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  • English Word Gorgon Definition Anything very ugly or horrid.
  • English Word Gorgon Definition The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
  • English Word Gorgon Definition Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.
  • English Word Gorgonacea Definition See Gorgoniacea.
  • English Word Gorgonean Definition See Gorgonian, 1.
  • English Word Gorgoneia Definition of Gorgoneion
  • English Word Gorgoneion Definition A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.
  • English Word Gorgonia Definition A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.
  • English Word Gorgonia Definition Any slender branched gorgonian.
  • English Word Gorgoniacea Definition One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated.
  • English Word Gorgonian Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.
  • English Word Gorgonian Definition Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.
  • English Word Gorgonian Definition One of the Gorgoniacea.
  • English Word Gorgonize Definition To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.
  • English Word Gorhen Definition The female of the gorcock.
  • English Word Gorilla Definition A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
  • English Word Goring Definition of Gore
  • English Word Goring Definition Alt. of Goring cloth
  • English Word Goring cloth Definition A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
  • English Word Gorm Definition Axle grease. See Gome.
  • English Word Gorm Definition To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky.
  • English Word Gorma Definition The European cormorant.
  • English Word Gormand Definition A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
  • English Word Gormand Definition Gluttonous; voracious.
  • English Word Gormander Definition See Gormand, n.
  • English Word Gormandism Definition Gluttony.
  • English Word Gormandize Definition To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
  • English Word Gormandized Definition of Gormandize
  • English Word Gormandizer Definition A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.
  • English Word Gormandizing Definition of Gormandize