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garret a room or apartment in an attic, esp. such a room that has a sloping roof. [2 definitions]
garrison a military force that is assigned to a fort, village, or the like. [4 definitions]
garrote any device used for strangulation, esp. a cord or wire. [5 definitions]
garrulous given to talking excessively. [2 definitions]
garter a circular elastic band used to hold up a stocking or shirt sleeve. [3 definitions]
garter belt a beltlike undergarment of cloth or elastic with four garters sewn to it, used by some women for holding up stockings.
garter snake any of numerous small harmless striped snakes common in North America.
gas matter that is neither liquid nor solid and expands or contracts rapidly and uniformly with temperature changes. [14 definitions]
gas burner the nozzle at the end of a gas fixture; gas jet.
gas chamber a sealed room in which prisoners are executed by means of poisonous gas.
gasconade extravagantly boastful talk; bravado. [2 definitions]
gaseous in the form of or resembling a gas. [2 definitions]
gas fitter a person who installs and repairs gas pipes and fixtures.
gash a long and deep cut, such as a wound. [2 definitions]
gasify to convert into or become a gas.
gas jet a burner, pipe, or other apertured fitting at the end of a gas fixture. [2 definitions]
gasket any of numerous rings, seals, or the like used to make a joint watertight or airtight, as in a pipe or machine.
gaslight the light emitted by a burning gas such as methane. [3 definitions]
gaslighting psychological manipulation that attempts to make a person or persons believe that they are losing their sanity or that their memories or valid suspicions are false.
gas main a large pipe that conducts gas into smaller pipes.
gas mantle an incombustible meshwork hood for a gas jet or kerosene wick that gives off a brilliant incandescent light when a flame is lit within it.