Name Report For First Name GRE:

GRE

First name GRE's origin is Other. GRE means "pearl". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with GRE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of gre.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with GRE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with GRE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming GRE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES GRE AS A WHOLE:

kanelingres greguska gregos greenlee gregoria greta gretchen margreet margret algrenon calogrenant greagoir greely greg gregg gregor gregorio gregory gregson gremian grenville grey greyson macgregor sagremor gregoire gresham greeley gret grete gretal gregoriana grendel engres gretel

NAMES RHYMING WITH GRE (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (re) - Names That Ends with re:

ebiere balere deirdre hannelore aure kore magaere pleasure terpsichore amare nyasore zere alexandre bedivere bellangere brangore saffire elidure moore gaothaire giollamhuire cesare isidore macaire imre gilmore baldassare petre aedre aefre allaire amalure andere andsware asthore audre aurore azzure baibre blaire ceire chere claire clare conchobarre dechtire dedre deidre desire desyre diandre diedre dierdre dore eastre eleonore eostre ettare genevre guenevere guinevere gwenevere hilaire honore idurre izarre kesare laire legarre lenore lore maire mare muire niaire pipere quinevere richere sapphire valere adare aegelmaere aethelmaere aghamore ainmire alistaire alixandre andre archere are atmore attmore aundre avonmore azhaire backstere baldhere balgaire ballinamore barre

NAMES RHYMING WITH GRE (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (gr) - Names That Begins with gr:

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 gray graycen graysen grayson grayvesone grazia grazina grazini grazinia grazyna 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 gruddieu gryfflet gryselda

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH GRE:

First Names which starts with 'g' and ends with 'e':

gaarwine gabe gabriele gabrielle gace gadarine gae gaelle gaetane gage gaige gaile galantyne galatee gale galice galiene gamble ganice gannie ganymede garabine garbine gare garsone garve gayane gayle gaylene gebre gene geneve genevie genevieve genevyeve genivee george georgette georgine georgitte geraldine gerde gerdie gere gerhardine germaine gertrude gervase geteye gezane gheorghe ghislaine giancinte gibbesone gifre gilbride gillespie ginnette ginnie giollabrighde giollabuidhe giolladhe giselle giselmaere gislyne gisselle glaedwine glauce gloriane godalupe godwine goldie goldwine goodwine gorane gordie gore gorre gorrie govanne goveniayle governayle guadalupe guenloie guilaine guiliaine guillaume guiseppe guiseppie gurice gustave guthrie gwe gwenaelle gwenevieve

English Words Rhyming GRE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES GRE AS A WHOLE:

aggregatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggregate

aggregatenoun (n.) A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.
 noun (n.) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
 adjective (a.) Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
 adjective (a.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
 adjective (a.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
 adjective (a.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
 adjective (a.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.
 verb (v. t.) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
 verb (v. t.) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
 verb (v. t.) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

aggregationnoun (n.) The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

aggregativeadjective (a.) Taken together; collective.
 adjective (a.) Gregarious; social.

aggregatornoun (n.) One who aggregates.

aggressingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggress

aggressnoun (n.) Aggression.
 verb (v. i.) To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
 verb (v. t.) To set upon; to attack.

aggressionnoun (n.) The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power."

aggressiveadjective (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

aggressornoun (n.) The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

agreeingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agree

agreeabilitynoun (n.) Easiness of disposition.
 noun (n.) The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness.

agreeableadjective (a.) Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
 adjective (a.) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
 adjective (a.) Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.
 adjective (a.) In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

agreeablenessnoun (n.) The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
 noun (n.) The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
 noun (n.) Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between.

agreementnoun (n.) State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
 noun (n.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.
 noun (n.) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.
 noun (n.) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.

agreernoun (n.) One who agrees.

agresticadjective (a.) Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth.

agresticaladjective (a.) Agrestic.

aigreadjective (a.) Sour.

aigremorenoun (n.) Charcoal prepared for making powder.

aigretnoun (n.) Alt. of Aigrette

aigrettenoun (n.) The small white European heron. See Egret.
 noun (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
 noun (n.) A tuft like that of the egret.
 noun (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

allegressenoun (n.) Joy; gladsomeness.

allegrettonoun (n.) A movement in this time.
 adjective (a.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.

ambergreasenoun (n.) See Ambergris.

ayegreennoun (n.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).

bagreefnoun (n.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.

