English words: Gallienus to galvanotonus

300 English words, part 5 of 84 of the words starting with G, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words Gallienus to galvanotonus

Gallienus proper noun /ˌɡæliˈɛnəs/: a Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268
galliferous adjective: Containing or producing gallium.
gallification noun /ˌɡɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The process of making something French; adaptation to French norms or values.
Gallified adjective: Made French.
galliform adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to a chicken or other member of the order Galliformes.
Galligan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
galligaskins noun: Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.
galligu noun: The insoluble waste products of the Leblanc process.
Galliher proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Gallimania noun: Synonym of Gallophilia.
gallimatia noun: Senseless talk.
gallimaufrey noun: Dated form of gallimaufry.
gallimaufry noun /ɡa.lɪˈmɔː.fɹi/: A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
gallimimus noun /ˌɡæləˈmaɪməs/: A theropod dinosaur of the genus Gallimimus that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous period.
Gallimore proper noun: A surname.
gallin noun: A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein.
Gallina proper noun: A surname from Italian.
gallinacean noun: One of the former taxonomic order Gallinae (gallinaceous birds) of birds resembling fowl.
gallinaceous adjective /ɡælɪˈneɪʃəs/: Related to the genus Gallus, poultry; notably said of the order Galliformes.
gallinacin noun: Any of a group of antimicrobial peptides present in chicken leukocytes
Gallinazo noun: A pre-Columbian, pre-Inca culture that flourished in the Virú Valley on the northwest coast of Peru around 200 BCE.
galline adjective: of, or pertaining to, the chicken
galling adjective, noun, verb: Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.
gallingale noun: Alternative spelling of galingale.
gallingly adverb: In a galling manner.
gallingness noun: The quality of being galling.
gallinipper noun: Any large insect that bites, for example, certain large mosquitos.
gallinule noun /ˈɡælɪnjuːl/: A bird of one of several species in the genera Porphyrio and Gallinula of the family Rallidae.
Gallio noun: A careless, easygoing man who keeps himself free from trouble and responsibility.
Gallion proper noun: A surname.
galliot noun: A light galley.
gallipato noun: The Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)
Gallipoli proper noun /ɡəˈlɪpəli/: The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) in World War I.
Gallipoli gallop noun: Dysentery, as experienced by ANZACs at the Battle of Gallipoli.
Gallipolian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Gallipoli.
Gallipolis proper noun /ˌɡæləpəˈlis/: A chartered village, the county seat of Gallia County, Ohio, United States.
gallipot noun: A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.
gallipot word noun: A difficult and obscure word, particularly when used gratuitously to give an appearance of being learned.
gallise verb: Alternative spelling of gallize.
gallisin noun: An unfermentable carbohydrate found in starch sugar.
gallite noun: A tetragonal-scalenohedral gray mineral containing copper, gallium, and sulfur.
gallito noun: A crested gallito (Rhinocrypta lanceolata) or
gallitrap noun /ˈɡælɪtɹæp/: Grass growing in a circle that possesses the magical power of compelling anyone standing within it to confess their wrongdoings.
Gallitzin proper noun: A borough and township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
gallium noun /ˈɡæliəm/: A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
gallium arsenide noun: A binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs, used as a semiconductor, especially in light-emitting diodes.
gallium arsenide phosphide noun: A semiconductor composed of a mixture/alloy of gallium arsenide and gallium phosphide
gallium nitrate noun: A nitrate compound of gallium with the chemical formula Ga(NO₃)₃.
gallium nitride noun: A semiconductor commonly used in blue light-emitting diodes.
