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Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.

T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. -- Giant heron (Zoöl.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. -- Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See…

A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.

A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.

An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.

Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.

a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.

l for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue.

Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.…

of man, and he seeth all his goings. Job xxxiv. 21. Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. -- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "E…

size, a composition used in applying gold leaf. -- Gold solder, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper. -- Gold stick, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by…

Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia.

Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.

Containing or producing gossan.

bacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.

uty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.

A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.