chagreennoun (n.) See Shagreen.

chegrenoun (n.) See Chigoe.

chigrenoun (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger.

congregateadjective (a.) Collected; compact; close.
 verb (v. t.) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.
 verb (v. i.) To come together; to assemble; to meet.

congregatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Congregate

congregationnoun (n.) The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
 noun (n.) A collection or mass of separate things.
 noun (n.) An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.
 noun (n.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
 noun (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church.
 noun (n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
 noun (n.) The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
 noun (n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

congregationaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church.

congregationalismnoun (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.
 noun (n.) The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.

congregationalistnoun (n.) One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.

congressnoun (n.) A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
 noun (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
 noun (n.) The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
 noun (n.) A gathering or assembly; a conference.
 noun (n.) A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.
 noun (n.) The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.
 noun (n.) The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.

congressionnoun (n.) A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse.

congressionaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates.

congressiveadjective (a.) Encountering, or coming together.

congressmannoun (n.) A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

congrevenoun (n.) Short for Cogreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket formerly used in war, either in the field or for bombardment. In the former case it was armed with shell, shrapnel, or other missiles; in the latter, with an inextinguishable explosive material, inclosed in a metallic case. It was guided by a long wooden stick.
 noun (n.) Short for Congreve match, an early friction match, containing sulphur, potassium chlorate, and antimony sulphide.

degreenoun (n.) A step, stair, or staircase.
 noun (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
 noun (n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.
 noun (n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree.
 noun (n.) Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.
 noun (n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.
 noun (n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
 noun (n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree.
 noun (n.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.
 noun (n.) A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.
 noun (n.) A line or space of the staff.

digressingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Digress

digressnoun (n.) Digression.
 verb (v. i.) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
 verb (v. i.) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

digressionnoun (n.) The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
 noun (n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
 noun (n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.

digressionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

digressiveadjective (a.) Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

disaggregationnoun (n.) The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GRE (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (re) - English Words That Ends with re:


abaturenoun (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

abbreviaturenoun (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
 noun (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

acclimaturenoun (n.) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.

acrenoun (n.) Any field of arable or pasture land.
 noun (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

acrospirenoun (n.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.
 verb (v. i.) To put forth the first sprout.

acrosporenoun (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

actinomerenoun (n.) One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.

acturenoun (n.) Action.

acupressurenoun (n.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.

acupuncturenoun (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
 noun (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
 verb (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.

adipocerenoun (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.

adjudicaturenoun (n.) Adjudication.

admixturenoun (n.) The act of mixing; mixture.
 noun (n.) The compound formed by mixing different substances together.
 noun (n.) That which is mixed with anything.

adventurenoun (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
 noun (n.) Risk; danger; peril.
 noun (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
 noun (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
 noun (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
 noun (n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
 noun (n.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
 verb (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.

aerospherenoun (n.) The atmosphere.

affixturenoun (n.) The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

agriculturenoun (n.) The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

alamirenoun (n.) The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.

albacorenoun (n.) See Albicore.

albicorenoun (n.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny.

alcoholaturenoun (n.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.

allurenoun (n.) Allurement.
 noun (n.) Gait; bearing.
 verb (v. t.) To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.

alurenoun (n.) A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.

amperenoun (n.) Alt. of Ampere
 noun (n.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere.

amphitheatrenoun (n.) An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
 noun (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

androphorenoun (n.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.
 noun (n.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

androsporenoun (n.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions.

anfracturenoun (n.) A mazy winding.

anoplotherenoun (n.) Alt. of Anoplotherium

antestaturenoun (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.

anthophorenoun (n.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family.

antimerenoun (n.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

antrenoun (n.) A cavern.

aperturenoun (n.) The act of opening.
 noun (n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
 noun (n.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

apiculturenoun (n.) Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

aplustrenoun (n.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

aquapuncturenoun (n.) The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.

arboriculturenoun (n.) The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

architecturenoun (n.) The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.
 noun (n.) Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

arenoun (n.) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
  () The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.

armaturenoun (n.) Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.
 noun (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
 noun (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
 noun (n.) That part of a dynamo or electric generator or of an electric motor in which a current is induced by a relatively moving magnetic field. The armature usually consists of a series of coils or groups of insulated conductors surrounding a core of iron.

armurenoun (n.) Armor.
 noun (n.) A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.

arrastrenoun (n.) A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.

arrierenoun (n.) "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.

arthromerenoun (n.) One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.

