gossip.noun
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational
facts about others; rumor or report
of an intimate nature
-.more in depth
gossip, gossiped,
gossiping,
gossips.intransitive
verbs
to engage in or spread gossip
gossiper, gossipry.nouns
gossipy.adjective
Mohandas Gandhi,
known as 'Mahatma', 1869-1948.
Indian nationalist and spiritual leader who developed the practice of nonviolent
disobedience.
Mahatma Gandhi, was educated in law at University
College, London. In 1891, after having
been admitted to the British bar, Gandhi returned to India and attempted
to establish a law practice in Bombay (now Mumbai), with little success.
Two years later an Indian firm with interests in South Africa retained
him as legal adviser in its office in Durban.
Arriving in Durban, Gandhi found himself treated as a member of an inferior
race. He was appalled at the widespread denial of civil liberties and political
rights to Indian immigrants to South Africa. He threw himself into the
struggle for elementary rights for Indians.
Gandhi remained in South Africa for 20 years, suffering
imprisonment many times. In 1896, after being attacked and beaten by white
South Africans, Gandhi began to teach a policy of passive resistance to
and noncooperation with the South African authorities. Part of the inspiration
for this policy came from the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, whose influence
on Gandhi was profound. Gandhi also acknowledged his debt to the teachings
of Christ and to the 19th-century American writer Henry David Thoreau,
especially to Thoreau's famous essay.Civil
Disobedience..Microsoft®
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rights reserved.
grope.verb
groped,
groping,
gropes.intransitive
verbs
to reach about uncertainly; feel one's way (groped
in the dark for the telephone); to search blindly or uncertainly (grope
for an answer)
transitive
use.to make (one's way) by reaching
about in an uncertain manner
grope.noun
the act or an instance of groping
groper.noun
one who gropes
gropingly.adverb
genus.noun,.plural.genera
a classification of plants or animals with common
distinguishing-characteristics;
the main subdivision of a family and includes one or more species
gallant.adjective
stately, imposing, grand
gallantry.noun,.plural.gallantries
nobility
of spirit or action; courage
chivalrous
attention toward women
grandiose.adjective
characterized
by greatness of scope or intent;
grand
grandiosity.or.grandioseness.noun
gluon.noun
elementary
particles thought to bind quarks
together. A gluon is the gauge boson of the Strong
Interaction. Gluons exert
an
astounding
strong force binding quarks, a force that resists diminishing
when quarks are pulled apart; and, unusually, the farther the quarks are
separated, the greater is the energy that builds between them and the more
unavailing are efforts to disunite them; this is the
antithesis
to what occurs when the electromagnetic force binds electrons to the nucleus
by using its photon energy vehicles
glycoprotein.noun
a carbohydrate
linked
covalently to a protein
formed in the Golgi apparatus; this is the creation
of a compound
in which a protein is combined with a carbohydrate group. Glycoproteins
are important components
of cell-membranes.
They are also a constituent
of mucous
Golgi apparatus
an assembly of vesciles
and folded membranes
within the
cytoplasm
of cells, which assembly branches from the endoplasmic
reticulum to carry proteins to this apparatus
that modifies, stores and in turn transports these modified secretory-protein
products (enzymes and hormones)
as needed by the cell; the vesciles deliver the product to the component
of the cell calling for a particular parcel; like you may call a manufacturer
for a product and give your address, expecting delivery by a courier
gravity.noun
gravity is not really a force but a name we give
to an occurrence due to pressure of the mysterious dark matter-mass,
with perhaps also photons and neutrinos playing a part; it's not possible
to tell if you are being pulled downward by gravity or accelerating
upward; gravity and acceleration are equal
Can the result of resistance to movement (movement
of the photons, neutrinos, etc., the dark matter being the inert
carrier) by mass (mass held in place by dark matter), be really called
gravity?
Gravity is one of the four
fundamental
'forces' necessary for all existence thoroughout the Universe; the others
being electromagmetism,
the strong
interaction (or, the strong force), and the
weak interaction (or, the weak force).
Gravity is the phenomenon
that causes an attractive force between any two bodies that have mass.
guanine.noun
occurs in nucleotides
and-nucleic
acids-RNA and DNA
gaping.adjective
deep and wide open (a gaping wound; a gaping hole)
gapingly.adverb
gape, gaped,
gaping,
gapes.intransitive
verbs
to open the mouth wide; yawn;
to stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open; gaze; to open
wide (the curtains
gaped when the wind blew)
gape.noun
the act or an instance of gaping; a large opening
genotype.noun
the fundamental-constitution
of an organism in terms of its hereditary
factors; a group of organisms having the same combination of hereditary
characteristics;
compare
phenotype
gestation.noun
the act or period of carrying young in the uterus
from conception to birth; pregnancy
galaxy.noun
a grouping of millions of stars grouping into
a luminous
band that extends across the sky
guild.also.gild.noun
an association of persons of the same trade or
pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards; a
similar association, as of merchants or artisans, in medieval times
grift.slang.noun
money made dishonestly, as in a swindle;
a swindle or confidence game
grift, grifted,
grifting,
grifts.verbs
intransitive use.to
engage in swindling or cheating
transitive use.to
obtain by swindling or cheating
grifter.noun
gadfly.noun,.plural.gadflies
a persistent, irritating critic; a nuisance;
one that acts as a provocative.stimulus;
a goad; any of various flies, especially
of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals