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

greengrocery
noun a greengrocer`s grocery store

greenhood
noun any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood

greenhorn
rookie noun an awkward and inexperienced youth

greenhouse
adjective of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect; `greenhouse gases`

greenhouse whitefly
Trialeurodes vaporariorum noun whitefly that inhabits greenhouses

greening
adjective turning green; leafing out; `overgrown with greening trees and underbrush`

greenish blue
aqua noun a shade of blue tinged with green

greenish yellow
noun a shade of yellow tinged with green

greenish-brown
adjective of brown tinged with green

greenish-grey
greenish-gray adjective of grey tinged with green

greenishness
noun the property of being somewhat green

greenly
adverb with green color; `the countryside rolled greenly down into the valley`

greenmail
noun (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business

greenness
verdure noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation

Greenpeace
noun an international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species

greenroom
noun a backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitors

greens
green noun any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

greenshank
Tringa nebularia noun large European sandpiper with greenish legs

greenside
adjective adjacent to a putting green; `greenside bunker`

Greenwich Meridian
noun the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth`s zero of longitude in 1884

greenwing
green-winged teal noun common teal of Eurasia and North America

greet
verb react to in a certain way; `The President was greeted with catcalls`

greeting
salutation noun (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

greeting card
noun a card sent to express personal greetings

gregarine
noun vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates

Gregarinida
order Gregarinida noun an order in the subclass Telosporidia

gregarious
adjective instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others; `he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude`

gregariously
adverb in a gregarious manner

gregariousness
noun the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone

Gregory
Hildebrand noun the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)

Gregory VII
Hildebrand noun the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)

Gregory XII
Angelo Correr noun the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)

Gregory XVI
Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari noun Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)

grenade
noun a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile

Grenadian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Grenada or its inhabitants; `the Grenadian capital`

grenadier
rattail noun deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

grenadine
noun thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks

Gresham`s Law
noun (economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more valuable money will be hoarded and the money of lower intrinsic value will circulate more freely until the intrinsically more valuable money is driven out of circulation; bad money drives out good; credited to Sir Thomas Gresham

Grevillea striata
noun tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood

grevy`s zebra
Equus grevyi noun zebra with less continuous stripes

grey
gray adjective intermediate in character or position; `a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal`

Grey
noun Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

grey area
gray area noun an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other

grey catbird
gray catbird noun North American songbird whose call resembles a cat`s mewing

grey flounder
gray flounder noun flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico

grey fox
gray fox noun dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States

grey kingbird
gray kingbird noun a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird

grey lemming
gray lemming noun Old World lemming

grey market
gray market noun an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency

grey matter
gray matter noun greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons

grey mullet
gray mullet noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide

grey skate
gray skate noun common European skate used as food

grey snapper
gray snapper noun found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida

grey sole
gray sole noun greyish-white flesh of a flatfish

grey whale
gray whale noun medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific

grey-black
gray-black adjective of black tinged with grey

grey-blue
gray-blue adjective of blue tinged with grey

grey-brown
gray-brown adjective of brown tinged with grey

grey-green
gray-green adjective of green tinged with grey

grey-pink
gray-pink adjective of pink tinged with grey

grey-white
gray-white adjective of white tinged with grey

greyback
noun a dowitcher with a grey back

greybeard
graybeard noun a man who is very old

greyhen
grayhen noun female black grouse

greyhound
noun a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

greyhound racing
noun the sport of racing greyhounds

greylag
graylag noun common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds

grid
gridiron noun a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat

grid
noun a network of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image

griddle
noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked

gridlock
noun a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible

grief
sorrow noun something that causes great unhappiness; `her death was a great grief to John`

grievance
noun a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action

grieve
sorrow verb feel grief; eat one`s heart out

grieve
verb cause to feel sorrow; `his behavior grieves his mother`

grievous
heartbreaking adjective causing or marked by grief or anguish; `a grievous loss`; `a grievous cry`; `her sigh was heartbreaking`; `the heartrending words of Rabin`s granddaughter`

grievously
adverb in a grievous manner; `the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival`

griffon
Belgian griffon noun breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle

griffon vulture
griffon 3 Gyps fulvus noun large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

grigri
gres-gris noun an African amulet

grill
grille noun a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; `he cooked hamburgers on the grill`

grille
noun grating that admits cooling air to car`s radiator

grillroom
noun a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill

grim
inexorable adjective not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; `grim determination`; `grim necessity`; `Russia`s final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty`; `relentless persecution`; `the stern demands of parenthood`

grimace
noun a contorted facial expression; `she made a grimace at the prospect`

Grimes` golden
noun yellow apple that ripens in late autumn; eaten raw

grimly
adverb in a grim implacable manner; `he was grimly satisfied`

Grimm`s law
noun a sound law relating German consonants and consonants in other Indo-European languages

grimness
rigor noun something hard to endure; `the asperity of northern winters`

grimoire
noun a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons)

grin
verb to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl

grind
mill noun the act of grinding to a powder or dust

grind out
crank out verb produce in a routine or monotonous manner; `We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding`

grind to a halt
get stuck verb be unable to move further; `The car bogged down in the sand`

grinder
noun a machine tool that polishes metal

grinding
noun a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

grinding wheel
emery wheel noun a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding

grindstone
noun a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools

grip
grasp noun a firm controlling influence; `they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities`; `he was in the grip of a powerful emotion`; `a terrible power had her in its grasp`

gripe
kick noun informal terms for objecting; `I have a gripe about the service here`