| 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 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.) |
| 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. |
| greater than or equal to sign |
in mathematics, a symbol (≥) indicting that the value before the sign is equal to or greater than the value after the sign. |
| greater than sign |
in mathematics, a symbol (>) indicting that the value before the sign is larger than the value after the sign. |
| great-grandchild |
a child of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
| great-grandfather |
the grandfather of a person's mother or father. |
| great-grandmother |
the grandmother of a person's mother or father. |
| great-grandparent |
a parent of one's grandmother or grandfather. |
| great gross |
a unit of quantity equal to twelve gross. |
| greathearted |
having a generous nature; magnanimous. [2 definitions] |