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  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
  • galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
  • gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
  • general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
  • geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
  • geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • giorgi system — a system of units based on the metre, kilogram, second, and ampere, in which the magnetic constant has the value 4π × 10–7 henries per metre. It was used as a basis for SI units
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • glycosylation — (chemistry, biochemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
  • go swimmingly — If you say that something is going swimmingly, you mean that everything is happening in a satisfactory way, without any problems.
  • god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
  • good old days — past times viewed with nostalgia
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
  • great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
  • 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.
  • grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
  • grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
  • grocery store — supermarket, food shop
  • gross anatomy — the branch of anatomy that deals with structures that can be seen with the naked eye.
  • guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
  • gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
  • gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
  • gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
  • gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
  • gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
  • gynecologists — Plural form of gynecologist.
  • gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
  • gynomonoecism — the condition of having female flowers and also flowers that have a pistil and stamen on the same plant
  • gypsy capstan — a small capstan moved only by a motor or engine.
  • gypsy setting — a setting, as on a ring, completely enclosing the girdle of the stone.
  • gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
  • gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
  • haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
  • haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
  • haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
  • halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
  • happy release — liberation, esp by death, from an unpleasant condition
  • harley street — a street in London, England: noted for the eminent doctors who have offices there.
  • harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
  • harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
  • haskell curry — (person)   Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • have eyes for — to be interested in
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