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| galactose |
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noun
- (carbohydrate) A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
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| gallate |
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noun - (chemistry) any salt or ester of gallic acid
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| Gallic |
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adjective
- Of or relating to Gaul or France.
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| gallic acid |
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noun
- (chemistry) a phenolic carboxylic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, found in galls, tea, the bark of some trees etc; a constituent of tannin
- (chemistry) the supposed acid H3GaO?3, the acid form of the amphoteric gallium hydroxide Ga(OH)3, known only as alkali metal salts
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| gallium |
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noun
- A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
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| gallium arsenide |
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noun
- (chemical compound) A binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs?, used as a semiconductor, especially in light-emitting diodes.
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| gasoline |
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noun
- (uncountable) (North America) A fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, and commonly used as a motor fuel; petrol.
- (countable) A type of gasoline (from meaning 1).
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| gasometer |
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noun
- Any of various instruments used to measure the flow of gas through pipelines
- A gasholder
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| gassy |
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adjective (gassier, gassiest)
- Of a beverage, containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide).
- flatulent, Flatulent.
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| GD |
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initialism
- (vulgar) God Damn
- (netball) goal defence
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| GE |
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initialism - General Electric http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric
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| generate |
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verb (generat, ing)
- (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
- The discussion generated an uproar.
- (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
- Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
- (transitive) To procreate.
- They generated many offspring.
- (context, transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
- Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
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| generator |
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noun
- An apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
- A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
- One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
- An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
- (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
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| germanium |
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noun
- a nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32.
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| glacial |
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adjective
- of, or relating to glaciers
- We examined the deposits
- suggesting the slow speed of a glacial
- Work on the new dictionary proceeded at a pace
- cold and icy
- After the rain and frost, the pavements were
- having the appearance of ice
- On cold days, acetic acid will freeze in the bottle
- cool and unfriendly
- He gave me a stare
Glacial
- (geology) of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers
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| glacial acetic acid |
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noun - (organic chemistry) acetic acid, Acetic acid that is at least 99.8% pure and tends to crystalize on cold days.
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| glass |
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noun ]]
- (uncountable) A solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
- The tabletop is made of .
- A vessel (especially one made of glass) from which drinks may be drunk.
- Fill my with milk please.
- The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- Would you like a of milk.
- (context, physics, uncountable) Amorphous (non-crystalline) substance.
- A popular myth is that window actually is an extremely viscous liquid.
- A mirror.
- She adjusted her lipstick in the .
- (cattag2, Basketball, Colloquial) The backboard.
- He got the rebound off of the .
- (icehockey) The clear protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
- He fired the outlet pass off the .
verb (glasses, glassing, glassed)
- (UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
- (colloquial) Fragile.
- He has a ankle.
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| Glauber's salt |
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noun
- (inorganic compound) sodium sulphate decahydrate.
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| gluconic acid |
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noun
- (organic compound) An organic compound, C6H12O7, formed by oxidizing the aldehyde functional group of glucose into a carboxylic acid; used as a food additive.
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| glyceric acid |
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noun - A colourless syrupy organic compound, CH2OH.CHOH.COOH, formed by the oxidation of glycerol or glyceraldehyde
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| glycerin |
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noun
- (organic compound) (alternative spelling of, glycerine)
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| glycerol |
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noun
- (organic compound) 1,2,3-trihydroxy-propane or propan-1,2,3-triol; a trihydric alcohol
- A syrupy sweet liquid obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of soap from animal or vegetable oils and fats; it is used as an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc.
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| glycol |
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noun
- (organic chemistry) Any aliphatic diol.
- (organic compound) A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol.
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| glyconic acid |
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noun - (obsolete),(chemistry) any aldonic acid
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| gox |
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abbreviation
- the organism Gluconobacter oxydans
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| gram equivalent |
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noun
- (chemistry) the amount of a substance, in grams, that is numerically equivalent to its equivalent weight
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| gram-molecular weight |
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noun
- (chemistry) the amount of a substance whose weight, in grams, is equal to its molecular weight
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| group |
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noun
- A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- There is a of houses behind the hill.
- A of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
- He left town to join a Communist
- (grouptheory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- Did you see the new jazz ?
- (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxy, galaxies that are near each other.
- (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- (chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
- (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
- (military) An air force formation.
- (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
- (computing) In the Unix operating system, a number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
verb
- (transitive) To put together to form a group.
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