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gregory pincus

noun · United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)

grey whale

noun · medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific

grey-blue

adjective · of blue tinged with grey

grey-haired

adjective · showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair-Coleridge

Example: whose beard with age is hoar

greyly

adverb · having a grey appearance

Example: lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons

grievously

adverb · in a grievous manner

Example: the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival

grim

adjective · shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Example: ghastly wounds

grimly

adverb · in a grim implacable manner

Example: he was grimly satisfied

grind away

verb · study intensively, as before an exam

Example: I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

grind out

verb · produce in a routine or monotonous manner

Example: We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding

grok

verb · get the meaning of something

Example: Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

groomed

adjective · neat and smart in appearance; well cared for

Example: the manager was a beautifully groomed young man

grooming

noun · the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

grooved

adjective · established as if settled into a groove or rut

groovy

adjective · (British informal) very chic

Example: groovy clothes

gross out

verb · lose one's nerve

Example: When he saw the accident, he freaked out

grotesque

adjective · distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous

Example: tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas

grotesquely

adverb · in a grotesque manner

Example: behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies

grouchily

adverb · in an ill-natured manner

Example: she looked at her husband crossly

groundbreaking

adjective · being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

Example: stylistically innovative works

groundless

adjective · without a basis in reason or fact

Example: baseless gossip

grow

verb · come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Example: He grew a beard

growing

adjective · relating to or suitable for growth

Example: the growing season for corn

grownup

adjective · (of animals) fully developed

Example: an adult animal

grub out

verb · dig up

Example: grub up roots and tree stumps

grub up

verb · dig up

Example: grub up roots and tree stumps

grudgingly

adverb · in a grudging manner

Example: he grudgingly agreed to have a drink in a hotel close by

grueling

adjective · characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Example: worked their arduous way up the mining valley

gruesomely

adverb · in a gruesome manner

Example: he was gruesomely wounded

gruffly

adverb · in a gruff manner

Example: `No,' he replied gruffly

grumose

adjective · transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

Example: coagulated blood

grumpily

adverb · in an ill-natured manner

Example: she looked at her husband crossly

gruntle

verb · cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Example: She managed to mollify the angry customer

guarded

adjective · prudent

Example: guarded optimism

guardedly

adverb · in a conservative manner

Example: we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.

guardian

noun · a person who cares for persons or property

guatemalan

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents

Example: Guatemalan coffee

gubernatorial

adjective · relating to a governor

Example: gubernatorial election

gudgeon

noun · small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers

guestworker

noun · a person with temporary permission to work in another country

Example: a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists

guggle

verb · drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

guidance

noun · the act of setting and holding a course

Example: a new council was installed under the direction of the king

guide on

verb · use as a guide

Example: They had the lights to guide on

guile

noun · the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

guilt-ridden

adjective · feeling or revealing a sense of guilt

Example: so guilt-ridden he could not face his father

guiltily

adverb · in the manner of someone who has committed an offense

Example: she blushed guiltily as she spoke

gujarat

noun · an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay

gujarati

noun · the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India

gulo gulo

noun · musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

gum labdanum

noun · a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses

gum up

verb · stick together as if with gum

Example: the inside of the pipe has gummed up

gummy

adjective · having the sticky properties of an adhesive

gun moll

noun · the girlfriend of a gangster