English words starting with gal - page 1

Meanings of Galanga:

noun

Galangal.

Meanings of Galangal:

noun

An asian plant of the ginger family, the aromatic rhizome of which is widely used in cooking and herbal medicine.

Usage examples:

In a food processor, purée the lemongrass, garlic, turmeric, galangal, ginger, candlenuts, onion, c…

Meanings of Galangin:

noun

A pale yellow, crystalline, flavonoid compound,originally isolated from the root of the galingale alpinia officinarum.

Meanings of Galant:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a light and elegant style of 18th-century music.

Usage examples:

What made him the leading composer of the period, and what led the leipzig town council to seek him…

Meanings of Galantine:

noun

A dish of white meat or fish boned, cooked, pressed, and served cold in aspic.

Usage examples:

Turkey galantine

Meanings of Galapee:

noun

Either of two jamaican trees of the family araliaceae, schefflera sciadophyllum and dendropanax arboreus.

Meanings of Galas:

noun

A social occasion with special entertainments or performances.

Usage examples:

A gala performance by the royal ballet

Meanings of Galatea:

proper noun

A sea nymph courted by the cyclops polyphemus, who in jealousy killed his rival acis.

Meanings of Galatian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the ancient region of galatia in central asia minor, or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

The story of the galatian queen

noun

A native or inhabitant of the ancient region of galatia in central asia minor.

Usage examples:

A frieze shows the weapons taken from the galatians

Meanings of Galatians:

noun

A native or inhabitant of the ancient region of galatia in central asia minor.

Usage examples:

A frieze shows the weapons taken from the galatians

proper noun

A book of the new testament, an epistle of st paul to the church in galatia.

Meanings of Galax:

noun

A plant of or formerly included in the genus galax (now of the family diapensiaceae); specifically g. urceolata (formerly g. aphylla), now the only member of the genus, a low-growing, evergreen herbaceous plant native to the south-eastern united states, having shiny, heart-shaped leaves much used in floristry, and racemes of small white flowers. also (in form galax): the genus itself.

Meanings of Galaxes:

noun

A plant of or formerly included in the genus galax (now of the family diapensiaceae); specifically g. urceolata (formerly g. aphylla), now the only member of the genus, a low-growing, evergreen herbaceous plant native to the south-eastern united states, having shiny, heart-shaped leaves much used in floristry, and racemes of small white flowers. also (in form galax): the genus itself.

Meanings of Galaxies:

noun

A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

Usage examples:

There are reckoned to be about 400 billion stars in our galaxy, the milky way.

Meanings of Galaxy:

noun

A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

Usage examples:

There are reckoned to be about 400 billion stars in our galaxy, the milky way.

Meanings of Galbanum:

noun

A bitter aromatic resin produced from kinds of ferula.

Usage examples:

The ingredients asafoetida, galbanum and opoponax are all strong-smelling resins derived from plants.

Meanings of Galbanums:

noun

A bitter aromatic resin produced from kinds of ferula.

Usage examples:

The ingredients asafoetida, galbanum and opoponax are all strong-smelling resins derived from plants.

Meanings of Gale:

noun

A very strong wind.

Usage examples:

I slept well despite the howling gales outside

Meanings of Galea:

noun

A structure shaped like a helmet.

Usage examples:

As the periosteum and galea reaffix in their new, higher positions, the body absorbs the device.

Meanings of Galeae:

noun

A structure shaped like a helmet.

Usage examples:

As the periosteum and galea reaffix in their new, higher positions, the body absorbs the device.

Meanings of Galeas:

noun

A structure shaped like a helmet.

Usage examples:

As the periosteum and galea reaffix in their new, higher positions, the body absorbs the device.

Meanings of Galen:

proper noun

(129–99), greek physician; full name claudios galenos; latin name claudius galenus. he attempted to systematize the whole of medicine, making important discoveries in anatomy and physiology. his works became influential in europe when retranslated from arabic in the 12th century.

Meanings of Galena:

noun

A bluish, grey, or black mineral of metallic appearance, consisting of lead sulphide. it is the chief ore of lead.

Usage examples:

This karsting provides highly permeable rocks in which the sulphide minerals sphalerite and galena …

Meanings of Galenic:

adjective

Relating to galen or his methods.

Usage examples:

Engraved in the corpus hippocraticum and the galenic writings, these hypotheses formed a medical id…

Meanings of Galenical:

adjective

(of a medicine) made of natural rather than synthetic components.

Usage examples:

Because a double-blind procedure could not be guaranteed with the commercially available galenical …

noun

A medicine made of natural rather than synthetic components.

Usage examples:

Even crude drugs, made from medicinal plants, were standardized during preparation to give galenica…

Meanings of Galere:

noun

An undesirable group or coterie.

Usage examples:

The repulsive galère of lolita's admirers