<B>Galen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a physician. </DL>
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<B>galena, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a metallic, gray mineral containing lead and sulfur. It is the chief source of lead. </DL>
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<B>galenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or containing galena. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with galenics. <BR> <I>Ex. galenic pharmacists.</I> </DL>
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<B>Galenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Galen, his medical principles, or his method of treating diseases. </DL>
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<B>galenical, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a medicine or drug derived from materials of vegetable origin. <BR> <I>Ex. The business is principally concerned in the extraction of galenicals for the pharmaceutical industry (London Times).</I> </DL>
<B>galenics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the art or science of preparing galenicals. <DD><B> 2. </B>the art or science dealing with the optimum form of drugs and medicines. </DL>
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<B>Galenism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of preparing medicines from natural rather than synthetic sources. </DL>
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<B>galenite, </B>noun. <B>=galena.</B></DL>
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<B>galere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a set or circle of people; coterie; clique. </DL>
<B>galero, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) the broad-brimmed red hat of cardinals. <BR> <I>Ex. The new cardinals will take the galero with them, but will never wear it. Ceremonially, it is used only once--when it rests on the cardinal's bier (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>galet, </B>noun. <B>=fossa</B> (2).</DL>
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<B>galette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a broad, thin cake of bread or pastry. </DL>
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<B>gale warning,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a display along a seacoast or lakeshore predicting the approach of a gale. A gale warning usually consists of two red pennants during the day or of a white light over a red light at night. </DL>
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<B>gal Friday,</B> <B>=girl Friday.</B></DL>
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<B>Galibi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bis</B> or <B>-bi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of an Indian people of French Guiana. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Cariban language. </DL>
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<B>Galician, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with Galicia, a region in central Europe, its people, or their language. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain, its people, or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Galicia. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Portuguese dialect spoken in Spanish Galicia. </DL>
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<B>galidictis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a carnivorous quadruped of Madagascar, of the same family as the civet. </DL>
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<B>Galilean</B> (1) or <B>Galilaean, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Galilee, the northernmost division of Palestine in the time of Christ, or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person born or living in Galilee. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Christian. <BR><I>expr. <B>the Galilean,</B> </I>Jesus. <BR> <I>Ex. The pagans called Christ the Galilean or the Nazarene because Jesus lived as a boy in Nazareth,a town which is in Galilee.</I> </DL>
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<B>Galilean</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of Galileo (1564-1642) or discovered by him. <BR> <I>Ex. the Galilean satellites of Jupiter.</I> </DL>
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<B>galilee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a porch or chapel at the west entrance of some medieval English churches. </DL>
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<B>galimatias, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> confused or meaningless talk; gibberish; nonsense. </DL>
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<B>galingale, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the aromatic rootstock of various Chinese and East Indian plants of the ginger family, formerly used in medicine and cooking. <DD><B> 2. </B>a southern English sedge with an aromatic tuberous root. </DL>
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<B>galiot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, fast galley moved with oars and sails that was used until the end of the 1700's. <DD><B> 2. </B>a heavy, single-masted, Dutch cargo or fishing boat. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) an ancient Roman galley. Also, <B>galliot.</B> </DL>
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<B>galipot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of turpentine or resin that hardens on the stems of certain pines. Also, <B>gallipot.</B> </DL>
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<B>gall</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a bitter yellow, brown, or greenish liquid secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder; bile. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=gall bladder.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything very bitter or harsh. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) bitterness; hate. <BR> <I>Ex. Neither envy nor gall hath entered me upon this controversy (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) too great boldness; impudence. (SYN) effrontery. <BR><I>expr. <B>dip one's pen in gall.</B> </I>See under <B>pen</B> (1). </DL>
