Words starting with g

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

g means: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet

g means: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

g means: a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

g means: a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

g means: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

g means: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

g means: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

g means: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

g means: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine

g clef means: a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

astereognosis means: a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them

bloodleaf means: any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage

camwood means: small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye

crosshairs means: a center of interest

fourth earl of orford means: English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)

giorgio de chirico means: Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978)

halloween means: the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people

lavandula stoechas means: shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers

maturity-onset diabetes means: mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin

mink coat means: fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks

nature study means: the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level)

on the dot means: just as it should be

prodigious means: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

prodigious means: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

prodigious means: of momentous or ominous significance

renoir means: French impressionist painter (1841-1919)

sewer main means: a main in a sewage system

spring water means: water from a spring

spring water means: underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks

straightaway means: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse