Word origins

• graminologyThe study of grasses.
• graminousgrass-like
• grammaticgrammatical
• granatinmannitol
• grandevityGreat age; long life, longevity.
• grandevousOf great age; aged; long-lived.
• grandificMaking great.
• granditygrandness
• GranicusA river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III
• graniferousBearing grain, or seeds like grain.
• graniformFormed from or like corn.
• graphiumA stylus (for writing).
• grassationA wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.
• gratitudinalExpressive of or pertaining to gratitude.
• gratulateTo express joy at (an event or situation).
• gratulationA feeling of happiness and satisfaction; joy, especially at one's good fortune.
• gratulatoryExpressing or characterized by gratulation; congratulatory.
• gravaminousSerious; grave.
• gravedoA cold in the head, or nasal catarrh.
• graveolenceA strong offensive smell; rancidity.
• gravi-gravity
• gravidatedMade pregnant; impregnated
• graviditypregnancy
• gravigradeslow-paced
• Greek calendsA time that never occurs; never; when pigs fly.
• Greek pitchSynonym of rosin.
• gregalPertaining to, or like, a flock.
• gregarineAny of various sporozoan protozoans (subclass Gregarinasina) that are parasitic in the digestive tracts of some invertebrates.
• GregoriaA female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].
• gremialOf or pertaining to the lap.
• gressoryGressorial.
• gromaA Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles.
• grosso modoroughly, circa or approximately
• grumeA thick semisolid
• gubernaculumEither of a pair of folds of peritoneum which connects the caudal end of the fetal testis with the bottom of the scrotum in a male fetus, and by failing to elongate in proportion to the rest of the fetus causes the descent of the testis into the scrotum; or an analogous cord of connective tissue attached to the ovary in a female fetus, which is the precursor of the round and ovarian ligaments.
• gubernatorLeader.
• gubernatrixA female governor.
• GuillelmiteSynonym of Williamite (“member of the Hermits of Saint William”).
• gummousgum-like, or composed of gum; gummy
• gurgitateTo surge (rise) and fall ebulliently, like or as water.
• gustableHaving a taste; capable of being tasted.
• gustateTo taste; to have a relish for.
• gustatioThe first course of a dinner in Ancient Rome, intended to stimulate the appetite.
• gustationThe act of tasting.
• gustlesstasteless; insipid
• gustofacialOf or relating to a basic reflex where different tastes produce different reactions in young children.
• gutta serenaAmaurosis.
• guttateShaped like or resembling drops.
• guttatimDrop by drop; one drop at a time.
• guttationThe exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure.
• guttiferA plant that exudes gum or resin, of the family of trees and shrubs Guttiferae, now Clusiaceae
• guttiformShaped like or resembling a drop.
• guttulaA droplet.
• guttuleA small, round vesicle, typically filled with oil.
• guttulousIn drop-like form.
• gutturizeTo make (a sound) in the throat; to gutturalize.
• guttyCharged or sprinkled with drops.
• gymnasiarchAn officer who had various powers and duties connected with the gymnasia, such as the payment of training, oil, or other necessities.
• gynaeceumThe women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women.
• gynaeconitisA gynaeceum.
• habeas corpusA writ ordering that a person be brought before a court or a judge, most frequently used to ensure that a person's imprisonment, detention, or commitment is legal.
• habenaA restricting bandage or frenum
• habenulaA circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.
• habitatorA dweller; an inhabitant.
• habitudinalRelating to habitus or habitude.
• haecceitasThe essence of a particular thing; those qualities that define it and make it unique.
• haed-Young goat, kid.
• haedineResembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e., a juvenile goat); compare caprine, hircine.
• HaemimontusAn ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Turkey.
• haemonyA magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
• Haemusa king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
• halcyon daysA period of calm during the winter, when storms do not occur.
• halieuticsA treatise upon fish or the art of fishing, especially in Ancient Rome.
• halituousProduced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
• halitusA vapour.
• hamadryadA wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
• hamate boneOne of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).
• hamatumThe hamate bone.
• hamiformCurved at the extremity.
• hammochrysosA certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist.
• hamoseHaving the end hooked or curved.
• hamuleA little hook.
• hamuloseBearing a small hook at the end
• hamulusA hook, or hook-like process.
• hamusA hook- or barb-like structure.
• harpagoSynonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”).
• harpagonA grappling hook.
• Harry-sophA student of law or medicine at Cambridge who, being of the same standing as the students in arts in his year, is allowed to wear a full-sleeved gown when they assume their BA gowns, though he does not obtain his actual degree so soon.
• haruspexA soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
• haruspiceAn Etruscan seer in Ancient Rome.
• haruspicineOf or relating to a haruspex or to haruspicy.
• haruspicyDivination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
• hassiumAn artificially-produced transuranic chemical element (symbol Hs) with atomic number 108.
• hastiludeA medieval martial game.
• HatraA caravan city, the capital of the small kingdom of Araba, in present-day Iraq, which flourished in 2nd-century Mesopotamia.
• hauriantOf a fish, etc.: in a vertical orientation, with its head up (to chief) and tail down (to base).
• haustoriumA root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
• haustrumAny of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
• hebdomadalLasting seven days.
• hebe-relating to youth