ascosporenoun (n.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]

aspirenoun (n.) Aspiration.
 verb (v. t.) To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.
 verb (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
 verb (v. t.) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.

atmospherenoun (n.) The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.
 noun (n.) Any gaseous envelope or medium.
 noun (n.) A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.
 noun (n.) The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.
 noun (n.) Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
 noun (n.) The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.

attainturenoun (n.) Attainder; disgrace.

attirenoun (n.) Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
 noun (n.) The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
 noun (n.) The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
 verb (v. t.) To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH GRE (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (gr) - Words That Begins with gr:


graafianadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician.

graalnoun (n.) See Grail., a dish.

grabnoun (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.

grabbingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grab

grabbernoun (n.) One who seizes or grabs.

grabblingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grabble

gracenoun (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.

gracingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grace

gracedadjective (a.) Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Grace

gracefuladjective (a.) Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

gracelessadjective (a.) Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.
 adjective (a.) Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4.

gracileadjective (a.) Alt. of Gracillent

gracillentadjective (a.) Slender; thin.

gracilitynoun (n.) State of being gracilent; slenderness.

graciousadjective (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.

graciousnessnoun (n.) Quality of being gracious.

gracklenoun (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.

gradationnoun (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.

gradationaladjective (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.

gradatorynoun (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.

gradenoun (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.

gradingnoun (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.

gradelyadjective (a.) Decent; orderly.
 adverb (adv.) Decently; in order.

gradernoun (n.) One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.

gradientnoun (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.

gradinnoun (n.) Alt. of Gradine

gradinenoun (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.

gradinonoun (n.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin.

gradualnoun (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.

gradualitynoun (n.) The state of being gradual; gradualness.

gradualnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

graduatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graduate

graduatenoun (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.

graduatedadjective (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

graduateshipnoun (n.) State of being a graduate.

graduationnoun (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.

graduatornoun (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.

gradusnoun (n.) A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry.

grafnoun (n.) A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.

graffnoun (n.) A steward; an overseer.
 noun (n. & v.) See Graft.

graffagenoun (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat.

graffernoun (n.) a notary or scrivener.

graffitinoun (n. pl.) Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

graftnoun (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.

graftingnoun (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.

grafternoun (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.

grahamitenoun (n.) One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.

grailnoun (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.

graillenoun (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers.

grainnoun (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 GRE:

English Words which starts with 'g' and ends with 'e':

gabaragenoun (n.) A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods.

gabardinenoun (n.) Alt. of Gaberdine

gaberdinenoun (n.) A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.
 noun (n.) See Gabardine.

gabblenoun (n.) Loud or rapid talk without meaning.
 noun (n.) Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
 verb (v. i.) To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.
 verb (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls.

gabellenoun (n.) A tax, especially on salt.

gabionadenoun (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire.
 noun (n.) A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements.

gabionagenoun (n.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.

gabionnadenoun (n.) See Gabionade.

gablenoun (n.) A cable.
 noun (n.) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like.
 noun (n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
 noun (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.

gadbeenoun (n.) The gadfly.

gadenoun (n.) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family.
 noun (n.) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead.

gadolinitenoun (n.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.

gafflenoun (n.) An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.
 noun (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.

gagatenoun (n.) Agate.

gagenoun (n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
 noun (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
 noun (n.) A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
 noun (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
 noun (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
 noun (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
 verb (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
  () A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust.

gahnitenoun (n.) Zinc spinel; automolite.

gailliardenoun (n.) A lively French and Italian dance.

gainsomeadjective (a.) Gainful.
 adjective (a.) Prepossessing; well-favored.

gaitrenoun (n.) Alt. of Gaytre

gaytrenoun (n.) The dogwood tree.
 noun (n.) The dogwood tree.

galactosenoun (n.) A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).

galagenoun (n.) See Galoche.

galantinenoun (n.) A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.

galenoun (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
 noun (n.) A moderate current of air; a breeze.
 noun (n.) A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
 noun (n.) A song or story.
 noun (n.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.
 noun (n.) The payment of a rent or annuity.
 verb (v. i.) To sale, or sail fast.
 verb (v. i.) To sing.

galeateadjective (a.) Alt. of Galeated

galenitenoun (n.) Galena; lead ore.

galeritenoun (n.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.

galileenoun (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals.

galingalenoun (n.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.

gallatenoun (n.) A salt of gallic acid.

