galliformes

pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins ;

gallimaufry

a motley assortment of things ;

gallina

small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl ;

gallinacean

heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds ;

gallinaceous bird

heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds ;

gallinago

snipes ;

gallinago gallinago

common snipe of Eurasia and Africa ;

gallinago gallinago delicata

American snipe ;

gallinago media

Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe ;

gallinula

gallinules ;

gallinula chloropus

black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes ;

gallinula chloropus cachinnans

North American dark bluish-grey gallinule ;

gallinule

any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens ;

gallirallus

rails of New Zealand ;

gallium

a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores ;

gallon

United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters ; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters ;

gallop

a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously ;

gallop rhythm

cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound; can indicate a heart abnormality ;

gallous

alternative terms for gallows ;

galloway

breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland ; a district in southwestern Scotland ;

gallows

an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging ;

gallows-tree

alternative terms for gallows ;

gallows bird

a person who deserves to be hanged ;

gallows tree

alternative terms for gallows ;

gallstone

a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts ;

gallup

a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border ;

gallus

common domestic birds and related forms ; elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) ;

gallus gallus

a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl ; a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl ;

galois

French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations; was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832) ;

galois theory

group theory applied to the solution of algebraic equations ;

galoot

a disreputable or clumsy man ;

galosh

a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow ;

galsworthy

English novelist (1867-1933) ;

galton

English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields: heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911) ;

galtonia candicans

southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers ;

galvani

Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798) ;

galvanic battery

battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel ;

galvanic cell

an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged ;

galvanic pile

battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta ;

galvanic skin response

a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body ;