<B>graphiure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a South African rodent with a tail ending in a pencil of hairs. </DL>
<A NAME="graphoanalysis">
<B>graphoanalysis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the analysis of handwriting to discover a person's character, aptitudes, attitudes, and the like. </DL>
<A NAME="graphological">
<B>graphological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with graphology. <BR> <I>Ex. graphological analysis.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="graphologist">
<B>graphologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in graphology. </DL>
<A NAME="graphology">
<B>graphology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing the writer's character, aptitudes, and attitudes. </DL>
<A NAME="graphomania">
<B>graphomania, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an obsessive desire to write. </DL>
<A NAME="graphomaniac">
<B>graphomaniac, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person obsessed with a desire to write. </DL>
<A NAME="graphomotor">
<B>graphomotor, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physiology.) having to do with or influencing the movements made in writing. </DL>
<A NAME="graphophone">
<B>Graphophone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a machine for recording and reproducing sound, and its records. It is a type of phonograph. </DL>
<A NAME="graphoscope">
<B>graphoscope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a computer display unit on which the data can be modified by the use of a light pen or similar device. </DL>
<B>graphotherapy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the diagnosis and treatment of mental or emotional problems through handwriting; the manipulation or alteration of handwriting as a form of therapy. </DL>
<A NAME="graphotype">
<B>graphotype, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a process of making blocks for use in surface printing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the block or plate so produced. </DL>
<A NAME="graphpaper">
<B>graph paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> paper ruled in squares for making graphs and diagrams; plotting paper. </DL>
<A NAME="graphy">
<B>-graphy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the process of writing, describing, or recording. <BR> <I>Ex. Cryptography = the process of writing in code. Radiography = the process of recording with X rays.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>such writing, description, or record. <BR> <I>Ex. Biography = a writing about someone's life. Filmography = a description or record of motion-picture films.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a descriptive science. <BR> <I>Ex. Geography = descriptive science of the earth ('s surface).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="grapnel">
<B>grapnel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an instrument with one or more hooks for seizing and holding something; grapple; grappling iron. Grapnels thrown by ropes were once used for catching onto an enemy's ship. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small anchor with three or more hooks. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of various other implements for grasping or clutching. </DL>
<A NAME="grappa">
<B>grappa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) a brandy made of the dregs or mash left in a wine press. </DL>
<A NAME="grapple">
<B>grapple, </B>verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to seize and hold fast; grip or hold firmly. <BR> <I>Ex. The dog grappled the thief's leg in his jaws, pulling the thief to the ground.</I> (SYN) grasp, clinch. <DD><B> 2. </B>to fasten with a grapple; attach firmly. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to come to close quarters with. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to struggle; fight. <BR> <I>Ex. The wrestlers grappled in the center of the ring.</I> (SYN) wrestle. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to try to overcome, solve, or deal with; contend (with). <BR> <I>Ex. He grappled with the problem for an hour before he solved it. In particular, they have been reluctant to grapple with two essential elements of the disarmament program (New York Times).</I> (SYN) wrestle. <DD><B> 3. </B>to search with a grapnel or grappling hook. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of seizing and holding fast; firm grip or hold. <BR> <I>Ex. The dog's grapple held the bone fast between his teeth.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an iron bar with hooks at one end for seizing and holding fast an object; grappling hook; grapnel. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of grappling; struggle. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) His life ... has been a grope for, and grapple with, the English language (Saturday Evening Post).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="grappler">
<B>grappler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who grapples. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=grapnel.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=wrestler.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="grappling">
<B>grappling, </B>noun. <B>=grapnel.</B></DL>
<A NAME="grapplinghook">
<B>grappling hook</B> or <B>iron,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an iron bar with hooks at one end for seizing and holding; grapnel. </DL>
<A NAME="graptolite">
<B>graptolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of small, extinct, invertebrate animals which lived in various forms of colonies, especially abundant during the Ordovician period. The presence of its fossil is a common means of dating rocks and rock formations. </DL>
<A NAME="graptolitic">
<B>graptolitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with graptolites; produced by or containing graptolites. <BR> <I>Ex. graptolitic markings, graptolitic slate.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="grapy">
<B>grapy, </B>adjective, <B>grapier,</B> <B>grapiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with grapes. <DD><B> 2. </B>smelling of or tasting like grapes. </DL>
<A NAME="gras">
<B>GRAS, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Generally Recognized as Safe (used by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a label for food ingredients not considered harmful or dangerous). <BR> <I>Ex. The list of GRAS food additives ... included table salt, chemical preservatives, vinegar, and baking powder (William Spector).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="graser">
<B>graser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device that emits a beam of single-wavelength gamma rays like that of a laser. It consists of a rod of fissionable material on which pulses from a laser act to stimulate the emission of gamma rays from the rod's nuclei. <BR> <I>Ex. Packing the wallop of a miniature A-bomb and able to penetrate a wall several feet thick, the ... graser could create a revolution in scientific researchand development (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="grasp">
<B>grasp, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to seize and hold fast by closing the fingers or claws around. <BR> <I>Ex. The drowning man grasped the rope. If you grasp a nettle firmly it doesn't sting.</I> (SYN) grip, clutch, grab, snatch. <DD><B> 2. </B>to hold firmly, as with the hand; grip. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to clutch at; seize greedily. <BR> <I>Ex. to grasp an opportunity.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to understand; lay hold of with the mind. <BR> <I>Ex. She grasped my meaning at once. The lips repeated bitterly the word "home" as if that were the only word she grasped (Graham Greene).</I> (SYN) comprehend. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of seizing and holding tightly; clasp of the hand. <BR> <I>Ex. His firm grasp held the rope from slipping.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the power of seizing and holding; reach. <BR> <I>Ex. That rope is within his grasp. (Figurative.) Success is within her grasp.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) control; possession. <BR> <I>Ex. The people regained power from the grasp of the dictator.</I> (SYN) mastery. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) understanding. <BR> <I>Ex. She has a good grasp of arithmetic. The mature Michelet is a strange phenomenon ... He had the novelist's social interest and grasp of character, the poet's imagination and passion (Edmund Wilson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>grasp at,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to try to grasp, try to take hold of. </I> <I>Ex. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to accept eagerly. <BR> <I>Ex. She grasped at the opportunity. I readily grasped at his proposal (Washington Irving).</I> noun <B>grasper.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="graspable">
<B>graspable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be grasped. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) This still fairly young man is capable of turning his attention to almost any topic, mastering it in short order, and putting it ... in readily graspable form (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="grasping">
<B>grasping, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that grasps. (SYN) tenacious. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) eager to get all that one can; greedy. <BR> <I>Ex. Stelling is moderate in his terms--he's not a grasping man (George Eliot).</I> (SYN) avaricious. adv. <B>graspingly.</B> noun <B>graspingness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="graspless">
<B>graspless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without grasp or grip; incapable of grasping. <DD><B> 2. </B>not to be grasped. </DL>
