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  • English Word Ganglionary Definition Ganglionic.
  • English Word Ganglionic Definition Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.
  • English Word Ganglions Definition of Ganglion
  • English Word Gangrel Definition Wandering; vagrant.
  • English Word Gangrenate Definition To gangrene.
  • English Word Gangrene Definition A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.
  • English Word Gangrene Definition To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
  • English Word Gangrened Definition of Gangrene
  • English Word Gangrenescent Definition Tending to mortification or gangrene.
  • English Word Gangrening Definition of Gangrene
  • English Word Gangrenous Definition Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene.
  • English Word Gangue Definition The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.
  • English Word Gangway Definition A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
  • English Word Gangway Definition In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
  • English Word Gangway Definition The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
  • English Word Gangway Definition That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.
  • English Word Ganil Definition A kind of brittle limestone.
  • English Word Ganister Definition Alt. of Gannister
  • English Word Ganja Definition The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.
  • English Word Gannet Definition One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.
  • English Word Gannister Definition A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.
  • English Word Ganocephala Definition A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.
  • English Word Ganocephalous Definition Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.
  • English Word Ganoid Definition Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
  • English Word Ganoidal Definition Ganoid.
  • English Word Ganoidei Definition One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.
  • English Word Ganoidian Definition Ganoid.
  • English Word Ganoine Definition A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.
  • English Word Gansa Definition Same as Ganza.
  • English Word Gantlet Definition A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.