galilean telescope

a type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy ;

galilee

an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry ;

galileo

Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642) ;

galileo galilei

Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642) ;

galina sergeevna ulanova

Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998) ;

galina ulanova

Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998) ;

galingale

European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots ;

galium

annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers ;

galium aparine

annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia ;

galium boreale

North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental ;

galium lanceolatum

bedstraw with sweetish roots ;

galium mollugo

Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America ;

galium odoratum

Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula ;

galium verum

common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia ;

gall

the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties ; a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats ; a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will ; abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury ; a skin sore caused by chafing ; an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle ;

gall-berry

evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries ;

gall gnat

fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants ;

gall midge

fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants ;

gall of the earth

common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes ;

gall wasp

small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants ;

gallamine

neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia ;

gallant

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance ; a man who attends or escorts a woman ;

gallant fox

thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1930 ;

gallantry

polite attentiveness to women ; the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" ; courtesy towards women ;

gallaudet

United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851) ;

gallberry

evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries ;

gallbladder

a muscular sac attached to the liver that secretes bile and stores it until needed for digestion ;

galleon

a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries ;

galleria

a genus of Pyralidae ;

galleria mellonella

moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs ;

gallery

a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" ; narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade ; a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) ; a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery" ; a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited ; a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) ; spectators at a golf or tennis match ;

galley

the area for food preparation on a ship ; the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner ; (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars ; a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading ;

galley proof

a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages ;

galley slave

a laborer who is obliged to do menial work ; a slave condemned to row in a galley ;

gallfly

any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed ; fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants ; small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants ;

gallia

an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands ;

galliano

golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs ;

gallic acid

a colorless crystalline acid obtained from tannin ;

gallicanism

a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church ;

gallicism

a word or phrase borrowed from French ;