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1,370 words match “CORD”

FUR n.
One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture.
FUSTIAN n.
A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
GAME n. 2 definitions
A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. Cowper.
GANGLIATE; GANGLIATED a.
Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system.
GANGLIONIC a.
ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.
GASOMETER n.
ne end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.
GASTRAEA n.
A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastræa theory of Haeckel. See G…
GEMMULE n.
One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which th…
GENAPPE n.
A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc. Simmonds.
GENDER n.
A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects. R. Morris.
GENERATION n.
oduction of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
GENITAL a.
Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. Genital cord (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and Müllerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.
GEODETICALLY adv.
In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.
GEOGRAPHICALLY adv.
In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.
GEOMETRIC; GEOMETRICAL a.
Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem.
GEOMETRICALLY adv.
According to the rules or laws of geometry.
GEOMETRIZE v.
rehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T. Browne.
GERMANDER n.
ium Canadense. -- Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis. -- Water germander, Teucrium Scordium. -- Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia.
GIMP n.
ntal fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.
GINGER n.
kery and in medicine. Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. -- Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. -- Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above). -- Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger. -- Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (…
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