| atlas |
(cap.) a giant in Greek mythology who had to support the heavens on his shoulders. [1/2 definitions] |
| big tree |
a very tall cone-bearing evergreen found in California; giant sequoia. |
| Brobdingnagian |
a huge person; giant. [1/3 definitions] |
| brown bear |
a bear that is mainly brown in color, found in western North America and northern Europe and Asia. Brown bears vary in size from the small Syrian variety to the giant Kodiak bear and include the North American grizzlies. They are found in more parts of the world than any other kind of bear. |
| Cyclops |
a giant in Greek mythology who has only one eye, in the middle of his forehead. |
| David |
according to the Old Testament, the second king of Israel, a shepherd as a youth who killed the giant Goliath, and reputedly the author of many of the Psalms. |
| dragon |
an imaginary monster that looks like a giant lizard with wings, claws, and a long tail. In stories or pictures, dragons breathe fire and often guard a place or treasure. |
| Gargantua |
in the sixteenth-century French satire Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais, a giant king with prodigious appetites. |
| giant |
a giant star. [2/5 definitions] |
| giantess |
a female giant. [1/2 definitions] |
| giantism |
the state of being a giant. [1/2 definitions] |
| giant tortoise |
any of the species of large land turtles found in tropical regions, such as the Galapagos and Seychelles Islands. Giant tortoises can reach four feet in length and weigh 500 pounds. |
| gigantic |
like a giant; huge. |
| Goliath |
according to the Old Testament, the giant warrior, sent forth by the Philistine army, who was slain by David with a slingshot. |
| Hood Island |
the seventh-largest island of the Galápagos Islands, celebrated for its population of giant tortoises. |
| ogre |
an ugly giant or monster in folk tales and children's stories. Ogres are said to eat people. [1/2 definitions] |
| Orion |
a hunter and giant in Greek myth. [1/2 definitions] |
| panda |
a large black-and-white mammal that is related to bears. They live in the mountains of western China and eat only bamboo plants. They are also called giant pandas. [2 definitions] |
| Pantagruel |
in the sixteenth-century French satire Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais, a giant, good-natured, drunken jokester. |
| Procrustes |
in Greek mythology, a giant who stretched his captives or cut off their legs to make them fit a bed he put them in. |
| sequoia |
a very large evergreen tree that grows in California; redwood or giant sequoia. |