Gallivan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Gallivanism noun: A characteristically colourful turn of phrase of Canadian sportscaster Danny Gallivan (1917–1993).
gallivant verb /ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/: To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
gallivanter noun: One who gallivants.
gallivantin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of gallivanting.
gallivanting noun, verb: Roaming about for pleasure.
gallivat noun: A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
gallivorous adjective: Feeding on galls.
galliware noun: Alternative form of gallyware.
galliwasp noun: Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus.
gallization noun: The process of gallizing.
gallize verb /ˈɡælaɪz/: To add sugar and water to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced.
gallless adjective /ˈɡɔːl.ləs/: Alternative spelling of gall-less.
Gallman proper noun: A surname.
gallnut noun: A gall on a tree, caused by insects, that resembles a nut.
Gallo-Italian adjective: Belonging to a group of Romance languages or dialects from northern Italy.
Gallo-Italic adjective: in, of or relating to the Gallo-Italic varieties
Gallo-Roman adjective, noun: A Romanized Gaul, i.e. a Gaulish person who adopted or adapted the culture, language etc. of the Roman Empire following the establishment of Roman rule in...
Gallo-Romance adjective: Of or relating to the Gallo-Romance language family or the Gallo-Romance languages.
galloanseran noun: Any bird of the superorder Galloanserae
galloanserine noun: Any fowl of the superorder Galloanserae
gallobeudantite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, gallium, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.
gallocatechin noun: An epimer of gallocatechol, found notably in green tea
gallocatechol noun: An antioxidant that contains catechin, found in food.
Gallocentric adjective: Emphasizing France or the people or culture or national language of France.
Gallocentrism noun: The quality of being Gallocentric.
gallocin noun: A bacteriocin present in Streptococcus gallolyticus
gallock adjective, noun: The left hand.
gallocyanin noun: A certain synthetic dye.
gallocyanine noun: Dated form of gallocyanin.
galloepicatechin noun: A gallate of epicatechin
galloflavin noun: A yellow compound, formed by oxidation of gallic acid, that is an inhibitor of lactate dehydrogenase
galloflavine noun: Dated form of galloflavin.
gallogen noun: ellagic acid
galloglass noun: Alternative form of gallowglass.
Galloman noun: Gallomaniac; lover of France or the French
Gallomania noun: An obsession with, or excessive admiration of, all things French.
Gallomaniac noun: One who has Gallomania; an enthusiast of all things French.
gallon noun /ˈɡælən/: A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
gallonage noun: An amount of liquid measured in gallons.
galloner noun: A container holding or measuring the specified number of gallons.
galloon noun /ɡəˈluːn/: A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as...
gallooned adjective: Decorated with galloon.
gallop noun, verb /ˈɡæləp/: The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
gallopade noun, verb: gallop
gallopamil noun: A calcium channel blocker, an analogue of verapamil, used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
galloper noun: One who gallops.
gallopheasant noun: Any of the pheasants in the genus Lophura of the family Phasianidae.
Gallophil noun: Alternative form of Gallophile.
Gallophile noun: One who loves France or the French.
gallophilia noun: Alternative form of Gallophilia.
Gallophilism noun: A love of France or the French.
Gallophobe noun: One who dislikes France or the French.
Gallophobia noun: Morbid fear or abhorrence of the French, or of what is French.
Gallophobic adjective: Disliking France or the French.
gallophone adjective, noun /ˈɡæl.ə.fəʊn/: Alternative spelling of Gallophone.
gallopin noun: An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
galloping noun, verb: Movement at a gallop.
galloping domino noun: A die/dice.
gallopingly adverb: Moving at a gallop.
galloptious adjective: Alternative form of goluptious.
gallotannate noun: A salt or ester of gallotannic acid.
gallotannic adjective: Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.
gallotannic acid noun: One of the two forms of tannic acid, found in oak galls.
gallotannin noun: Any of a class of polymers formed when gallic acid esterifies and binds with the hydroxyl group of a polyol carbohydrate such as glucose.
gallous adjective /ˈɡæləs/: Fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous.
gallousness noun: Impishness; mischief.
Gallovidian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Galloway, Scotland.
gallow noun, verb /ˈɡæləʊ/: To frighten, alarm, scare, or terrify.
gallow character noun: Synonym of gallow glyph.
gallow glyph noun: A specialized, ornate gallows-like glyph or character that appears frequently in the mysterious Voynich manuscript; sometimes compared to T, K, F, or P;...
gallow tree noun: Alternative form of gallows tree.
gallowa noun /ˈɡaləwə/: pony, or a small horse.
galloway noun /ˈɡaləwe/: One of a breed of beef-producing cattle, originating in Galloway, Scotland.
Galloway boiler noun: A modified type of Lancashire boiler with one flue opposed to two, patented in 1851.
Galloway-Mowat syndrome noun: A very rare autosomal-recessive genetic disorder with features including hiatal hernia, microcephaly, and nephrotic syndrome.
Galloway tube noun: A tapered thermic syphon water-tube inserted in the furnace of a Lancashire boiler.
Gallowegian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Galwegian.
Gallowgate proper noun: A neighbourhood in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, named after the thoroughfare (OS grid ref NS6064).
gallowglass noun: A mercenary warrior élite among Gaelic-Norse clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of...
gallows adverb, noun, verb /ˈɡæləʊz/: A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging.
gallows bird noun: A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.
gallows-bitts noun: A frame fixed in a ship's deck to support spare spars.
gallows frame noun: headframe.
gallows god noun: A byname for the God Odin, so called for being hanged on the world tree Yggdrasil.
gallows humor noun: A form of comedy that still manages to be humorous in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.
gallows humour noun: Alternative spelling of gallows humor.
gallows tree noun: A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).
gallowsbird noun: Alternative form of gallows bird.
gallowsmaker noun: A manufacturer of gallows.
gallowsness noun: recklessness
gallowstree noun: A tree used as gallows
gallowsward adverb: Toward the gallows.
galloxanthin noun: A xanthophyll carotenoid present in the retinas of chickens
galloyl noun: A radical derived from gallic acid by removal of hydroxyl groups
galloylated adjective: Modified by reaction with gallic acid
galloylation noun: reaction with a galloyl group
gallsickness noun: An acute or subacute non-contagious, infectious disease of cattle.
gallstone noun /ˈɡɔːl.stəʊn/: A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
gallu noun: A great demon or devil of the ancient Mesopotamian Underworld.
Gallucci proper noun: A surname from Italian.
gallumph verb: Alternative form of galumph.
Gallup proper noun: A surname.
Gallup poll noun: A poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public, conducted by George Gallup or one the companies he founded.
galluptious adjective /ɡəˈlʌpʃəs/: wonderful; fascinating; delightful
Gallurese adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the region of Gallura in northeast Sardinia, Italy.
gallus adverb, noun: Alternative form of gallows.
gallused adjective: Having galluses (braces/suspenders); held up by galluses.
galluses noun: Braces, suspenders for trousers.
Galluzzo proper noun: A surname.
gallwasp noun: Alternative form of gall wasp.
Gallwey proper noun: A surname.
gally adjective, noun, verb: Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
gally-crow noun: Alternative spelling of gallicrow.
gallybagger noun: A scarecrow.
gallybeggar noun: Alternative form of gallybagger.
gallycrow noun: Alternative spelling of gallicrow.
gallygaskins noun: Alternative form of galligaskins.
gallynipper noun: Alternative form of gallinipper.
gallypot noun: Alternative form of gallipot.
gallyware noun: Tin-glazed earthenware.
GalNAcPTase noun: Abbreviation of acetylgalactosaminylphosphotransferase.
Galo proper noun: A language of India.
galoche noun, verb: Alternative spelling of galosh.
galoched adjective: Alternative form of galoshed.
galocitabine noun: A pyrimidine antagonist.
Galois proper noun /ɡælwɑ/: A surname from French.
Galois connection noun: A type of correspondence between partially ordered sets (posets), also applicable to preordered sets.
