garry oak

small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark ;

garter

a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) ;

garter belt

a wide belt of elastic with supporters hanging from it; worn by women to hold up stockings ;

garter snake

any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes ;

garter stitch

a knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side) ;

gartner's bacillus

a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans ;

garuda

a supernatural eaglelike being that serves as Vishnu's mount ;

garullus garullus

fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings ;

gary

a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production ;

gary cooper

United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) ;

gary kasparov

Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) ;

gary weinstein

Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) ;

gas

a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" ; a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal ; the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container ; a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines ; a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely ; a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes ;

gas-cooled reactor

a nuclear reactor using gas as a coolant ;

gas-discharge lamp

an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube ;

gas-discharge tube

a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas ;

gas-turbine ship

a ship powered by a gas turbine ;

gas bomb

a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes ;

gas bracket

a pipe with one or more burners projecting from a wall ;

gas burner

burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame ;

gas chamber

instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals ;

gas company

a public utility that provides gas ;

gas constant

(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole ;

gas cooker

a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas ;

gas embolism

pain resulting from rapid change in pressure ; obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving ;

gas engine

an internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor ;

gas fitter

a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances ;

gas fitting

the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building ;

gas fixture

a device to convey illuminating gas from the pipe to the gas burner ;

gas furnace

a furnace that burns gas ;

gas gage

gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle ;

gas gangrene

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon ;

gas gauge

gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle ;

gas giant

any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter) ;

gas gun

a gun that fires gas shells ;

gas guzzler

a car with relatively low fuel efficiency ;

gas heat

heating system that burns natural gas ;

gas heater

a heater that burns gas for heat ;

gas helmet

a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases ;

gas holder

a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel ;