All English words - page 2264

Meanings of Graniferous:

adjective

(of a plant) producing grain, or seed that is like grain.

Usage examples:

Graniferous tracheary elements, which may be either tracheids or vessel members, have been observed…

Meanings of Granita:

noun

An italian-style water ice with a granular texture.

Usage examples:

Another italian term, granita, refers to a water ice with a more granular texture than the standard…

Meanings of Granite:

noun

A very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone.

Usage examples:

Granite columns

Meanings of Granites:

noun

A very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone.

Usage examples:

Granite columns

Meanings of Graniteware:

noun

A speckled form of earthenware imitating the appearance of granite.

Usage examples:

The types and colors of stripes on graniteware also help to date it, but it's fairly complicated, s…

Meanings of Granitiferous:

adjective

(of a plant) producing grain, or seed that is like grain.

Usage examples:

Graniferous tracheary elements, which may be either tracheids or vessel members, have been observed…

Meanings of Granitized:

adjective

(of rock) having a granitic character.

Usage examples:

They are primarily quartzite, granite, and granitized schists.

Meanings of Granivorous:

adjective

(of an animal) feeding on grain.

Usage examples:

Seeds landing on or near the mounds of granivorous ants are expected to be consumed because foragin…

Meanings of Grannam:

noun

A grandmother.

Meanings of Grannie:

noun

One's grandmother.

Usage examples:

Goodbye, granny

Meanings of Grannies:

noun

One's grandmother.

Usage examples:

Goodbye, granny

Meanings of Granny:

noun

One's grandmother.

Usage examples:

Goodbye, granny

Meanings of Granodiorite:

noun

A coarse-grained plutonic rock containing quartz and plagioclase, between granite and diorite in composition.

Usage examples:

The contact is vertical, with granodiorite the dominant rock below a depth of about 100 feet.

Meanings of Granola:

noun

A kind of breakfast cereal resembling muesli.

Usage examples:

I ate a light breakfast of yogurt and granola with green tea and that seemed to keep my stomach calm.

Meanings of Granolithic:

adjective

(of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.

Usage examples:

The model proper is made in granolithic concrete directly in the mould.

noun

Granolithic concrete or rendering.

Usage examples:

Granolithic mortar is really a fine-grade concrete.

Meanings of Granophyre:

noun

A granitic rock consisting of intergrown feldspar and quartz crystals in a medium- to fine-grained groundmass.

Usage examples:

Here, the 24-foot-thick bed strikes e-w, dips 25 [degrees] n., and is composed of subangular-to-rou…

Meanings of Grant:

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

noun

A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

A research grant

Meanings of Grant-to:

verb

To give, agree to give, or do something that another person has asked for, esp. as an official or formal act

Usage examples:

She was granted american citizenship., [ + (that) clause ] i grant you (that) it must have been ups…

noun

An amount of money that is given to a person or an organization for a special purpose, especially by a government

Usage examples:

A grant from sb/sth the research laboratory was set up with a grant from the department of health.,…

Meanings of Granted:

adverb

Admittedly; it is true (used to introduce a factor which is opposed to the main line of argument but is not regarded as so strong as to invalidate it).

Usage examples:

Granted, marie was two years older than her, but it wasn't a question of age

conjunction

Even assuming that.

Usage examples:

Granted that officers were used to making decisions, they still couldn't be expected to understand

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

Meanings of Grantee:

noun

A person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

Usage examples:

The grantee sued the grantor upon his covenant to maintain the road.

Meanings of Grantees:

noun

A person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

Usage examples:

The grantee sued the grantor upon his covenant to maintain the road.

Meanings of Grantha:

noun

A southern indian alphabet dating from the 5th century ad, used by tamil brahmans for the sanskrit transcriptions of their sacred books.

Usage examples:

One such manuscript in sanskrit written in grantha script is of the ramayan.

Meanings of Granthi:

noun

A priest who acts as custodian of the guru granth sahib, the sacred scripture of the sikhs.

Usage examples:

A granthi is expected to be an initiated member of the sikh khalsa who lives a life that exemplifie…

Meanings of Granting:

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

noun

A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

A research grant

Meanings of Grantor:

noun

A person or institution that makes a grant or conveyance.

Usage examples:

The grantee sued the grantor upon his covenant to maintain the road.