Words in the G Category

gig stands for a booking for musicians, small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage ,with two seats and no hood, tender that is a light ship’’s boat ,often for personal use of captain, long and light rowing boat ,especially for racing, a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies ,used when fish are not biting, an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

geometric mean stands for the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product

giveaway stands for a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards, an unintentional disclosure, a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group

genus Pilea stands for low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage

genus Armadillidium stands for type genus of the Armadillidiidae

garotte stands for an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation, strangle with an iron collar

garbage man stands for someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse

Gastrophryne olivacea stands for small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America

groundling stands for in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section

genus Malaxis stands for large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers

genus Gymnadenia stands for small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia

Gestalt law of organization stands for a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization

genus Gymnura stands for butterfly rays

golden-crested kinglet stands for European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch

Gloxinia spesiosa stands for South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers

gormless stands for British informal

garlicky stands for relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic

genus Dicentra stands for North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers

Gutenberg stands for German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

gangboard stands for a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

governmentally stands for by government

get together stands for a small informal social gathering, work together on a common enterprise of project, become part of ,become a member of a group or organization, get together socially or for a specific purpose, get people together

genus Hexalectris stands for a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae

game fish stands for any fish providing sport for the angler

greisen stands for a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica

group dynamics stands for the branch of social psychology that studies the dynamics of interaction in social groups

giving protection stands for in a protective manner

genus Gasterophilus stands for type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies

gibe stands for an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect, laugh at with contempt and derision, be compatible, similar or consistent ,coincide in their characteristics

genus Hyphantria stands for fall webworms

guitarfish stands for primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body

genus Gleditsia stands for deciduous trees: honey locusts

gavotte stands for an old formal French dance in quadruple time, music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte

global warming stands for an increase in the average temperature of the earth’’s atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

garden cress stands for cress cultivated for salads and garnishes

genus Crescentia stands for a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae

genus Tarrietia stands for small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees

genus Contopus stands for pewees

greenhouse whitefly stands for whitefly that inhabits greenhouses

geezerhood stands for a late time of life

genus Marrubium stands for Old World aromatic herbs: horehound

gayly stands for in a joyous manner

genus Sus stands for type genus of the Suidae

genus Haliaeetus stands for a genus of Accipitridae

genus Chrysophrys stands for australian snapper

gorgonzola stands for Italian blue cheese

Guggenheim stands for United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905), United States philanthropist ,son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundation to support the arts (1861-1949)

genus Campephilus stands for a genus of Picidae

genus Polemonium stands for type genus of the Polemoniaceae

gathering stands for the act of gathering something, the social act of assembling, sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching, a group of persons together in one place