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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: glossmeter - glowfly</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="glossmeter"> glossmeter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a photoelectric device that measures the reflection of glossy surfaces, such as those of papers, paints, or fabrics. </DL> <A NAME="glossographer"> glossographer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a writer of glosses or commentaries. </DL> <A NAME="glossography"> glossography, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the writing of glosses. </DL> <A NAME="glossolalia"> glossolalia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. the gift of tongues; the power to speak in strange, foreign languages (in the Bible, Acts 2:4). <DD> b. speech without meaning, uttered in a state of ecstasy (in the Bible, I Corinthians 14:2-14). <DD> 2. (at a revival meeting) the sudden ecstatic seizure of a participant during which he utters a succession of unrecognizable sounds. </DL> <A NAME="glossological"> glossological, adjective. =linguistic.</DL> <A NAME="glossologist"> glossologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who writes glosses. <DD> 2. a person who compiles glossaries. <DD> 3. =linguist. </DL> <A NAME="glossology"> glossology, noun, pl. -gies.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science of language; linguistics. </DL> <A NAME="glossophagine"> glossophagine, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characteristic of a group of large South American bats with long, extensible tongues. </DL> <A NAME="glossopharyngeal"> glossopharyngeal, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. having to do with the rear part of the tongue and of the pharynx. Ex. Polio patients are learning to breathe through the glossopharyngeal method of taking breaths. <DD>noun the glossopharyngeal nerve or muscle. </DL> <A NAME="glossotomy"> glossotomy, noun, pl. -mies.<DL COMPACT><DD> surgical incision or dissection of the tongue. </DL> <A NAME="glossy"> glossy, adjective, glossier, glossiest, noun, pl. glossies.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. smooth and shiny; highly polished; lustrous. Ex. The beautiful, glossy coat of the cat shone as it lay in the sunlight. (SYN) sleek. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) having a specious appearance or smooth outward show; superficially or deceptively attractive; slick. Ex. a glossy show, glossy advertisements, glossy duplicity. <DD>noun 1. (Informal.) a photograph printed on glossy paper. <DD> 2. (British Informal.) a magazine printed on glossy paper; slick. Ex. The editors of the two leading glossies ... make Paris cower (Punch). <DD> 3. something superficially attractive and showy, especially a slick motion picture. adv. glossily. noun glossiness. </DL> <A NAME="glossyibis"> glossy ibis,<DL COMPACT><DD> a long-legged wading bird with a decurved bill, and chestnut plumage of a glossy purplish or greenish hue, found in tropical areas of the Old World and the southern United States. </DL> <A NAME="glost"> glost, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the glaze used for pottery, china, and the like. <DD>adj. having to do with glaze or glazing. Ex. a glost firing. </DL> <A NAME="glottal"> glottal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with the glottis. <DD> 2. (Phonetics.) produced in the glottis. H in hope is a glottal sound. </DL> <A NAME="glottalize"> glottalize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) to pronounce (a sound) with simultaneous glottal closure. Ex. Glottalized stops are most commonly very fortis (Henry A. Gleason, Jr.). noun glottalization. </DL> <A NAME="glottalstop"> glottal stop,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) a stop articulated by checking the breath stream in the glottis, often heard in English before an initial stressed vowel, or as a variant of the t-sound in bottle. In many languages it occurs as a phoneme. </DL> <A NAME="glottic"> glottic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with language; linguistic. <DD> 2. =glottal. </DL> <A NAME="glottis"> glottis, noun, pl. glottises, glottides.<DL COMPACT><DD> an opening at the upper part of the windpipe between the vocal cords. </DL> <A NAME="glottochronological"> glottochronological, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with glottochronology. </DL> <A NAME="glottochronology"> glottochronology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Linguistics.) a method of dating a language in a particular stage, or the separation of related languages, based on the theory that over a considerable period linguistic changes take place at a fairly constant rate; lexicostatistics. Ex. Glottochronology ... rests on the finding that in general a basic segment of any language changes at the fairly constant rate of about 19 per cent in each 1,000 years (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="glottologic"> glottologic, adjective. =linguistic.</DL> <A NAME="glottological"> glottological, adjective. =linguistic.