Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 6
Gamopetalous (a.) (Bot.) 【植】合瓣的 Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.
Gamopetalous (a.) Having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel [syn: gamopetalous, sympetalous].
Gamophyllous (a.) (Bot.) Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent). -- Gray.
Gamosepalous (a.) (Bot.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
Gamut (n.) (Mus.) The scale.
Gamut (n.) A complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions."
Gamut (n.) The entire scale of musical notes.
Gamut, () The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display.
There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be displayed by any monitor. (1994-11-29)
Gamy (a.) (Cookery) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.
Gamy (a.) (Sporting) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.
Gamy (a.) Same as gamey. -- gam"i*ness, n.
Gamy (a.) Suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" [syn: blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy].
Gamy (a.) (Used of the smell of meat) Smelling spoiled or tainted [syn: gamey, gamy, high].
Gamy (a.) Willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky].
Gan (v.) Began; commenced.
Note: Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually denoted by gunne or gonne.
This man gan fall (i.e., fell) in great suspicion. -- Chaucer.
The little coines to their play gunne hie (i. e., hied). -- Chaucer.
Note: Later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
Yet at her speech their rages gan relent. -- Spenser.
Gin (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Gan (g[a^]n), Gon (g[o^]n), or Gun (g[u^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[imac]nan to yawn, and E. yawn. [root]31. See Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic] "He gan to pray." -- Chaucer.
GAN, () Global Area Network.
GAN, () GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL).
GAN, () Generating and Analyzing Networks. "GAN - A System for Generating and Analyzing Activity Networks", A. Schurmann, CACM 11(10) (Oct 1968).
Ganch (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.
Gander (n.) The male of any species of goose.
Gander (n.) (Bird) [ C ] 雄鵝 A male goose.
Gander (n.) (Look) Have/ take a gander (Informal) (Old-fashioned) （快速）看一看，看一眼 To have a quick look.
// Let's take a gander at your new car, then.
Gane (v. i.) To yawn; to gape. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Ganesh；Ganesa
Ganesa (prop. n.) (Hindu Myth.) The Hindu god of wisdom, prudence and prophesy; the remover of obstacles.
Syn: Ganapati.
Note: He is represented as a short, fat, red-colored man, with a large belly and the head of an elephant. -- Balfour.
Ganesa (n.) Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles [syn: Ganesh, Ganesa, Ganesha, Ganapati].
Gang (v. i.) To go; to walk.
Note: Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland.
Gang (n.) A going; a course. [Obs.]
Gang (n.) A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
Gang (n.) A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
Gang (n.) (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
Gang (n.) (Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
Gang (n.) A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang.
Note: Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a city, and may turn violent when they feel their territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the Crips and the Bloods are large gangs antagonistic to each other.
Gang (n.) A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.
Gang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
Gang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.) (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
Gang cask, A small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.
Gang cultivator, Gang plow, A cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time.
Gang days, Rogation days; The time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below).
Gang drill, A drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft.
Gang master, A master or employer of a gang of workmen.
Gang plank. See Gang board (above).
Gang plow. See Gang cultivator (above).
Gang press, A press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates.
Gang saw, A saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart.
Gang tide. See Gang week (below).
Gang tooth, A projecting tooth. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Gang week, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. -- Halliwell.
Live gang, or Round gang, The Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. -- Knight.
Slabbing gang, An arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. gangboard
Gang (n.) An association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob].
Gang (n.) An informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" [syn: crowd, crew, gang, bunch].
Gang (n.) An organized group of workmen [syn: gang, crew, work party].
Gang (n.) Tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together.
Gang (v.) Act as an organized group [syn: gang, gang up].
Ganger (n.) One who oversees a gang of workmen. [R.] -- Mayhew.
Ganger (n.) The foreman of a work gang.
Gangetic (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark.
Gang-flower (n.) (Bot.) The common English milkwort ({Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week. -- Dr. Prior.
Gangion (n.) A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n. Gangliac
Gangliac (a.) Alt. of Ganglial.
Ganglial (a.) (Anat.) Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic. Gangliate
Gangliate (a.) Alt. of Gangliated.
Gangliated (a.) (Anat.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system. Gangliform
Gangliform (a.) Alt. of Ganglioform.
Ganglioform (a.) (Anat.) Having the form of a ganglion.
Ganglia (n. pl. ) of Ganglion.
Ganglions (n. pl. ) of Ganglion.
