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- English Word Granulation Definition One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing.
- English Word Granulation Definition The act or process of the formation of such prominences.
- English Word Granule Definition A little grain a small particle; a pellet.
- English Word Granuliferous Definition Full of granulations.
- English Word Granuliform Definition Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone.
- English Word Granulite Definition A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.
- English Word Granulose Definition The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.
- English Word Granulous Definition Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.
- English Word Grape Definition A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins.
- English Word Grape Definition The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
- English Word Grape Definition A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.
- English Word Grape Definition Grapeshot.
- English Word Grape fruit Definition The shaddock.
- English Word Grapeless Definition Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.
- English Word Grapery Definition A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.
- English Word Grapeshot Definition A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.
- English Word Grapestone Definition A seed of the grape.
- English Word Grapevine Definition A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.
- English Word Graphic Definition Alt. of Graphical
- English Word Graphical Definition Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing.
- English Word Graphical Definition Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
- English Word Graphical Definition Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
- English Word Graphical Definition Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.
- English Word Graphical Definition Having the faculty of, or characterized by, clear and impressive description; vivid; as, a graphic writer.
- English Word Graphically Definition In a graphic manner; vividly.
- English Word Graphicalness Definition The quality or state of being graphic.
- English Word Graphicness Definition Alt. of Graphicalness
- English Word Graphics Definition The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.
- English Word Graphiscope Definition See Graphoscope.
- English Word Graphite Definition Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.