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gaseous.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.existing
as a gas; lacking.substance
or concreteness;
tenuous
or indefinite; full of or containing
gas; gassy
gaseousness.noun
gassy, gassier,
gassiest.adjectives
containing or full of gas; resembling
gas; bombastic;
boastful
gassiness.noun
gas.noun,.plural.gases
or gasses
the state
of matter.distinguished
from the solid and liquid states by relatively
low density and viscosity,
relatively great expansion and
contraction
with changes in
pressure and
temperature,
the ability to diffuse.readily
and the spontaneous.tendency
to become.distributed.uniformly.throughout
any container; gas tanks; gas stoves; a substance
in the gaseous state such as is water is called water vapor;
air
is also a gas; a gaseous
fuel, such
as natural gas; gasoline; the speed control of an engine that uses gas
for propulsion (step on the
gas a little, you're under the speed limit); flatulence (eating fruits
and vegetables together gives some people gas)
gas,
gassed,
gassing,
gases
or gasses.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
treat chemically with gas (they
often fly over, gassing
crops to
kill insects and then we too get gassed with their poisons);
to overcome,
disable or kill with poisonous.fumes
intransitive
verb use.to
give off gas
gas up.phrasal
verb
to supply a vehicle
with gas or gasoline (gas up a car; gassed up before the trip)
gasoline.noun,.plural.gasolines
a volatile
mixture of flammable liquid
hydrocarbons derived.chiefly
from crude.petroleum
and used.principally
as a fuel for internal
combustion engines and as a solvent
and thinner
God.proper
noun
the word
God in the Holy Bible is a plural word, meaning more than one
and includes us;
God is the supreme.being
in the God family,
the
Silence from which all else God determines comes forth from; God
is the cause of all we see and know
and all we don't yet see or know of, that is, all the visible and invisible
life and because of this, God is called Creator
Godspeed.or
God
be with you.noun
Spanish is 'via con Dios';
success or good fortune (my wish for you is that God will prosper your
good efforts; Godspeed you all on your trip to help the Earthquake victims)
God.noun,.plural.Gods
used with a small g, God
here means things one could have their attention on, such as the many
Gods of the ignorant.ancients
(a current rock idol was the God of the teeners;
money was their God); this form of the word connotes.something
that is worshiped, idealized
or followed; compare the God
of the universe
gag.noun,.plural.gags
the act or an instance of
gagging or choking (she gags when she smells vomit)
gag,
gagged,
gagging,
gags.verbs
to cause to choke, retch
or undergo a regurgitative.spasm;
to keep the mouth open by using a gag; to block off or obstruct
a pipe or valve, for example
intransitive verb use.to
experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion
to a food or smell or in reflexive
response to an introduced object (she was choking on a cherry pit, but
we got the pit to dislodge by using the Heimlich
maneuver)
gag.noun,.plural.gags
a practical
joke
intransitive verb use.to
make jokes or quips
gag.noun,.plural.gags
something forced into or
put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out; an obstacle
to or a censoring of free speech;
a device placed in the mouth to
keep it open, as in dentistry
gag,
gagged,
gagging,
gags.verbs
transitive verb use.to
prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag; to stop or restrain
from exercising free speech (censorship laws aimed at gagging the press)
gypsum.noun
a widespread colorless,
white or yellowish mineral, CaSO4·2H2O, used
in the manufacture of various plaster products, such as alabaster
and in some fertilizers
gray,
grayer,
grayest.adjectives
welcome to English,
also spelt.grey,
greyer,
greyest.(go
figure) and more examples
gray is a color; of.or.relating.to
an achromatic color of any
lightness between the extremes of black and white; dull
or dark (a gray, rainy afternoon); lacking
in cheer; gloomy
(a gray mood); having grey hair; hoary;
if you refer to something
as a grey area, you mean that it is unclear, for example because nobody
is sure how to deal with it or who is responsible
for it or it falls between two separate.categories
of things; intermediate in
character
or position, as with regard
to a subjective.matter
(the gray area
between their differing.opinions
on the film's morality)
gray matter.noun
brownish-gray nerve tissue,
especially of the brain and spinal cord, composed of nerve cell bodies
and their dendrites and some
supportive tissue; brains;
intellect
grayed,
graying,
grays.intransitive
and transitive verbs
also.greyed,
greying,
greys
to make or become gray
grayly.adjective
grayness.noun
grayish.adjective.also.greyish
somewhat
gray; greyish means slightly
grey in colour (the building was of greyish plaster
and looked old); grayish is also a combining form, as in greyish-green
leaves
gauze.noun,.plural.gauzes
a thin, transparent.fabric
with a loose open weave, used for
curtains and clothing; a thin, loosely woven
dressing, usually made of cotton, often used for skin applications as in
say, a mustard plaster;
a thin plastic or metal woven mesh
gauzily.adverb
gauziness.noun
gauzy, gauzier,
gauziest.adjectives
resembling
gauze in thinness or transparency;
airy
gauzily.adverb
gauziness.noun
Goth.noun,.plural.Goths
Germanic
people who invaded the Roman
Empire in the early centuries of the Christian.era,
which began after the crucifixion and resurrection
of Emmanuel (Acts
11:26 "...the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.")
Gothic.noun,.plural.Gothics
of or pertaining
to the Middle Ages; medieval;
the extinct East Germanic language
of the Goths
gothically.adverb
gothicity.noun,.plural.gothicities
gothicness.noun,.plural.gothicnesses
gelatinous.adjective
resembling
gelatin; viscous; of,
relating.to.or.containing
gelatin gelatinously.adverb
gelatinousness.noun.(many
words ending in 'ess'
are
usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
can make the word be clumsy)
gelatin.noun,.plural.gelatins.also
spelt.gelatine
a colorless or slightly yellow, transparent,
brittle.protein
formed by boiling the specially prepared skin, bones and connective tissue
of animals and used in foods, drugs and photographic film; any of various.similar.substances;
a jelly made with gelatin, used as
a dessert or salad base; a thin, transparent
membrane
used over a theatrical light to color it
gelatinize, gelatinized,
gelatinizing,
gelatinizes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
convert
to gelatin or jelly; to coat with gelatin
intransitive verb use.to
become gelatinous
gelatinization.noun,.plural.gelatinizations
gelate, gelated,
gelating,
gelates.intransitive
verbs
to gel
gel.noun,.plural.gels
a colloid
in which the disperse.phase
has combined
with the dispersion.medium
to produce a semisolid.material,
such
as a jelly; a gelatin used in theatrical lighting; a jellylike.substance
used in styling hair
gel, gelled,
gelling,
gels.intransitive
verbs
to become a gel or jell
(put it in the fridge and let it gel)
gelable.adjective
gelato.noun,.plural.gelati
an Italian ice cream or ice
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