English Words: G

18,276 words · Page 18 of 366

Gallihername

A surname from Irish.

Gallimanianoun

Synonym of Gallophilia.

gallimaufrynoun

A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.

Gallinaname

A surname from Italian.

gallinaceousadj

Related to the genus Gallus, poultry; notably said of the order Galliformes.

Gallinazonoun

A pre-Columbian, pre-Inca culture that flourished in the Virú Valley on the northwest coast of Peru around 200 BCE.

gallingadj

Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.

gallinglyadv

In a galling manner

gallingnessnoun

The quality of being galling.

gallinippernoun

Any large insect that bites, for example, certain large mosquitos.

Gallinsonname

A male given name.

gallinulenoun

A bird of one of several species in the genera Porphyrio and Gallinula of the family Rallidae.

Gallionoun

A careless, easygoing man who keeps himself free from trouble and responsibility.

Gallionname

A surname.

galliotnoun

A light galley.

Gallipoliname

A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.

Gallipolianadj

Of or relating to Gallipoli.

Gallipolisname

A chartered village, the county seat of Gallia County, Ohio, United States.

gallipotnoun

A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.

gallipot wordnoun

A difficult and obscure word, particularly when used gratuitously to give an appearance of being learned.

galliseverb

Alternative spelling of gallize.

gallitenoun

A tetragonal-scalenohedral gray mineral containing copper, gallium, and sulfur.

gallitrapnoun

Grass growing in a circle that possesses the magical power of compelling anyone standing within it to confess their wrongdoings.

Gallitzinname

A borough and township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.

galliumnoun

A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

gallium nitridenoun

A semiconductor commonly used in blue light-emitting diodes.

Gallivanname

A surname from Irish.

Gallivanismnoun

A characteristically colourful turn of phrase of Canadian sportscaster Danny Gallivan (1917–1993).

gallivantverb

To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

gallivanternoun

One who gallivants.

gallivantingnoun

Roaming about for pleasure.

gallivatnoun

A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.

galliwaspnoun

Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus.

gallizationnoun

The process of gallizing.

gallizeverb

To add sugar and water to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced.

galllessadj

Alternative spelling of gall-less.

Gallmeistername

A surname from German.

gallnutnoun

A gall on a tree, caused by insects, that resembles a nut.

Galloname

A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.

Gallo-Italianadj

Belonging to a group of Romance languages or dialects from northern Italy.

Gallo-Italicname

A language family that constitutes the majority of languages of northern Italy, including Piedmontese, Lombard, Emilian-Romagnol and Ligurian.

Gallo-Romannoun

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 the region of Gaul.

Gallo-Romancename

A language family, comprising Romance languages spoken in France, northern Italy and northern Spain. Specifically Walloon, Picard, Norman, French, Franco-Provençal, although broader definitions include Occitano-Romance, Rhaeto-Romance (Romansch, Ladin, Friulian) and/or Gallo-Italic (e.g. Lombard) languages

gallobeudantitenoun

A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, gallium, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.

Gallocentricadj

Emphasizing France or the people or culture or national language of France.

gallocknoun

The left hand.

gallogennoun

ellagic acid

Galloglyname

A surname from Irish.

Gallomanianoun

An obsession with, or excessive admiration of, all things French.

gallonnoun

A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints

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