</DL> <A NAME="glottologist"> glottologist, noun. =linguist.</DL> <A NAME="glottology"> glottology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science of language; linguistics. </DL> <A NAME="glove"> glove, noun, verb, gloved, gloving.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a covering for the hand, usually with separate places for each of the four fingers and the thumb. Gloves are worn to keep the hands warm, clean, or safe, and also sometimes as part of a dress or uniform. <DD> 2. =boxing glove. <DD> 3. a padded leather glove worn by baseball players in the field; mitt. <DD>v.t. 1. to cover with a glove; provide with gloves. Ex. They glove their hands in the finest leather. <DD> 2. to serve as a glove for. <DD> 3. (in sports) to catch with a glove. Ex. The shortstop neatly gloved a towering pop fly. expr. fit like a glove, to fit perfectly or tightly; suit perfectly. Ex. The boots fitted me like a glove (Tobias Smollett). expr. take off the gloves, to stop being soft; become aggressive; get tough. Ex. Even before the ... meeting had reached its predestined failure, both sides had taken off the gloves and were slugging it out (New York Times). adj. gloveless. noun glovelessness. </DL> <A NAME="glovebox"> glove box,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a plastic box or similar enclosure containing a controlled environment, with rubber gloves fastened around holes in the side of the box through which a person can manipulate things in the box without introducing outside contamination; isolator. <DD> 2. (British.) a glove compartment. </DL> <A NAME="glovecompartment"> glove compartment,<DL COMPACT><DD> a compartment recessed in an automobile's dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc. </DL> <A NAME="glovemaker"> glovemaker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes gloves. Ex. Shakespeare's father was a glovemaker (William H. Dooley). </DL> <A NAME="glovemaking"> glovemaking, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the making of gloves. Ex. American glovemaking is centered in New York. </DL> <A NAME="gloveman"> gloveman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Sports.) a fielder. </DL> <A NAME="glovepuppet"> glove puppet,<DL COMPACT><DD> a puppet that fits over the hand and is manipulated with the fingers. Ex. No genuine glove puppet fancier has any real use for marionettes (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="glover"> glover, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes or sells gloves. </DL> <A NAME="glovesoff"> gloves-off, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) with or as if with bare knuckles; harsh. </DL> <A NAME="glow"> glow, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to shine because of heat; be red-hot or white-hot. Ex. a glowing ember. <DD> 2. to give off light without heat; shine as if red-hot or white-hot. Ex. Some clocks glow in the dark. <DD> 3. to show a warm color; look warm; be red or bright. Ex. Her cheeks glowed as she danced. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) to be eager; look eager. Ex. Her eyes glowed at the thought of a trip. He glowed with enthusiasm. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) to burn with emotion or passion. Ex. to glow with resentment. <DD> 6. to be hot; be on fire; burn. Ex. The torrid zone Glows with the passing and repassing sun (John Dryden). <DD> 7. to burn with bodily heat. <DD>v.t. (Obsolete.) to make hot. <DD>noun 1. the shine from something that is red-hot or white-hot. Ex. the glow of embers in the fireplace. <DD> 2. a similar shine often without heat. Ex. the glow of gold. Drifting sand-heaps feed my stock In summer's scorching glow (Emerson). <DD> 3. a bright, warm color; brightness. Ex. the glow of health on his cheeks, the glow of sunset. <DD> 4. a warm feeling or color of the body; state of bodily heat. Ex. a pleasant glow after swimming in cold water. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) an eager look on the face. Ex. a glow of interest or excitement. <DD> 6. (Figurative.) warmth of feeling or passion; ardor. Ex. He was filled with the glow of faith in God. </DL> <A NAME="glowdischarge"> glow discharge,<DL COMPACT><DD> a luminous electrical discharge in a tube containing gas at low pressure. Ex. The type of discharge in a neon sign and a fluorescent lamp is called a glow discharge (Sears and Zemansky). </DL> <A NAME="glower"> glower (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that glows. <DD> 2. the light-giving rod in a Nernst lamp. </DL> <A NAME="glower"> glower (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to stare angrily or crossly; scowl fiercely. Ex. The fighters glowered at each other. The sullen boy glowered at the stranger. <DD> 2. (Scottish.) to stare or gaze intently. <DD>noun 1. an angry stare; fierce scowl. <DD> 2. (Scottish.) the act of glowering; an open-eyed gaze or stare. </DL> <A NAME="glowering"> glowering, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that glowers. Ex. a glowering sky. adv. gloweringly. </DL> <A NAME="glowfly"> glowfly, noun, pl. -flies. =firefly.</DL> <A HREF="glowing.dic">NEXT</A>