gallaturenoun (n.) The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg.

galletylenoun (n.) A little tile of glazed earthenware.

galliardiseadjective (a.) Excessive gayety; merriment.

gallinaceaenoun (n. pl.) Same as Gallinae.

gallinaenoun (n.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores.

gallinulenoun (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).

gallopadenoun (n.) I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop.
 noun (n.) A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop.
 verb (v. i.) To gallop, as on horseback.
 verb (v. i.) To perform the dance called gallopade.

gallstonenoun (n.) A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.

galorenoun (n. & a.) Plenty; abundance; in abundance.

galoshenoun (n.) Same as Galoche.
  () A clog or patten.
  () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.
  () A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

galsomeadjective (a.) Angry; malignant.

galvanopuncturenoun (n.) Same as Electro-puncture.

galvanoscopenoun (n.) An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity.

gambogenoun (n.) A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic.

gamenoun (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
 noun (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
 noun (n.) To play at any sport or diversion.
 noun (n.) To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
 adjective (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
 verb (v. i.) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
 verb (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
 verb (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
 verb (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
 verb (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
 verb (v. i.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
 verb (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.

gamesomeadjective (a.) Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry.

gangliateadjective (a.) Alt. of Gangliated

gangrenenoun (n.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.

ganguenoun (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.

ganoinenoun (n.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.

gantlinenoun (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

gantlopenoun (n.) See Gantlet.

gapenoun (n.) The act of gaping; a yawn.
 noun (n.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To open the mouth wide
 verb (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.
 verb (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
 verb (v. i.) To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
 verb (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.

garbagenoun (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.

garblenoun (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.

garenoun (n.) Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.

garglenoun (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

gargoulettenoun (n.) A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.

gargoylenoun (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.

gargylenoun (n.) See Gargoyle.

garmenturenoun (n.) Clothing; dress.

garnieritenoun (n.) An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.

garnisheenoun (n.) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.
 verb (v. t.) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.
 verb (v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.

garrotenoun (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
 verb (v. t.) To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

garvienoun (n.) The sprat; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock.

gasconadenoun (n.) A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.
 verb (v. i.) To boast; to brag; to bluster.

gasolenenoun (n.) See Gasoline.

gasolinenoun (n.) A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor.
  () Alt. of Gasolene, engine

gasoscopenoun (n.) An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.

gastronomenoun (n.) Alt. of Gastronomer

gastroscopenoun (n.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

gastrostegenoun (n.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.

gatenoun (n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
 noun (n.) An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
 noun (n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
 noun (n.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
 noun (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
 noun (n.) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
 noun (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
 noun (n.) A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
 noun (n.) Manner; gait.
 verb (v. t.) To supply with a gate.
 verb (v. t.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.

gatehousenoun (n.) A house connected or associated with a gate.

gatherableadjective (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises.

gauchenoun (n.) Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
 noun (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

gaucherienoun (n.) An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

gauffrenoun (n.) A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher.

gaugenoun (n.) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
 noun (n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.
 noun (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.
 noun (n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
 noun (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
 noun (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
 noun (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.
 noun (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
 noun (n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
 verb (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.
 verb (v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
 verb (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
 verb (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
 verb (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.

gaugeableadjective (a.) Capable of being gauged.

gauntreenoun (n.) Alt. of Gauntry

gauzenoun (n.) A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
 adjective (a.) Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.

gavelochenoun (n.) Same as Gavelock.

gaviaenoun (n. pl.) The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.

gawntreenoun (n.) See Gauntree.

gaylussitenoun (n.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.

gaysomeadjective (a.) Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag.

gazenoun (n.) A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
 noun (n.) The object gazed on.
 verb (v. i.) To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.
 verb (v. t.) To view with attention; to gaze on .

gazellenoun (n.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes.

gazettenoun (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
 verb (v. t.) To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

gazogenenoun (n.) A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale.

geesenoun (n.) pl. of Goose.
  (pl. ) of Goose

gelableadjective (a.) Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

gelatinenoun (n.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.
 noun (n.) Same as Gelatin.

geldableadjective (a.) Capable of being gelded.
 adjective (a.) Liable to taxation.

gelosenoun (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds.

gelseminenoun (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia.

geminateadjective (a.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.
 verb (v. t.) To double.

gemmateadjective (a.) Having buds; reproducing by buds.

gemmiflorateadjective (a.) Having flowers like buds.