<B>goldilocks, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person with golden hair. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a European composite herb, whose small heads of yellow flowers resemble those of the goldenrod. <DD><B> b. </B>a buttercup of Europe. Also, <B>goldylocks.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="goldlace">
<B>gold lace,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ornamental cord or braid, as on uniforms, formerly made of gold wire, now of coated thread. </DL>
<A NAME="goldleaf">
<B>gold leaf,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a minute quantity of gold, alloyed with copper or silver and beaten out into a very thin sheet, averaging from 3 to 3 1/2 inches square. <BR> <I>Ex. Gold leaf is made by beating the gold by hand (W. R. Jones).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>gold in this form used in gilding. </DL>
<A NAME="goldmine">
<B>gold mine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mine where ore yielding gold is obtained. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) a source of something of great value. <BR> <I>Ex. a gold mine of ideas.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="goldmohur">
<B>gold mohur,</B> =mohur.</DL>
<A NAME="goldnote">
<B>gold note,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a bank note redeemable in gold. </DL>
<A NAME="goldofpleasure">
<B>gold-of-pleasure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant of the mustard family with small, yellowish flowers, naturalized in North America from Europe; wild flax; madwort; white flax. </DL>
<A NAME="goldplate">
<B>gold plate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> gold or gold-plated tableware. </DL>
<A NAME="goldplate">
<B>gold-plate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-plated,</B> <B>-plating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to plate with gold. noun <B>gold-plater.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="goldpoints">
<B>gold points,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the upper and lower limits in the variations of foreign-exchange rates at which it is as expensive to export or import gold as to buy or sell bills of exchange. </DL>
<A NAME="goldpool">
<B>gold pool,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a consortium of six European nations and the United States whose members contribute gold to a common reserve from which it is drawn to stabilize the price of gold. </DL>
<A NAME="goldreserve">
<B>gold reserve,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the quantity or supply of gold kept by a nation or bank to redeem its notes. </DL>
<A NAME="goldrush">
<B>gold rush,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sudden rush of people to a place where gold has just been found. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rush to buy gold, especially as a hedge against inflation. </DL>
<A NAME="goldsalt">
<B>gold salt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various salts containing gold used in photography, in coloring glass, and in medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="goldschmidtprocess">
Goldschmidt process, =aluminothermy.</DL>
<A NAME="goldsmith">
<B>goldsmith, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes or sells articles of gold. Until 1700, these tradesmen acted as bankers. </DL>
<A NAME="goldsmithbeetle">
<B>goldsmith beetle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, yellow beetle of North America. </DL>
<A NAME="goldsmithing">
<B>goldsmithing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the work or art of a goldsmith. <BR> <I>Ex. Cellini studied the art of goldsmithing in Florence (M. C. Ross).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="goldstandard">
<B>gold standard,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the use of gold as the standard of value for the money of a country. A nation's unit of money value is declared by the government to be equal to and exchangeable for a certain amount of gold. A modification of this is the gold bullion standard, in which there is no coinage of gold, and domestic currency can be redeemed with gold bullion only when demanded in large amounts. </DL>
<A NAME="goldstarmother">
<B>gold star mother,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an American organization of women whose sons died in a war. </DL>
<A NAME="goldstarwife">
<B>gold star wife,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an American organization of widows of servicemen who died in service or from service-connected disabilities. </DL>
<A NAME="goldstick">
<B>gold stick,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> in England: <DD><B> 1. </B>a gilded rod carried on state occasions by certain members of the royal household. <DD><B> 2. </B>the person who carries it. </DL>
<A NAME="goldstone">
<B>goldstone, </B>noun. =aventurine.</DL>
<A NAME="goldthread">
<B>goldthread, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an evergreen, white-flowered North American herb of the crowfoot family, having fibrous, yellow roots. <DD><B> 2. </B>its root, used in medicine. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=dodder.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="goldtit">
<B>goldtit, </B>noun. =verdin.</DL>
<A NAME="goldylocks">
<B>goldylocks, </B>noun. =goldilocks.</DL>
<A NAME="golem">
<B>golem, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Jewish legend) an artificially constructed human being, given life by magic rites. </DL>
<A NAME="golf">
<B>golf, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a game played on an outdoor course with a small, hard ball and a set of long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads. The player tries to hit the ball into each of a series of holes with as few strokes as possible. The clubs are designed for the various kinds of shots needed in hitting the ball from a series of tees into holes situated at the ends of fairways of varying shapes and distances, avoiding hazards and obstacles. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to play this game. </DL>
