gill
A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
A gill slit or gill cover.
One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

gilled
Having gills

gilling
present participle and gerund of gill

gillopy
Dated form of jalopy.

gillraker
Alternative form of gill raker.

gillrakers
plural of gillraker

gills
plural of gill

gintleman
Pronunciation spelling of gentleman.

gintlemen
Pronunciation spelling of gentleman.

girinimbine
A carbazole found in certain Murraya species.

girle
Obsolete spelling of girl.

girles
plural of girle

girlf
girlfriend

girlfran
Pronunciation spelling of girlfriend (“female friend”).

girlfrans
plural of girlfran

girlfriend
A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
A female friend of a woman or girl.
A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.

girlfriends
plural of girlfriend

girlfs
plural of girlf

girllover
A pedophile, hebephile, or ephebophile who is attracted to girls.

girls
plural of girl

girlslash
Slash fiction that focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female characters.

gitaloxin
A cardiac glycoside from Digitalis purpurea.

gitoxin
A cardiac glycoside from the woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata).

glacis
A gentle incline.
A gentle incline.
A gentle incline.
A gentle incline.
A gentle incline.

glacises
plural of glacis

gladiatorships
plural of gladiatorship

gland
A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

glandage
The feeding of pigs with nuts or mast.

glands
plural of gland

glasspack
A kind of automobile muffler in which the exhaust gas passes straight through the center of the muffler. It consists of a smaller tube centered inside a larger tube that is enlarged or swollen in the middle, the gap between tubes being filled with fiberglass.

glasspacks
plural of glasspack

gleovessel
Alternative form of gloeovessel.

glider
One who glides.
Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
A pilot of glider aircraft.
Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
A kind of garden swing.
In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

gliders
plural of glider

glideslope
The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.
The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.
The approach path of an aircraft as it comes in to land.

glideslopes
plural of glideslope

globard
A glowworm.

gloeovessel
A vessel-shaped attachment to a gleocystidium that projects into the trama.

gloeovessels
plural of gloeovessel

glorie
Archaic form of glory.

glories
third-person singular simple present indicative of glory

gloriette
A pavilion or similar structure in an elevated position in parkland.

gloriettes
plural of gloriette

glory
Great beauty and splendor.
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
Worship or praise.
An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
Victory; success.
An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
Something glorious.

glovebox
Alternative form of glove box.

gloveboxes
plural of glovebox

gloworm
Obsolete form of glowworm.

gloworms
plural of gloworm

glowworm
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.

glowworms
plural of glowworm

glueboard
A card covered with a strong adhesive to trap insects and other small pests.

glueboards
plural of glueboard

glutaldehyde
Misspelling of glutaraldehyde.

gluteraldehyde
Misspelling of glutaraldehyde.

glyceral
glyceraldehyde

glyceraldehyde
The aldotriose 2,3-dihydroxypropanal formed by oxidation of glycerol

glyceraldehydes
plural of glyceraldehyde

glyceroketone
dihydroxyacetone

glycerophosphonoethanolamine
A lipid, similar to a glycerophosphoethanolamine, but with a carbon-phosphorus bond instead of a carbon-oxygen-phosphorus linkage

glycerophosphonoethanolamines
plural of glycerophosphonoethanolamine

glyceroporin
A form of aquaporin that is active in the transport of glycerol

glyceroporins
plural of glyceroporin

glycoaldehyde
Misspelling of glycolaldehyde.

glycoaminoglycan
Alternative form of glycosaminoglycan.

glycoaminoglycans
plural of glycoaminoglycan

glycobiomarker
A carbohydrate biomarker

glycobiomarkers
plural of glycobiomarker

glycocode
The information encoded in the structure of a carbohydrate

glycoepitope
A carbohydrate epitope

glycoepitopes
plural of glycoepitope

glycolaldehyde
The hydroxyaldehyde HO-CH₂-CHO related to ethylene glycol; the only biose

glycolaldehydes
plural of glycolaldehyde

glycolipid
An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes
A similar compound lacking a phosphate group

glycolipide
Archaic form of glycolipid.

glycolipides
plural of glycolipide

glycolipidoses
plural of glycolipidosis

glycolipidosis
Any of several disorders involving glycolipid synthesis, storage, or transport

glycolipids
plural of glycolipid

glyconin
An emulsion of glycerine and egg yolk, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.

glycopeptide
any compound of a carbohydrate and a peptide

glycopeptides
plural of glycopeptide

glycopolypeptide
any compound of a carbohydrate and a polypeptide

glycopolypeptides
plural of glycopolypeptide

glycosaminoglycan
Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars; they are the carbohydrate units of proteoglycans.

glycosaminoglycans
plural of glycosaminoglycan

glycoscience
Any of several scientific disciplines that study complex carbohydrates and especially their relationships with protein and lipids.

glycosciences
plural of glycoscience