gratitude |
the state or feeling of being thankful or appreciative; gratefulness. |
gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. [2 definitions] |
gratuitous contract |
a contract benefitting only one of the parties. |
gratuity |
extra money given voluntarily for services rendered; tip. |
graupel |
precipitation in the form of snow pellets. |
gravamen |
in law, the essential part of a complaint or accusation, which usu. weighs most heavily against the accused. |
grave1 |
a hole dug in the ground for burying a dead body. [4 definitions] |
grave2 |
having great seriousness or importance; causing deep concern; critical. [4 definitions] |
grave3 |
to carve or incise; engrave. [2 definitions] |
grave4 |
in music, slow and solemn. [2 definitions] |
grave accent |
a diacritical mark (à), placed over a vowel to indicate length or low pitch, or to indicate secondary stress of a syllable. (Cf. acute accent.) |
gravedigger |
a person who digs graves for a living. |
gravel |
a loose mixture of small stones, pebbles, and sometimes sand. [4 definitions] |
gravel-blind |
almost, but not completely, blind. (Cf. sand-blind, stone-blind.) |
gravelly |
full of or like gravel. [2 definitions] |
graven |
a past participle of grave3. |
graven image |
an idol or fetish, esp. one carved from wood or stone. |
Graves' disease |
a disorder characterized by excessive thyroid secretion that causes enlargement of the thyroid and higher basal metabolism and pulse rate. |
graveside |
the area beside a grave. [2 definitions] |
gravesite |
the location of a grave or graves; a place of burial. |
gravestone |
a stone placed as a marker at a person's grave. |