English Words: G

18,276 words · Page 20 of 366

gallybaggernoun

A scarecrow.

Galmudugname

A state of Somalia.

galocitabinenoun

A pyrimidine antagonist.

Galoisname

A surname from French.

Galois connectionnoun

A type of correspondence between partially ordered sets (posets), also applicable to preordered sets.

Galois extensionnoun

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 automorphism group (Galois group) Aut(E/F) is the base field F.

Galois fieldnoun

A finite field; a field that contains a finite number of elements.

Galois groupnoun

The automorphism group of a Galois extension.

Galois theorynoun

The branch of mathematics dealing with Galois groups, Galois fields, and polynomial equations. It provides a link between field theory and group theory: it permits certain problems in the former to be reduced to the latter, which in some respects is simpler and better understood.

galoisianadj

Pertaining to Galois theory.

galonnoun

Alternative form of galloon.

galonsnoun

plural of galon

galootnoun

A clumsy or uncouth person.

galopnoun

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 2/4 time.

galopinnoun

A boy employed in a kitchen.

galoreadj

In abundance.

galosemidenoun

A diuretic drug.

galoshnoun

An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:

galoshedadj

Wearing galoshes.

galoshesnoun

plural of galosh

Galoshinnoun

A mummer or guiser who performs in a midwinter Mummers play.

Galoyanname

A surname from Armenian.

galpverb

To gape; yawn.

galpalnoun

A female friend or girlfriend.

Galpinname

A surname.

galponnoun

A kind of stone-walled building with a wooden door frame.

galsnoun

plural of gal

galsomeadj

angry; malignant

Galstername

A surname from German.

Galstyanname

A surname from Armenian.

Galsworthianadj

Of or relating to John Galsworthy (1867–1933), English novelist and playwright.

Galsworthyname

A surname from Old English.

galthrapnoun

Archaic form of caltrop.

galthropnoun

Archaic form of caltrop.

Galtianadj

Reminiscent of the character John Galt, an individualist philosopher and inventor who stands in opposition to a collectivist socioeconomic structure in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957).

Galtonname

A surname.

Galton boardnoun

A device in which small objects tumble through a set of pegs, coming to rest in a pattern that approximates a normal distribution.

Galton's problemname

The difficulty in drawing inferences from cross-cultural data, due to the statistical phenomenon of autocorrelation.

Galton-Watson processnoun

A branching stochastic process arising from the statistical investigation of the extinction of family names, which are modelled as patrilineal, while offspring are randomly either male or female, and names become extinct if holders die without male descendants. It is useful in understanding human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups.

galtonianoun

Any of the genus Galtonia of plants in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Africa.

Galtonianadj

Of or relating to Francis Galton (1822–1911), English Victorian polymath and scientist.

Galtonismnoun

The eugenics scheme advocated by Francis Galton (1822–1911).

galtrapnoun

Archaic form of caltrop.

galtropnoun

Archaic form of caltrop.

galuchatnoun

fine sharkskin leather

galumphverb

To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.

galumphernoun

Someone who galumphs

galumphingverb

Galloping in a heavy and inelegant manner.

galumphinglyadv

Heavily; clumsily.

galumpkinoun

Alternative form of golabki.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter G contains 18,276 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 366 pages, and you are currently viewing page 20. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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