<B>granite porphyry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse porphyry composed mainly of quartz and feldspar. </DL>
<A NAME="granitestate">
<B>Granite State,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname of New Hampshire. </DL>
<A NAME="graniteware">
<B>graniteware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>ironware covered with gray enamel. <DD><B> 2a. </B>pottery with a speckled coloring imitating that of granite. <DD><B> b. </B>a fine, hard, white pottery. </DL>
<B>granitiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form of granite. </DL>
<A NAME="granitite">
<B>granitite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of granite containing biotite. </DL>
<A NAME="granitization">
<B>granitization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of granitizing. </DL>
<A NAME="granitize">
<B>granitize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to impregnate (a rock) with granitic material or minerals. <DD><B> 2. </B>to change into granite; convert to granite. </DL>
<B>granivore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an animal that feeds on grain or seeds. </DL>
<A NAME="granivorous">
<B>granivorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> eating or feeding on grain or seeds. </DL>
<A NAME="granjon">
<B>Granjon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> style of printing type based on that of Robert Granjon, French type designer. </DL>
<A NAME="grannie">
<B>grannie, </B>noun. =granny.</DL>
<A NAME="granny">
<B>granny, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) <B>1. </B>a grandmother. <DD><B> 2. </B>an old woman. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Dialect.) a nurse or midwife. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a fussy person. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=granny knot.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> of, for, or in the style of granny dresses. <BR> <I>Ex. a granny shawl.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="grannydress">
<B>granny dress,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a loose dress reaching from the neck to the ankles, similar to those formerly worn by elderly women or "grandmothers". </DL>
<A NAME="grannyflat">
<B>granny flat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an addition to a house, permitting an elderly relative to live independently. <BR> <I>Ex. A granny flat is a self-contained, single-story dwelling of about 378 feet; it's designed for easy installation in an average backyard (Modern Maturity).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="grannyglasses">
<B>granny glasses,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> gold- or steel-rimmed eyeglasses, similar to those often worn formerly by elderly women. </DL>
<A NAME="grannyknot">
<B>granny knot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a knot differing from a square knot in having the ends crossed the wrong way; lubber's knot. It is easily jammed, yet often fails to hold under strain. </DL>
<A NAME="grannywoman">
<B>granny woman,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Dialect.) granny (a nurse or midwife). </DL>
<A NAME="granodiorite">
<B>granodiorite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a granular, igneous rock intermediate between granite and quartz-diorite. </DL>
<A NAME="granola">
<B>granola, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mixture of natural cereals, often sold as a health food. <BR> <I>Ex. Rows of unfamiliar foodstuffs are appearing in middle-class cupboards: brown rice by the bucketful, as well as packages of adsuki, granola, gomasio, ginseng and miso (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="granolithic">
<B>granolithic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of buildings) made of a particular kind of concrete, consisting of cement and fine granite chips. </DL>
<A NAME="granophyre">
<B>granophyre, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a porphyritic rock in which the groundmass is a microscopic crystalline intergrowth of the component minerals. </DL>
<A NAME="granophyric">
<B>granophyric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> composed of granophyre. </DL>
<B>grant, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give (what is asked); allow. <BR> <I>Ex. to grant a request, to grant permission.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to admit; accept without proof; concede. <BR> <I>Ex. I grant that you are right so far.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give or confer (as a right or ownership) by formal act or by writing. <BR> <I>Ex. They granted charters to the towns and privileges to the inhabitants (Henry Buckle).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to agree or consent. <BR> <I>Ex. The soldiers should have toss'd me on their pikes Before I would have granted to that act (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a gift, especially land or rights given by a government, or a gift of money. (SYN) appropriation. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of granting. <DD><B> 3. </B>a local, minor civil division in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. <BR><I>expr. <B>take for granted,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to assume to be true; regard as proved or agreed to. </I> <I>Ex. We take for granted the existence of atoms.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to accept as probable. <BR> <I>Ex. We took for granted that the sailor could swim.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>to fail to appreciate sufficiently. <BR> <I>Ex. You don't commit the idiotic mistake of doing every blessed thing that'll make him take you for granted, and then complain bitterly if indeed he does take you for granted (Punch).</I> adj. <B>grantable.</B> noun <B>granter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="grantaid">
