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  • English Word Glycyrrhizimic Definition From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.
  • English Word Glycyrrhizin Definition A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.
  • English Word Glyn Definition Alt. of Glynne
  • English Word Glynne Definition A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]
  • English Word Glyoxal Definition A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.
  • English Word Glyoxalic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid.
  • English Word Glyoxaline Definition A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.
  • English Word Glyoxime Definition A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime.
  • English Word Glyph Definition A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.
  • English Word Glyphic Definition Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
  • English Word Glyphograph Definition A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.
  • English Word Glyphographic Definition Of or pertaining to glyphography.
  • English Word Glyphography Definition A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.
  • English Word Glyptic Definition Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
  • English Word Glyptic Definition Figured; marked as with figures.
  • English Word Glyptics Definition The art of engraving on precious stones.
  • English Word Glyptodon Definition An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth.
  • English Word Glyptodont Definition One of a family (Glyptodontidae) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.
  • English Word Glyptographic Definition Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.
  • English Word Glyptography Definition The art or process of engraving on precious stones.
  • English Word Glyptotheca Definition A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
  • English Word Glyster Definition Same as Clyster.
  • English Word Gmelinite Definition A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.
  • English Word Gnaphalium Definition A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
  • English Word Gnar Definition A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.
  • English Word Gnar Definition To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.
  • English Word Gnarl Definition To growl; to snarl.
  • English Word Gnarl Definition a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
  • English Word Gnarled Definition of Gnarl
  • English Word Gnarled Definition Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.