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- English Word Galapee tree Definition The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
- English Word Galatian Definition Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.
- English Word Galaxies Definition of Galaxy
- English Word Galaxy Definition The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars.
- English Word Galaxy Definition A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
- English Word Galban Definition Alt. of Galbanum
- English Word Galbanum Definition A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
- English Word Gale Definition To sale, or sail fast.
- English Word Gale Definition The payment of a rent or annuity.
- English Word Gale Definition A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.
- English Word Gale Definition To sing.
- English Word Gale Definition A song or story.
- English Word Gale Definition A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
- English Word Gale Definition A moderate current of air; a breeze.
- English Word Gale Definition A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
- English Word Gale-opithecus Definition A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.
- English Word Galea Definition The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
- English Word Galea Definition A kind of bandage for the head.
- English Word Galea Definition Headache extending all over the head.
- English Word Galea Definition A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.