<B>grant-aid, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) to support (a school or educational program) from public funds, especially by paying a part of the maintenance costs. </DL>
<A NAME="grantaidedschool">
<B>grant-aided school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a primary or secondary parochial school that receives half the cost of its maintenance from the Ministry of Education. </DL>
<A NAME="grantee">
<B>grantee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person to whom a grant is made. </DL>
<A NAME="granth">
<B>Granth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sacred scriptures of the Sikhs. </DL>
<A NAME="grantinaid">
<B>grant-in-aid, </B>noun, pl. <B>grants-in-aid.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a grant of money by one unit of government to another to help it carry out some public service or program. <BR> <I>Ex. Grants-in-aid from the federal government rank as the largest single source of state income (David Fellman).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a grant of money to a person or institution, expecially a school, to help defray the cost of a particular project. </DL>
<A NAME="grantor">
<B>grantor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes a grant. </DL>
<A NAME="grantscaribou">
<B>Grant's caribou,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a caribou living in the Alaskan Peninsula and Unimak Island. </DL>
<A NAME="grantsgazelle">
<B>Grant's gazelle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, white and fawn gazelle found in East Africa. The male weighs up to 150 pounds and has lyre-shaped horns 30 inches long. </DL>
<A NAME="grantsman">
<B>grantsman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an expert or specialist in grantsmanship. </DL>
<A NAME="grantsmanship">
<B>grantsmanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art of obtaining grants of money for research and other projects from various foundations or donors. </DL>
<A NAME="granturismo">
<B>gran turismo,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of distinctively styled European sports car, originally designed for long-distance travel at high speeds; grand tourer. (Abbr:) GT (no periods). </DL>
<A NAME="granular">
<B>granular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>consisting of or containing grains or granules; grainy. <BR> <I>Ex. granular sandstone.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like grains or granules. <DD><B> 3. </B>(of a diseased organ) having a granulated surface or structure. adv. <B>granularly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="granularity">
<B>granularity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> granular condition or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="granulate">
<B>granulate, </B>verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make into grains or granules. <BR> <I>Ex. to granulate sugar.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to roughen the surface of. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to form grains or granules; become granular. <DD><B> 2. </B>to develop granulations. Wounds granulate in healing. noun <B>granulator.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="granulated">
<B>granulated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>formed into grains or granules. <BR> <I>Ex. granulated sugar.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>roughened on the surface. <BR> <I>Ex. granulated leather.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>having granulations; mottled. </DL>
<A NAME="granulation">
<B>granulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>formation into grains or granules. <DD><B> 2. </B>a roughening on the surface. <DD><B> 3. </B>one of the grains on a roughened surface. <DD><B> 4. </B>the formation of small, grainlike bodies, especially in the process of healing. <DD><B> 5. </B>a small, grainlike body or elevation, especially one of those that form on the surface of wounds during healing. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Astronomy.) one of the mottlings on the surface of the sun. </DL>
<A NAME="granulationtissue">
<B>granulation tissue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a layer of pink-colored blood vessels having no nerve endings, that form over a wound and aid in the body's process of healing. </DL>
<B>granule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small grain. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small bit or spot like a grain. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=corpuscle.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>any one of the small patches of gas that make up the photosphere of the sun. </DL>
<A NAME="granuliform">
<B>granuliform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a granular structure. </DL>
<A NAME="granulite">
<B>granulite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fine-grained gneiss or granite consisting chiefly of feldspar and quartz. </DL>
<A NAME="granulitic">
<B>granulitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with granulite. <BR> <I>Ex. granulitic rock.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="granulitize">
<B>granulitize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make granulitic. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become granulitic. noun <B>granulitization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="granulocyte">
<B>granulocyte, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several types of white blood cells whose cytoplasm contains granules and which play an important part in the destruction of harmful bacteria. </DL>
