Grallatorial (a.) Alt. of Grallatory
Grallatory (a.) Of or pertaining to the Grallatores, or waders.
Grallic (a.) Pertaining to the Grallae.
Gralline (a.) Of or pertaining to the Grallae.
Gralloch (n.) Offal of a deer.
Gralloch (v. t.) To remove the offal from (a deer).
-gram () A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.
Gram (a.) Angry.
Gram (n.) The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
Gram (n.) Alt. of Gramme
Gramme (n.) The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4.
Grama grass () The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.
Gramarye (n.) Necromancy; magic.
Gramashes (n. pl.) Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.
Grame (a.) Anger; wrath; scorn.
Grame (a.) Sorrow; grief; misery.
Gramercy (interj.) A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks.
Graminaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.
Gramineal (a.) Gramineous.
Gramineous (a.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2.
Graminifolious (a.) Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.
Graminivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.
Grammalogue (n.) Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman.
Grammar (n.) The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.
Grammar (n.) The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
Grammar (n.) A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
Grammar (n.) treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.
Grammar (v. i.) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
Grammarian (n.) One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.
Grammarian (n.) One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.
Grammarianism (n.) The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.
Grammarless (a.) Without grammar.
Grammates (n. pl.) Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar.
Grammatic (a.) Grammatical.
Grammatical (a.) Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.
Grammatical (a.) According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.
Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.
Grammatication (n.) A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule.
Grammaticism (n.) A point or principle of grammar.
Grammaticized (imp. & p. p.) of Grammaticize
Grammaticizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grammaticize
Grammaticize (v. t.) To render grammatical.
Grammatist (n.) A petty grammarian.
Gramme (n.) Same as Gram the weight.
Gramme machine () A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme.
Grampuses (pl. ) of Grampus
Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
Grampus (n.) A kind of tongs used in a bloomery.
Granade (n.) Alt. of Granado
Granado (n.) See Grenade.
Granadilla (n.) The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.
Granaries (pl. ) of Granary
Granary (n.) A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain.
Granate (n.) See Garnet.
Granatin (n.) Mannite; -- so called because found in the pomegranate.
Granatite (n.) See Staurolite.
Grand (superl.) Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
Grand (superl.) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
Grand (superl.) Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
Grand (superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
Grandam (n.) An old woman; specifically, a grandmother.
Grandaunt (n.) The aunt of one's father or mother.
Grandchild (n.) A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.
Granddaughter (n.) The daughter of one's son or daughter.
Grandee (n.) A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.
Grandeeship (n.) The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.
Grandeur (n.) The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.
Grandevity (n.) Great age; long life.
Grandevous (a.) Of great age; aged; longlived.
Grand-ducal (a.) Of or pertaining to a grand duke.
Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Grandfatherly (a.) Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.
Grandific (a.) Making great.
Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Grandiloquous (a.) Grandiloquent.
Grandinous (a.) Consisting of hail; abounding in hail.
Grandiose (a.) Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.
Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.
Grandiosity (n.) The state or quality of being grandiose,
Grandity (n.) Grandness.
Grandly (adv.) In a grand manner.
Grandma (n.) Alt. of Grandmamma
Grandmamma (n.) A grandmother.
Grand mercy () See Gramercy.
Grandmother (n.) The mother of one's father or mother.
Grandmotherly (a.) Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
Grandnephew (n.) The grandson of one's brother or sister.
Grandness (n.) Grandeur.
Grandniece (n.) The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.
Grandpa (n.) Alt. of Grandpapa
Grandpapa (n.) A grandfather.
Grandsire (n.) Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.
Grandson (n.) A son's or daughter's son.
Granduncle (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.
Grane (v. & n.) See Groan.
Grange (n.) A building for storing grain; a granary.
Grange (n.) A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes.
Grange (n.) A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited.
Grange (n.) A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.