Galois extension noun: An algebraic extension that is both a normal and a separable extension; equivalently, an algebraic extension E/F such that the fixed field of its...
Galois field noun: A finite field; a field that contains a finite number of elements.
Galois group noun: The automorphism group of a Galois extension.
Galois theory noun /ˈɡælwɑ ˈθi.əɹi/: The branch of mathematics dealing with Galois groups, Galois fields, and polynomial equations. It provides a link between field theory and group theory: it...
galoisian adjective: Pertaining to Galois theory.
galon noun /ɡæˈlɔ̃ː/: Alternative form of galloon.
galop noun, verb: A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast...
galopade noun: Alternative form of gallopade.
galopin noun: A boy employed in a kitchen.
galoppade noun: Alternative form of gallopade.
galoptious adjective: Alternative form of goluptious.
galore adjective, adverb, noun /ɡəˈlɔː/: In abundance.
galosemide noun: A diuretic drug.
galosh noun, verb /ɡəˈlɒʃ/: A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
galoshe noun: Alternative spelling of galosh.
galoshed adjective, verb: Wearing galoshes.
Galoshin noun: A mummer or guiser who performs in a midwinter Mummers play.
galoubet noun: A kind of French flute.
galouti noun: A kind of finely-textured Indian kebab.
galp verb: To gape; yawn.
galpal noun /ˈɡælpæl/: A female friend or girlfriend.
galphimine noun: Any of a group of anxiolytic triterpenes present in Galphimia glauca
Galpin proper noun: A surname.
galpon noun: A kind of stone-walled building with a wooden door frame.
galravage noun: Alternative form of gilravage.
gals noun /ɡælz/: Acronym of gait, arms, legs, spine, a diagnostic test for locomotor abnormalities.
galsiekte noun: Synonym of gallsickness.
galsome adjective: angry; malignant
Galster proper noun: A surname from German.
Galston proper noun: A surname.
galsulfase noun: A replacement for some sulfatases
Galsworthian adjective: Of or relating to John Galsworthy (1867–1933), English novelist and playwright.
Galsworthy proper noun: A surname from Old English.
galt noun: Alternative form of gault.
Galtian adjective: Reminiscent of the character John Galt, an individualist philosopher and inventor who stands in opposition to a collectivist socioeconomic structure in Ayn...
Galton proper noun /ˈɡɒl.tən/: A surname.
Galton board noun: A device in which small objects tumble through a set of pegs, coming to rest in a pattern that approximates a normal distribution.
Galton box noun: Synonym of Galton board.
Galton's whistle noun: Synonym of dog whistle (“high-pitched whistle”).
Galton-Watson process noun: A branching stochastic process arising from the statistical investigation of the extinction of family names, which are modelled as patrilineal, while...
Galton whistle noun: Alternative form of Galton's whistle.
galtonia noun: Any of the genus Galtonia of plants in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Africa.
Galtonian adjective: Of or relating to Francis Galton (1822–1911), English Victorian polymath and scientist.
galtonioside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Galtonism noun: The eugenics scheme advocated by Francis Galton (1822–1911).
galuchat noun: fine sharkskin leather
galumph verb /ɡəˈlʌmf/: To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
galumpher noun: Someone who galumphs
galumphing verb: Galloping in a heavy and inelegant manner.
galumphingly adverb: Heavily; clumsily.
galumpki noun: Alternative form of golabki.
galumpkis noun: Alternative form of golabki.
galumptious adjective: Alternative form of goluptious.
galunisertib noun: An experimental drug for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
galuptious adjective: Alternative form of goluptious.
galus noun: Alternative form of galut.
Galusha proper noun: A surname from Polish.
galushki noun: Alternative form of haluski.
galut noun /ɡəˈluːt/: The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
galuth noun: Alternative form of galut.
Galvalume noun: A metal alloy coating that is composed of aluminum, zinc and silicone.
Galvan proper noun: A surname.
