gallantry
- n the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
- n courtesy towards women
- n polite attentiveness to women
gallaudet
- n United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851)
gallberry
- n evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
gallbladder
- n a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
galleon
- n a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
galleria mellonella
- n moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs
gallery
- n spectators at a golf or tennis match
- n a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
- n a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
- n a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
shooting gallery - n a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
- n narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
- n a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
galley
- n a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
- n (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
- n the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
- n the area for food preparation on a ship
galley proof
- n a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages
galley slave
- n a slave condemned to row in a galley
- n a laborer who is obliged to do menial work