<A NAME="golf">
<B>Golf, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a code name for the letter <I>g,</I> used in transmitting radio messages. </DL>
<A NAME="golfball">
<B>golfball, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, hard ball with a dimpled surface, used in golf. <DD><B> 2. </B>a ball-shaped, movable metal device on which the characters are located in certain electric typewriters. </DL>
<A NAME="golfcart">
<B>golf cart,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, self-propelled vehicle used to carry one or more golfers and their equipment around a golf course. <DD><B> 2. </B>a cart used to wheel golfing equipment around a golf course. </DL>
<A NAME="golfclub">
<B>golf club,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of the set of long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads used in playing golf. <DD><B> 2. </B>a group of people joined together for the purpose of playing golf. <DD><B> 3. </B>the buildings and land used by such a group. </DL>
<A NAME="golfcourse">
<B>golf course</B> or <B>links,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a parklike area where golf is played, containing tees, greens, and fairways. </DL>
<A NAME="golfdom">
<B>golfdom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> golf players and organizations concerned with the game of golf. </DL>
<A NAME="golfer">
<B>golfer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who plays the game of golf. </DL>
<A NAME="golfwidow">
<B>golf widow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a woman often left alone while her husband goes to play golf. </DL>
<A NAME="golgiapparatus">
<B>Golgi apparatus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a network of vesicles in the cytoplasm of many cells, functioning in the manufacture of proteins and carbohydrates. </DL>
<A NAME="golgibody">
<B>Golgi body,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a unit or particle of the Golgi apparatus revealed by staining; dictyosome. </DL>
<A NAME="golgicomplex">
<B>Golgi complex,</B> =Golgi apparatus.</DL>
<A NAME="golgotha">
<B>Golgotha, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the place of Christ's Crucifixion; Calvary (in the Bible, Matthew 27:33). <DD><B> 2. </B>a place of burial. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a place or condition of great suffering. <BR> <I>Ex. The torture and socially--if not commercially--destroying force of all this--every hour of it a Golgotha! (Theodore Dreiser).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="goliard">
<B>goliard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the class of wandering students noted for their rioting and intemperance, and as authors of satirical Latin verse, who flourished chiefly in the 1100's and 1200's in Germany, France, and England. </DL>
<A NAME="goliardery">
<B>goliardery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practices or compositions of the goliards. </DL>
<A NAME="golardic">
<B>golardic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with the goliards or goliardery. </DL>
<A NAME="goliath">
<B>Goliath, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>giant whom David killed with a stone from a sling (in the Bible, I Samuel 17:4-51). <DD><B> 2. </B>any huge, extremely strong man. </DL>
<A NAME="goliath">
<B>goliath, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing of unusual size, importance, power, or accomplishment; giant. <BR> <I>Ex. The bill would benefit only a few goliaths in the coal industry (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=goliath beetle.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="goliathbeetle">
<B>goliath beetle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of white-striped African lamellicorn beetles, including the world's largest species, measuring four inches in length and more than two inches in width. </DL>
<A NAME="goliathfrog">
<B>goliath frog,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the largest known frog; giant frog. It lives in western Africa and attains a length of ten to twelve inches. </DL>
<A NAME="golliwog">
<B>golliwog</B> or <B>gollywog, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a grotesque black (male) doll, fantastically dressed, with staring eyes and a shock of fuzzy black hair. </DL>
<A NAME="golly">
<B>golly, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> an exclamation of wonder, pleasure, joy, or the like, used as a mild substitute for "God." </DL>
<B>GOM</B> (no periods) or <B>G.O.M.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Grand Old Man (used in describing an old and venerable person or thing). <BR> <I>Ex. Thomas Hardy ... was eventually elevated to the position of GOM of letters (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gomasio">
<B>gomasio, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> parched and salted sesame seeds. </DL>
<A NAME="gombeen">
<B>gombeen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British and Irish.) usury. </DL>
<A NAME="gombo">
<B>gombo</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-bos.</B> <B>=gumbo</B> (1).</DL>
<A NAME="gombo">
<B>gombo</B> (2) or <B>Gombo, </B>noun. <B>=gumbo</B> (2).</DL>
<A NAME="gombroon">
<B>gombroon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of Persian pottery or an imitation of it. </DL>
<A NAME="gomdura">
<B>gomdura, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long dress worn over loose-fitting trousers by women in Saudia Arabia. </DL>
<A NAME="gomer">
<B>gomer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an obnoxious undesirable person (used in an unfriendly way). <BR> <I>Ex. In hospital parlance, a "gomer" is a disgusting, filthy old man (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gomerel">
<B>gomerel,</B> <B>gomeril,</B> or <B>gomeral, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a fool; simpleton; blockhead. </DL>
