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  • ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
  • fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
  • flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
  • futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • garcia moreno — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1821–75, Ecuadorian journalist and political leader: president of Ecuador 1861–65; 1869–75.
  • garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
  • gastrectomies — Plural form of gastrectomy.
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
  • gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gastroscopist — One who carries out gastroscopy.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • gerontocratic — government by a council of elders.
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
  • good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
  • graphic algol — (language)   A extension of ALGOL 60 for real-time generation of shaded perspective pictures.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • graphological — Relating to graphology.
  • graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
  • gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
  • great calorie — calorie (sense 2)
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
  • greater ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
  • group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
  • gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
  • heortological — of or relating to heortology
  • heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
  • heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
  • heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
  • hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
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