Galvani proper noun: A surname from Italian.
galvanic adjective /ɡælˈvænɪk/: Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.
galvanic action noun: an electrochemical action that generates electrical current between two metals of dissimilar electrode potential.
galvanic anode noun: An anode used to protect buried or submerged metal structures from corrosion, made from a metal alloy with a more "active" voltage (more negative...
galvanic cell noun: A device that produces an electric current through simultaneous oxidation and reduction reactions occurring at two connected half cells.
galvanic couple noun: The corrosive cell formed when two different metals are separated by an electrolyte, or the corrosion produced by this effect.
galvanic series noun: A list of metals and alloys arranged according to their relative electrolytic potentials in a given environment.
galvanical adjective: galvanic
galvanically adverb: In a galvanic manner.
galvanisation noun: Alternative form of galvanization.
galvanise verb: Alternative spelling of galvanize.
galvanised adjective, verb: Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.
galvaniser noun: Alternative spelling of galvanizer.
galvanism noun /ˈɡælvəˌnɪzəm/: The chemical generation of electricity.
galvanist noun: A practitioner or expert in galvanism.
galvanization noun: The act or process of galvanizing.
galvanize verb /ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z/: To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
galvanized adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of galvanised (“coated with zinc”).
galvanizer noun: One who, or that which, galvanizes.
galvanizing noun, verb: The process by which something is galvanized.
galvanizingly adverb: In a way that galvanizes, or has a galvanizing effect
galvanneal noun, verb: A hard form of steel made by galvanizing and then annealing
galvano- prefix: Synonym of electro-, particularly with regard to bioelectricity and some specific applications.
galvanocaustic adjective: Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.
galvanocauterization noun: Synonym of galvanocautery.
galvanocautery noun: Cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a galvanic current.
galvanocontractility noun: Contractility in response to an electrical stimulus.
galvanofaradisation noun: Alternative spelling of galvanofaradization.
galvanofaradization noun: Medical therapy using galvanic current.
galvanoglyphy noun: glyphography
galvanograph noun: A copperplate produced by galvanography (electrotyping process).
galvanographic adjective: Of or pertaining to galvanography.
galvanography noun: The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
galvanology noun: The scientific study of electricity.
galvanoluminescence noun: Synonym of electroluminescence.
galvanomagnetic adjective: relating to the generation of an electric field by a magnetic field in semiconductors and metals
galvanomagnetism noun: electromagnetism related to the galvanomagnetic effect
galvanometer noun /ˌɡæl.vəˈnɒm.ɪt.ə/: A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.
galvanometric adjective: Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
galvanometrical adjective: Synonym of galvanometric.
galvanometrically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, galvanometry.
galvanometry noun: the design and use of galvanometers
galvanoplastic adjective: Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty.
galvanoplastical adjective: galvanoplastic
galvanoplastically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, galvanoplasty.
galvanoplastics noun: Synonym of galvanoplasty.
galvanoplasty noun: The process of galvanizing, of coating with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
galvanopsychic adjective: Of or relating to a psychoanalysis technique using a galvanometer to measure the patient's responses to certain words.
galvanopuncture noun: electropuncture
galvanoscope noun: A device used to detect electric currents, particularly one using the deflection of a magnetic needle.
galvanoscopic adjective: Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope.
galvanoscopy noun: The use of galvanism in physiological experiments.
galvanostat noun: A device that maintains a constant current in an electrolytic cell during the course of a coulometric titration
galvanostatic adjective: Maintaining a constant current
galvanostatically adverb: At a constant current
galvanotactic adjective: Relating to galvanotaxis.
galvanotaxis noun: The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current
galvanotherapy noun: The treatment of disease by means of galvanism
galvanothermometer noun: Synonym of thermoelectrometer.
galvanothermy noun: The production of heat by electricity.
galvanotonus noun: electrotonus

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under G: 25,032 words, in 84 parts.