Ganglion (n.) (Anat.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
Ganglion (n.) (Anat.) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
Ganglion (n.) (Med.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.
Ganglion cell, A nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar.
Ganglionary (a.) Ganglionic.
Ganglionic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.
Gangrel (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant.
Gangrenate (v. t.) To gangrene.
Gangrene (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.
Gangrened (imp. & p. p.) of Gangrene.
Gangrening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gangrene.
Gangrene (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
Gangrenescent (a.) Tending to mortification or gangrene.
Gangrenous (a.) Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene.
Gangue (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.
Gangway (v. i.) A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
Gangway (v. i.) In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
Gangway (v. i.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.
Ganil (n.) A kind of brittle limestone.
Ganister (n.) Alt. of Gannister.
Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.
Ganja (n.) The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.
Gannet (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.
Ganocephala (n. pl.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.
Ganocephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.
Ganoid (a.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
Ganoidal (a.) Ganoid.
Ganoidei (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.
Ganoidian (a. & n.) Ganoid.
Ganoine (n.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.
Gansa (n.) Same as Ganza.
Gantlet (n.) A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.
Gantlet (n.) A glove. See Gauntlet.
Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
Gantlope (n.) See Gantlet.
Gantry (n.) See Gauntree.
Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.
Gaoler (n.) The keeper of a jail. See Jailer.
Gap (n.) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.
Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. -- Knolles.
It would make a great gap in your own honor. -- Shak.
Gap (n.) (A["e]ronautics) The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.
Gap lathe (Mach.), A turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter.
To stand in the gap, To expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.
To stop a gap, To secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife.
Gap (v. t.) To make an opening
in; to breach.
Their masses are gapp'd with our grape. -- Tennyson.
Gap (n.) A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" [syn: gap, spread].
Gap (n.) An open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" [syn: opening, gap].
Gap (n.) A narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: gap, crack].
Gap (n.) A pass between mountain peaks [syn: col, gap].
Gap (n.) A difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between
two opinions or two views or two situations
Gap (n.) An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" [syn: break, interruption, disruption, gap].
Gap (v.) Make an opening or gap in [syn: gap, breach].
GAP, () Generic Access Profile (DECT, Europe, Bluetooth).
GAP, () Generic Address Parameter.
GAP, () Groups Algorithms and Programming.
A system for symbolic mathematics for computational discrete algebra, especially group theory, by Johannes Meier, Alice Niemeyer, Werner Nickel, and Martin Schonert of Aachen. GAP was designed in 1986 and implemented 1987. Version 2.4 was released in 1988 and version 3.1 in 1992. (1995-04-12)
Gap, () A rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e., they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness.
Gap, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1611
Housing Units (2000): 597
Land area (2000): 2.794488 sq. miles (7.237690 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.794488 sq. miles (7.237690 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28376
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.987360 N, 76.019254 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 17527
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gap, PA
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Gaped (imp. & p. p.) of Gape.
Gaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gape.
Gape (v. i.) To open the mouth wide. as:
Gape (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. -- Dryden.
Gape (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. -- Swift.
Gape (v. i.) Showing unselfconsciousness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc.
With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. -- Byron.
Gape (v. i.) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth. -- Job xvi. 10.
Gape (v. i.) To open or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
May that ground gape and swallow me alive! -- Shak.
Gape (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.
The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. -- Denham.
Syn: To gaze; stare; yawn. See Gaze.
Gape (n.) The act of gaping; a yawn. -- Addison.
Gape (n.) (Zool.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.
The gapes. (a) A fit of yawning.
The gapes. (b) A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm ({Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
Gape (n.) An expression of openmouthed astonishment.
Gape (n.) A stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open).
Gape (v.) Look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: goggle, gape, gawp, gawk].
Gape (v.) Be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw].
The gapes () A fit of yawning.
The gapes () A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
Gaper (n.) One who gapes.
Gaper (n.) A European fish. See 4th Comber.
Gaper (n.) A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam.
Gaper (n.) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills.
Gapeseed (n.) Any strange sight.
Gapesing (n.) Act of gazing about; sightseeing.
Gapeworm (n.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Gapingstock (n.) One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.
Gap-toothed (a.) Having interstices between the teeth.
Gar (v.) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.
Gar (v.) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.
Gar (n.) To cause; to make.
Garancin (n.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.
Garb (n.) Clothing in general.
Garb (n.) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.
Garb (n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.
Garb (n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.
Garb (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).