| Great Vowel Shift |
a series of shifts in English vowel sounds that took place from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century and changed the vowel system of Middle English into that of Modern English. |
| Great Wall of China |
a defensive fortification in northern China which stretches for thousands of miles. Parts of the structure were built as early as the seventh century BCE. These and other parts were connected in the third century, beginning the creation of what became considered the Great Wall. Later parts were eventually added, especially in the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. |
| Great War |
World War I. |
| great white shark |
any of the family of large predatory fishes of the world's temperate coastal regions that has a white underbelly, multiple rows of rotating teeth, and an average size of 13 feet (4 m.) in length and 4000 pounds (1814 kg.) in weight. |
| greaves |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) the remaining residue when animal fat is melted down for tallow or the like; cracklings. |
| grebe |
any of several diving birds related to loons and having lobed rather than webbed feet. |
| Grecian |
Greek. [2 definitions] |
| Grecian profile |
a facial profile in which the forehead and nose form an almost straight, unbroken line. |
| Grecism |
the spirit of Greek art, culture, thought, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| Grecize |
to give Greek characteristics, form, or style to something. [3 definitions] |
| Greco- |
Greek. |
| Greco-Roman |
of or relating to both Greece and Rome. |
| Greece |
a Balkan country on the Mediterranean between the Aegean and Adriatic Seas. |
| greed |
extreme desire for wealth, possessions, or the like, beyond what one needs or deserves; avarice. |
| greedy |
extremely desirous of wealth or possessions without regard to the desires of others. [3 definitions] |
| Greek |
of or pertaining to Greece or its people, culture, language, or the like. [6 definitions] |
| Greek Cross |
a cross in which the horizontal and vertical bars are of equal length and intersect at their midpoints at right angles. |
| Greek fire |
an incendiary material used in warfare by Byzantine Greeks in the Middle Ages. |
| greekless |
combined form of greek. |
| Greek-letter |
of, pertaining to, or designating a society, such as a fraternity or sorority, whose name consists of Greek letters. |
| Greek Orthodox Church |
the national church of Greece, which is a part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. [2 definitions] |