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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

fuzzy
adjective confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out; `a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance`

fuzzy logic
noun a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1

gabardine
noun a firm durable fabric with a twill weave

gable
gable end noun the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

gable roof
saddle roof noun a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end

gabled
adjective (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall; `a gabled roof`

Gabonese
adjective of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants; `Gabonese hills`; `Gabonese writers`

gaboon viper
Bitis gabonica noun large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper

Gadaba
noun the Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba

gaddi
noun a cushion on a throne for a prince in India

gadfly
noun any of various large flies that annoy livestock

gadgetry
noun appliances collectively; `laborsaving gadgetry`

Gadidae
family Gadidae noun large family of important mostly marine food fishes

Gadiformes
order Gadiformes noun cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini

gadoid
gadoid fish noun a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae

Gadus
genus Gadus noun type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes

Gaelic
Goidelic noun any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland

Gaelic-speaking
adjective able to communicate in Gaelic

gaff
noun an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish

gaff topsail
fore-and-aft topsail noun a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast

gaffsail
gaff-headed sail noun a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff

gag
muzzle noun restraint put into a person`s mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

gag
verb make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

gag law
noun any law that limits freedom of the press

gag order
noun a court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit; `imposing a gag order on members of the press violates the First Amendment`

gaggle
noun a flock of geese

gagman
noun a comedian who uses gags

gaiety
merriment noun a gay feeling

gaiety
noun a festive merry feeling

gaily
adverb in a gay manner; `the scandals were gaily diverting`

gain
take in verb earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; `How much do you make a month in your new job?`; `She earns a lot in her new job`; `this merger brought in lots of money`; `He clears $5,000 each month`

gain
verb rise in rate or price; `The stock market gained 24 points today`

gainer
full gainer noun a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board

gainer
noun a person who gains weight

gainful
paid adjective yielding a fair profit

gainfully
adverb in a gainful way; `are you gainfully employed now?`

gainly
adjective graceful and pleasing; `gainly conduct`; `a gainly youth with dark hair and eyes`

gal
noun United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

gala
gala affair noun a gay festivity

galactic
adjective of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way); `the galactic plane`

galago
bushbaby noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears

galangal
noun southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots

galantine
noun boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold

galanty show
shadow show noun a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall

Galatia
noun an ancient country in central Asia Minor

galaxy
extragalactic nebula noun (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; ``extragalactic nebula` is a former name for `galaxy``

Galbulidae
family Galbulidae noun jacamars

Galeocerdo
genus Galeocerdo noun tiger sharks

Galeorhinus
genus Galeorhinus noun a genus of Carcharhinidae

galere
noun a coterie of undesirable people

Galician
noun a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect

Galilean
Galilaean adjective of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants

Galilean telescope
noun a type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy

Galium lanceolatum
noun bedstraw with sweetish roots

gall
irk verb irritate or vex; `It galls me that we lost the suit`

gall midge
gallfly 3 gall gnat noun fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants

gall wasp
gallfly 2 cynipid wasp noun small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants

gallant
lofty adjective having or displaying great dignity or nobility; `a gallant pageant`; `lofty ships`; `majestic cities`; `proud alpine peaks`

gallant
noun a man who attends or escorts a woman

Gallant Fox
noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1930

gallantly
chivalrously adverb in a gallant manner; `he gallantly offered to take her home`

gallantry
noun polite attentiveness to women

gallbladder
noun a muscular sac attached to the liver that secretes bile and stores it until needed for digestion

galleon
noun a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

Galleria
genus Galleria noun a genus of Pyralidae

gallery
noun spectators at a golf or tennis match

gallery
picture gallery noun a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

galley
ship`s galley noun the area for food preparation on a ship

galley proof
noun a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages

gallfly
noun any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed

Galliano
noun golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs

Gallic
adjective of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; `Ancient Gallic dialects`; `Gallic migrations`; `the Gallic Wars`

Gallican
adjective relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism

Gallicanism
noun a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church

Gallicism
noun a word or phrase borrowed from French

Galliformes
order Galliformes noun pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins

gallinaceous
adjective of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean

gallinaceous bird
gallinacean noun heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds

Gallinago
genus Gallinago noun snipes

Gallinula
genus Gallinula noun gallinules

Gallinula chloropus
noun black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

gallinule
marsh hen 1 water hen 1 swamphen noun any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

Gallirallus
genus Gallirallus noun rails of New Zealand

gallivant
gad verb wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

gallon
noun United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

gallop
noun a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

galloping
adjective that are running rapidly; `surrounded by galloping horses`

Galloway
noun breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland

gallows
noun an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

gallows tree
gallows-tree noun alternative terms for gallows

Gallus
genus Gallus noun common domestic birds and related forms

Galois theory
noun group theory applied to the solution of algebraic equations

galore(ip)
adjective in great numbers; `daffodils galore`

galumph
verb move around heavily and clumsily; `the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen`

galvanic skin response
GSR noun a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body

galvanization
galvanisation noun either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting

galvanize
galvanise verb cover with zinc; `galvanize steel`

galvanometer
noun meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents

Galwegian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people

gam
noun a herd of whales