Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z gravestand To exploit someone's death for a selfish purpose. gravestanding The act of exploiting someone's death for a selfish purpose. gravestead The place where a grave or graves are located; a grave; a burial ground; cemetery. gravestone A stone slab set at the head of a grave. gravestoned Having gravestones. graveteiro A pink-legged graveteiro, a bird of species Acrobatornis fonsecai, endemic to Brazil. Gravett A surname. gravette A prehistoric flint blade Gravettian Of or relating to a specific archaeological tool-making industry of the European Upper Paleolithic era prevalent before the last glacial maximum, c. 33000–20000 BCE. graveward Toward the grave. gravewards Towards the grave. graveyard A tract of land in which the dead are buried. graveyardy Resembling or characteristic of a graveyard. gravic gravitational gravicembalo An early form of piano derived from the harpsichord graviception The detection of the Earth's gravitational field by an organism graviceptional Relating to graviception or graviceptors graviceptive Relating to graviception graviceptor Any receptor that gives an organism information about its position relative to the local gravitational field gravid Pregnant. gravida A pregnant woman. gravidated Made pregnant; impregnated gravidation pregnancy gravidiamagnetic describing any diamagnetic effect produced by a gravitational field gravidic Relating to pregnancy gravidism The state of being pregnant. gravidity pregnancy gravidly In a gravid manner. gravidness The condition of being gravid; pregnancy gravidynamics gravitational dynamics gravied Of food: cooked, dressed or served in gravy. graviera A type of cheese used in Greek cuisine. gravigrade slow-paced gravimagnetic gravitomagnetic gravimagnetization the generation of gravitomagnetism; making gravitomagnetic gravimeter An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field. gravimetric Of or pertaining to measurement by weight. gravimetrical Gravimetric. gravimetrically Using a gravimetric method. gravimetry The measurement of gravity (the strength of the gravitational field). Gravina A surname from Italian. gravinastic Of or relating to gravinasty. gravinasty A nastic response to gravity. graving The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. graviola Synonym of soursop. graviperception perception of gravity graviperceptor The organ responsible for graviperception graviphoton a hypothetical particle that emerges as an excitation of the gravitational field but whose physical properties are virtually indistinguishable from a photon graviphotonic Of or relating to graviphotons. graviportal Of an animal, physically adapted only for moving slowly over land, due to a high body weight. graviportality The quality of being graviportal. graviportally In a graviportal manner graviproprioception proprioception via the sensing of the effects of gravity (weight) on body parts graviproprioceptive Relating to graviproprioception gravireaction reaction to gravity, such as gravitropism in a plant gravireceptor Any receptor that gives the brain information concerning the direction of gravitational forces (and hence a sense of up and down). graviresponse The response of a plant (in its growth habit) to gravity gravisaurian Any dinosaur of the clade Gravisauria. graviscalar a radion gravisensing The sensing of the effects of gravity on the body (typically of a plant) gravisensitivity sensitivity (typically of a plant) to the effects of gravity (weight of its parts) gravisensor A gravitational sensor gravistatic As a result of gravitation gravistimulate To stimulate by gravistimulation gravistimulated stimulated by gravistimulation gravistimulating Causing gravistimulation gravistimulation stimulation by gravity gravistimulus A stimulus produced by gravistimulation gravitactic Of or pertaining to gravitaxis gravital Relating to or produced by gravity gravitas Seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity. gravitate To move under the force of gravity. gravitation The fundamental force of attraction which exists between all matter in the universe that tends to draw bodies towards each other, due to matter causing the curvature of spacetime. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton. gravitational Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation. gravitationality The quality of being gravitational. gravitationally As a result of the force of gravity. gravitationless Without gravity. gravitative Causing to gravitate; tending to a centre. gravitator A device that combines high voltages with materials with high dielectric constants, claimed to exhibit anti-gravity effects. gravitatory Synonym of gravitational. gravitaxic Relating to gravitaxis gravitaxis movement in the direction of higher or lower gravitational field gravithermal pertaining to the thermal effects of gravity gravitic Of or pertaining to gravity. gravitically Using gravity. gravitics The fictional science of studying and controlling gravity. gravitied Having a specified type or strength of gravity. gravitino A subatomic particle, related to the graviton, predicted by supersymmetry gravitinoless That does not involve gravitinos gravitoelectric Describing the component of a gravitational field analogous to the electric component of an electromagnetic field gravitoelectromagnetic Of or pertaining to gravitoelectromagnetism gravitoelectromagnetism gravitomagnetism gravitoinertial Relating to the inertial effects of gravity. gravitology The study of gravity. gravitomagnetic Describing the component of a gravitational field analogous to the magnetic component of an electromagnetic field gravitomagnetically By means of gravitomagnetism. gravitomagnetism The property of a spinning mass that twists spacetime. gravitometer gravimeter graviton A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass. gravitonic Relating to gravitons. gravitoturbulent Subject to gravity and turbulence gravitoweak Relating to, or unifying, the gravitational and electroweak forces. gravitrap A cylindrical trap, with a sticky interior, used to trap gravid mosquitos. gravitropic Relating to, or exhibiting gravitropism gravitropically In a gravitropic manner gravitropism A plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity. Gravitt A surname. graviturbation The mixing of soil caused by movement (under gravity) down a slope gravity Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness, solemnity; (countable, archaic or obsolete) a serious or solemn thing, such as a matter, a comment, etc. gravityless Without gravity (the physical force). gravitylessness Absence of gravity. gravitylike Resembling gravity. gravlax Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer. Gravley A surname. Gravlin A surname. gravogyro Describing any effect that has both gravitational and gyroscopic components gravomagnetic gravitomagnetic Gravon A commune of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France. gravothermal describing the heating effect of the gravitational collapse of a star gravoturbulent Relating to turbulence during the gravitational collapse of a star gravure A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder. gravy A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy. gravyless Without gravy. gravylike Resembling or characteristic of gravy. Grawe A surname from German. grawl A young salmon; grilse grawlix An image resembling an illegible scribble used for this purpose. grax The waste left at the end of the whaling process. gray Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness. Grayan Of or relating to Asa Gray (1810–1888), American botanist. grayanotoxane A tricyclic diterpenoid hydrocarbon that is the basis of the structure of the grayanotoxins grayanotoxin Any of a family of toxins found in rhododendrons and similar plants Graybeal A surname. Graybill A surname. graybody A body that radiates energy having a blackbody distribution reduced by a constant factor. graycoat A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War. Graydon A surname. grayer A surname. grayey Somewhat gray. grayfish Synonym of common thresher (“a shark of species Alopias vulpinus”). grayhead A person with gray hair; an elderly person. grayheaded Having gray hair; elderly. grayish Somewhat gray. grayishly In a grayish way. grayishness The quality of being grayish. grayite A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and thorium. graylet A moth of the genus Hyperstrotia. graylevel A position on a grayscale grayling Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin. grayly In a gray way.