glomper
A logic clip; a device that clips to a dual-in-line (DIL) integrated circuit.

glompers
plural of glomper

gloria
A lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses.
A doxology.

glorias
plural of gloria

gloriole
halo

glorioles
plural of gloriole

glossmeter
An instrument used to measure the specular reflection gloss of a surface, by projecting a beam of light at a fixed intensity and angle onto a surface and measuring the amount of reflected light at an equal but opposite angle.

glossmeters
plural of glossmeter

glossocoma
plural of glossocomon

glossocomon
A kind of winch used to hoist patients.

glossograph
An instrument for recording the movements of the tongue during speech.

glossographs
plural of glossograph

glost
Lead glazing used for pottery.

glottiscope
An instrument for examination of the glottis.

glottiscopes
plural of glottiscope.

glottograph
A machine used to carry out glottography.
A symbol of a glottography; an phonogram.

glottographs
plural of glottograph

glovebag
An inflatable polythene chamber, with built-in gloves, used to work in an enclosed environment

glovebags
plural of glovebag

glowboy
A (male) nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.

glowboys
plural of glowboy

glucarpidase
A class of drug used to combat nephrotoxicity

glucarpidases
plural of glucarpidase

glucometer
A glucose meter, a device for measuring the concentration of glucose in the blood

glucometers
plural of glucometer

glucosensor
A mechanism that senses the level of sugars in the bloodstream and contributes to glucose homeostasis.

glucosensors
plural of glucosensor

glucosimeter
A device that monitors blood glucose levels in order to manage diabetes

glucosimeters
plural of glucosimeter

glueboiler
Alternative spelling of glue-boiler.

glueboilers
plural of glueboiler

gluteobiceps
In some animals, the biceps femoris fused to the rear portion of the gluteus superficialis

glycogenosome
A vacuole containing glycogen

glycogenosomes
plural of glycogenosome

gnathodynamometer
An instrument used to measure the force applied in closing the jaws.

gnathodynamometers
plural of gnathodynamometer

gnathopod
A maxilliped.

gnathopoda
plural of gnathopod

gnathopods
plural of gnathopod

goad
A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
That which goads or incites; a stimulus.

goads
plural of goad

gobstick
Alternative form of gob stick.

gobsticks
plural of gobstick

goddessling
A minor female divinity; a local or inferior goddess.
A young goddess.

goddesslings
plural of goddessling

gohei
An implement used in Shintō rituals, consisting of two kamishide draping down alongside a wooden post or bamboo pole.

golgin
Any of a family of coiled-coil proteins that tether vesicles to the Golgi apparatus

golgins
plural of golgin

golgiosome
Synonym of dictyosome.

golgiosomes
plural of golgiosome

gomuti
A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of palms of species Metroxylon sagu and Arenga pinnata (syn. Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands, and used for making cordage.

gomuto
Alternative form of gomuti.

goniometer
A device used to measure angles.
A device used to measure angles.
A device used to measure angles.
A radio direction finder.

goniometers
plural of goniometer

goniophotometer
A device that measures the light emitted from an object at different angles.

goniophotometers
plural of goniophotometer

goniostat
A device that is used to cut the faces of gemstones
A device that holds a sample at a specified orientation in an X-ray beam

goniostats
plural of goniostat

gonoforceps
A cuticle that surrounds the aedeagus of a hymenopteron.

gonoforcipes
plural of gonoforceps

gonopodia
plural of gonopodium

gonopodium
A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.

googler
Alternative form of Googler.

googlers
plural of googler

goona
faeces, excrement, stool

gord
An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

gords
plural of gord

gork
A terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.
A stuporous or imbecilic patient; a patient who has lost brain function.
A despised person; dork, geek, jerk.

gorks
plural of gork

gos
Alternative form of goes (“plural of go”).

gossyplure
A synthetic sex pheromone used to attract male pink bollworms.

govi
A sacred urn or pitcher in Haitian voodoo, used to hold the spirit of an ancestor.

grabhook
A hook used for mechanical lifting.

grabhooks
plural of grabhook

grader
A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
One who belongs to a certain grade at school.

graders
plural of grader

gramophone
A record player.

gramophones
plural of gramophone

granulater
Alternative form of granulator.

granulaters
plural of granulater

granulator
A machine that forms material into granules.

granulators
plural of granulator

granulizer
A machine that granulizes.

granulizers
plural of granulizer

granulometer
A device used in granulometry

granulometers
plural of granulometer

graperies
plural of grapery

grapery
A place used for grape cultivation.

graphophone
An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.
An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.

graphophones
plural of graphophone

graphosphere
The "totality of graphic devices used to record, store, display, and disseminate messages and information, and the social and cultural spaces in which they figure."
The age of print (following the logosphere, or age of writing, and preceding the videosphere).

graphospheres
plural of graphosphere

grapnel
A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.
A grappling iron.

grapnels
plural of grapnel

grapplehook
a grappling hook

graser
A device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation in the gamma ray wavelength by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems.
The beam of coherent gamma rays produced by such a device.

grasers
plural of graser

grattoir
Synonym of endscraper.

grattoirs
plural of grattoir

gravelometer
A device that measures the resistance to damage of a surface caused by flying grit and gravel etc.

gravelometers
plural of gravelometer

gravimeter
An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
A hydrometer.

gravimeters
plural of gravimeter

gravistimulus
A stimulus produced by gravistimulation

gravitator
A device that combines high voltages with materials with high dielectric constants, claimed to exhibit anti-gravity effects.

gravitators
plural of gravitator

gravitics
The fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.
Devices able to control gravity or gravitational waves, considered collectively.

gravitometer
gravimeter
hydrometer
densitometer

gravitometers
plural of gravitometer

gravitrap
A cylindrical trap, with a sticky interior, used to trap gravid mosquitos.

gravitraps
plural of gravitrap

graywater
Alternative spelling of gray water.

graywaters
plural of graywater

grazeland
Land used for grazing animals; pasture.

grazelands
plural of grazeland

greenfields
plural of greenfield

greenhide
The raw, untanned hide of an animal, typically cattle, that used to make ropes, whips, and other items.

greenhides
plural of greenhide