganglionary | adjective (a.) Ganglionic. |
| gantry | noun (n.) See Gauntree. |
| gardenly | adjective (a.) Like a garden. |
| garganey | noun (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal. |
| garlicky | adjective (a.) Like or containing garlic. |
| garrulity | noun (n.) Talkativeness; loquacity. |
| gaseity | noun (n.) State of being gaseous. |
| gasometry | noun (n.) The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. |
| gassy | adjective (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk. |
| gastly | adjective (a.) See Ghastful, Ghastly. |
| gastriloquy | noun (n.) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy. |
| gastroelytrotomy | noun (n.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous. |
| gastrohysterotomy | noun (n.) Caesarean section. See under Caesarean. |
| gastrology | noun (n.) The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach. |
| gastromancy | noun (n.) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. |
| noun (n.) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art. |
| gastronomy | noun (n.) The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. |
| gastroraphy | noun (n.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. |
| gastroscopy | noun (n.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope. |
| gastrostomy | noun (n.) The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food. |
| gastrotomy | noun (n.) A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach. |
| gateway | noun (n.) A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense. |
| gaudery | noun (n.) Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. |
| gaudy | noun (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. |
| noun (n.) A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. | |
| superlative (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. | |
| superlative (superl.) Gay; merry; festal. |
| gauntry | noun (n.) A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. |
| noun (n.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. |
| gauzy | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze. |
| gawby | noun (n.) A baby; a dunce. |
| gay | noun (n.) An ornament |
| superlative (superl.) Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. | |
| superlative (superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. | |
| superlative (superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd. |
| gayety | adjective (a.) The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season. |
| adjective (a.) Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress. |
| geitonogamy | noun (n.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant. |
| gelidity | noun (n.) The state of being gelid. |
| gelly | noun (n.) Jelly. |
| geloscopy | noun (n.) Divination by means of laughter. |
| geminy | noun (n.) Twins; a pair; a couple. |
| gemmary | noun (n.) A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to gems. |
| gemmiparity | noun (n.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding. |
| gemmosity | noun (n.) The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. |
| gemmy | noun (n.) Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem. |
| noun (n.) Spruce; smart. |
| gendarmery | noun (n.) The body of gendarmes. |
| genealogy | noun (n.) An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. |
| noun (n.) Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage. |
| generability | noun (n.) Capability of being generated. |
| generality | noun (n.) The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. |
| noun (n.) That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. | |
| noun (n.) The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind. |
| generalty | noun (n.) Generality. |
| generosity | noun (n.) Noble birth. |
| noun (n.) The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness. | |
| noun (n.) Liberality in giving; munificence. |
| genesiolgy | noun (n.) The doctrine or science of generation. |
| genethlialogy | noun (n.) Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology. |
| geniality | noun (n.) The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners. |
| genitourinary | adjective (a.) See Urogenital. |
| gentility | noun (n.) Good extraction; dignity of birth. |
| noun (n.) The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding. | |
| noun (n.) The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry. | |
| noun (n.) Paganism; heathenism. |
| gentilly | adjective (a.) In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. |
| gentlemanly | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite. |
| gentry | adjective (a.) Birth; condition; rank by birth. |
| adjective (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. | |
| adjective (a.) Courtesy; civility; complaisance. |
| genty | adjective (a.) Neat; trim. |
| geodesy | noun (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast. |
| geognosy | noun (n.) That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution. |
| geogony | noun (n.) The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth. |
| geography | noun (n.) The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited. |
| noun (n.) A treatise on this science. |
| geolatry | noun (n.) The worship of the earth. |
| geology | noun (n.) The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series. |
| noun (n.) A treatise on the science. |
| geomancy | noun (n.) A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper. |
| geometry | noun (n.) That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space. |
| noun (n.) A treatise on this science. |
| geoscopy | noun (n.) Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection. |
| germiparity | noun (n.) Reproduction by means of germs. |
| gerocomy | noun (n.) That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people. |
| gerontocracy | noun (n.) Government by old men. |
| gery | adjective (a.) Changeable; fickle. |
| gestatory | adjective (a.) Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy. |
| adjective (a.) Capable of being carried or worn. |
| gesticulatory | adjective (a.) Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. |
| gharry | noun (n.) Any wheeled cart or carriage. |
| ghostly | adjective (a.) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to apparitions. | |
| adverb (adv.) Spiritually; mystically. |
| ghostology | noun (n.) Ghost lore. |
| giantly | adjective (a.) Appropriate to a giant. |
| giantry | noun (n.) The race of giants. |
| gibbostity | noun (n.) The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness. |
| giffy | noun (n.) See Jiffy. |
| gigantology | noun (n.) An account or description of giants. |
| gigantomachy | noun (n.) A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven. |
| giggly | adjective (a.) Prone to giggling. |
| gillie gilly | noun (n.) A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. |
| gipsy | noun (n. a.) See Gypsy. |
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