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<B>gall</B> (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make sore by rubbing. <BR> <I>Ex. The rough strap galled the horse's skin.</I> (SYN) chafe. <DD><B> 2. </B>to damage the surface of by rubbing. <BR> <I>Ex. I am loath to gall a new-healed wound (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to annoy; irritate. <BR> <I>Ex. The child was galled by being scolded so much. The sarcasms of the king soon galled the sensitive temper of the poet (Voltaire).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to harass. <BR> <I>Ex. Where bowmen might in ambush wait ... To gall an entering foe (Scott).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become sore by rubbing. <BR> <I>Ex. Thou'lt gall between the tongue and the teeth, with fretting (Ben Jonson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to make galling or irritating remarks. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a local sore on the skin caused by rubbing, especially one on a horse's back. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a cause of annoyance or irritation. <BR> <I>Ex. They have left a perpetual gall in the minds of that people (Edmund Spenser).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Southern U.S.) a spot where the soil has been washed away or is unfit for planting. <DD><B> 4. </B>a bare spot; blemish; flaw produced by rubbing. </DL>
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<B>gall</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lump or ball that forms usually on the leaves, stems, or roots of plants where they have been injured by insects, fungi, or parasitic bacteria. The galls of oak trees contain tannin, used in making ink and tanning leather, and in medicine. </DL>
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<B>Galla, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>pl. <B>-las</B> or <B>-la.</B> a member of one of the Hamitic tribes of Ethiopia and other countries of northeast Africa. <DD><B> 2. </B>their language. </DL>
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<B>gallant, </B>adjective, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>noble in spirit or in conduct. <BR> <I>Ex. King Arthur was a gallant knight.</I> (SYN) valiant. <DD><B> 2. </B>brave and high-spirited; heroic. <BR> <I>Ex. a gallant antagonist.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>grand; fine; stately. <BR> <I>Ex. A ship with all its sails spread is a gallant sight.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>gay; showy. <BR> <I>Ex. Our garden was made gallant with tulips.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>very polite and attentive to women. <BR> <I>Ex. The general attended her himself to the street door, saying everything gallant as they went down stairs (Jane Austen).</I> (SYN) chivalrous, courtly. <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=amorous.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a spirited or courageous man. <DD><B> 2. </B>a man who is very polite and attentive to women. <BR> <I>Ex. How few nowadays use the word 'gallant' to describe a lady's man (Matthew Arnold).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a man who wears showy, stylish clothes. <BR> <I>Ex. Gallants gambled away a fortune at a sitting (John R. Green).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a lover; paramour. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to pay court to (a woman). <DD><B> 2. </B>to be an escort to; escort. <BR> <I>Ex. The little black steamer ... sometimes gallanting a tall ship in and out (Hawthorne).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be a gallant; flirt. <BR><I>expr. <B>play the gallant,</B> </I>to flirt; pay court (to). <BR> <I>Ex. She waited for him to play the gallant, but he showed no interest.</I> adv. <B>gallantly.</B> noun <B>gallantness.</B> </DL>
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<B>gallantry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>noble spirit or conduct; bravery; dashing courage. <BR> <I>Ex. the gallantry of a soldier. Gallantry is part of the great heritage--part of the strength--of the American people (New Yorker).</I> (SYN) heroism. <DD><B> 2. </B>great politeness and attention to women. <BR> <I>Ex. Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics (Richard Brinsley Sheridan).</I> (SYN) chivalry. <DD><B> 3. </B>a gallant act or speech; courtesy. <BR> <I>Ex. The prince ... said a thousand gallantries (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) gay appearance; showy display; magnificence. </DL>
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<B>gallate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a salt of gallic acid. </DL>
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<B>gall bladder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sac attached to the liver, in which excess gall or bile is stored until needed. </DL>
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<B>galleass, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy, low-built warship larger than a galley and moved by both oars and sails. It was used on the Mediterranean in the 1500's and 1600's. Also, <B>galliass.</B> </DL>
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<B>gallegan, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Spanish Galicia; Galician. <BR> <I>Ex. gallegan dishes.</I> </DL>
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<B>gallego, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Spanish Galicia; Galician. </DL>
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<B>gallein, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> brownish-red or greenish-yellow crystals obtained by heating pyrogallol and phthalic anhydride, used as a dye or as an indicator. </DL>
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<B>galleon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, high, fighting ship, usually with three or four decks and square sails, first used by the Italians in the 1400's as an armed merchant ship, and later developed by Henry VIII into a strictly fighting ship. <BR> <I>Ex. three very great galleons, or Spanish ships from the south seas (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an early Italian armed merchant ship. </DL>
