grease pencil |
a pencil made of compressed grease mixed with pigment, usu. wrapped in paper that unwinds in a spiral to expose the tip, used esp. to write on slick surfaces. |
greaser |
one that greases. [3 definitions] |
grease someone's palm |
(informal) to give money to someone, usu. as a bribe. |
greasewood |
a thorny shrub native to western North America that contains a small amount of oil and is often used for fuel. [2 definitions] |
greasy |
covered with grease, as clothes or machine parts. [3 definitions] |
great |
very large in size or number. [8 definitions] |
great- |
one generation away. |
great anteater |
see "ant bear." |
great ape |
any of the family of apes that most closely resemble man in anatomy, such as the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan. |
great auk |
a large flightless North Atlantic auk that became extinct in the mid-nineteenth century. |
great-aunt |
a sister of one's grandmother or grandfather; grandaunt. |
Great Barrier Reef |
the largest coral reef system in the world, located in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia. |
Great Bear |
the constellation Ursa Major. |
Great Britain |
the main island of the United Kingdom, off the coast of France, occupied by England, Scotland, and Wales, and including some adjacent islands. (Cf. United Kingdom.) [2 definitions] |
great calorie |
see "calorie." |
great circle |
a circle on a sphere that is in a plane passing through the center of the sphere. [2 definitions] |
greatcoat |
a heavy overcoat. |
Great Dane |
any of a breed of very large muscular short-haired dogs that have pointed ears and a square muzzle. |
Great Depression |
the decade of the 1930s in the United States and other countries, characterized by extreme economic hardship; the Depression. |
greater than |
in mathematics, being a quantity larger than the quantity that follows. |
greater than or equal to |
in mathematics, being a quantity equal to or larger than the quantity that follows. |