GESTATION
GESTA'TION, noun [Latin gestatio, from gero, to carry.]1. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.2. The act of wearing, as clothes or ornam...
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GESTATORY
GES'TATORY, adjective That may be carried or worn.
GESTIC
GES'TIC, adjective Pertaining to deeds; legendary.
GESTICULATE
GESTIC'ULATE, verb intransitive [Latin gesticulor, from gestum, gero, to bear or carry, or gestio.]To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.GESTIC'ULATE, ver...
GESTICULATION
GESTICULA'TION, noun [Latin gesticulatio.]1. The act of making gestures, to express passion or enforce sentiments.2. Gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in re...
GESTICULATOR
GESTIC'ULATOR, noun One that shows postures, or makes gestures.
GESTICULATORY
GESTIC'ULATORY, adjective Representing in gestures.
GESTURE
GES'TURE, noun [Latin gestus, from gero, to bear, to do.]1. A motion of the body or limbs, expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea ...
GET
GET, verb transitivepreterit tense got. [gat, obsolete] participle passive got, gotten.1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means. We get favor by kind...
GETTER
GET'TER, noun One who gets, gains, obtains or acquires.1. One who begets or procreates.
GETTING
GET'TING, participle present tense Obtaining; procuring; gaining; winning; begetting.GET'TING, noun The act of obtaining, gaining or acquiring; acquisition.Get wisdom; and with ...
GEWGAW
GEW'GAW, noun A showy trifle; a pretty thing of little worth; a toy; a bauble; a splendid plaything.A heavy gewgaw called a crown.GEW'GAW, adjective Showy without value.
GHASTFUL
GH'ASTFUL, adjective [See Ghastly.] Dreary; dismal; fit for walking ghosts.
GHASTFULLY
GH'ASTFULLY, adverb Frightfully.
GHASTLINESS
GH'ASTLINESS, noun [from ghastly.] Horror of countenance; a deathlike look; resemblance of a ghost; paleness.
GHASTLY
GH'ASTLY, adjective [Eng. gush, gust.]1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; dismal; as a ghastly face; ghastly smiles.2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful.Mangled with ghas...
GHASTNESS
GH'ASTNESS, noun Ghastliness. [Not used.]
GHERKIN
GHER'KIN, noun A small pickled cucumber.
GHESS
GHESS, for guess. [Not used.]
GHOST
GHOST, noun [See Ghastly.]1. Spirit; the soul of man.In this sense seldom used. But hence,2. The soul of a deceased person; the soul or spirit separate from the body; an apparit...
GHOSTLIKE
GHOSTLIKE, adjective Withered; having sunken eyes; ghastly.
GHOSTLINESS
GHOSTLINESS, noun Spiritual tendency. [Little used.]
GHOSTLY
GHOSTLY, adjective Spiritual; relating to the soul; not carnal or secular.Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.1. Spiritual; having a character from religion; as a ghostl...
GIALLOLINO
GIALLOLINO, noun [Eng. yellow.] A fine yellow pigment much used under the name of Naples Yellow.
GIAMBEAUX
GIAM'BEAUX, noun Greaves; armor for the legs.
GIANT
GI'ANT, noun [Latin gigas; Gr. probably from the earth. The word originally signified earth-born, terrigena. The ancients believed the first inhabitants of the earth to be produ...
GIANT-KILLING
GI'ANT-KILLING, adjective Killing or destroying giants.