Glenlivet (n.) A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made.
Glenoid (a.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates.
Glenoidal (a.) Glenoid.
Glent (n. & v.) See Glint.
Gleucometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.
Glew (n.) See Glue.
Gley (v. i.) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.
Gliadin (n.) Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.
Glib (superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.
Glib (superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
Glib (v. t.) To make glib.
Glib (n.) A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.
Glib (v. t.) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
Gilbbery (a.) Slippery; changeable.
Gilbbery (a.) Moving easily; nimble; voluble.
Glibly (adv.) In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly.
Glibness (n.) The quality of being glib.
Glicke (n.) An ogling look.
Glidden () p. p. of Glide.
Glidder (a.) Alt. of Gliddery
Gliddery (a.) Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery.
Glide (n.) The glede or kite.
Glided (imp. & p. p.) of Glide
Gliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glide
Glide (v. i.) To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice.
Glide (v. i.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
Glide (n.) The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 18, 97, 191).
Gliden () p. p. of Glide.
Glider (n.) One who, or that which, glides.
Glidingly (adv.) In a gliding manner.
Gliff (n.) A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
Gliff (n.) A moment: as, for a gliff.
Glike (n.) A sneer; a flout.
Glim (n.) Brightness; splendor.
Glim (n.) A light or candle.
Glimmered (imp. & p. p.) of Glimmer
Glimmering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glimmer
Glimmer (v. i.) To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
Glimmer (n.) A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
Glimmer (n.) Mica. See Mica.
Glimmering (n.) Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer.
Glimmering (n.) A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
Glimpse (n.) A sudden flash; transient luster.
Glimpse (n.) A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
Glimpse (n.) A faint idea; an inkling.
Glimpsed (imp. & p. p.) of Glimpse
Glimpsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glimpse
Glimpse (v. i.) to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
Glimpse (v. t.) To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
Glint (n.) A glimpse, glance, or gleam.
Glinted (imp. & p. p.) of Glint
Glinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glint
Glint (v. i.) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
Glint (v. t.) To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.
Glioma (n.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.
Glires (n. pl.) An order of mammals; the Rodentia.
Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.
Glissando (n. & a.) A gliding effect; gliding.
Glissette (n.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.
Glist (n.) Glimmer; mica.
Glistened (imp. & p. p.) of Glisten
Glistening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glisten
Glisten (v. i.) To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
Glistered (imp. & p. p.) of Glister
Glistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glister
Glister (v. i.) To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.
Glister (n.) Glitter; luster.
Glisteringly (adv.) In a glistering manner.
Glittered (imp. & p. p.) of Glitter
Glittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glitter
Glitter (v. i.) To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.
Glitter (v. i.) To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Glitter (n.) A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
Glitterand (a.) Glittering.
Glitteringly (adv.) In a glittering manner.
Gloam (v. i.) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
Gloam (v. i.) To be sullen or morose.
Gloam (n.) The twilight; gloaming.
Gloaming (n.) Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.
Gloaming (n.) Sullenness; melancholy.
Gloar (v. i.) To squint; to stare.
Gloated (imp. & p. p.) of Gloat
Gloating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloat
Gloat (v. i.) To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
Globard (n.) A glowworm.
Globate (a.) Alt. of Globated
Globated (a.) Having the form of a globe; spherical.
Globe (n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
Globe (n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
Globe (n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
Globe (n.) A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.
Globe (n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.
Globed (imp. & p. p.) of Globe
Globing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Globe
Globe (v. t.) To gather or form into a globe.
Globefish (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon.
Globeflower (n.) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers.
Globeflower (n.) The American plant Trollius laxus.