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grand jury
  • n  a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
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grafting
  • n  the act of grafting something onto something else
  • v  cause to grow together parts from different plants
  • v  place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
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graham
  • n  United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
  • n  United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)
  • n  flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)
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graham flour
  • n  flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)
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grahame
  • n  English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932)
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grail
  • n  the object of any prolonged endeavor
  • n  (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
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grain
  • n  a relatively small granular particle of a substance
    a grain of sand
    a grain of sugar
  • n  foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
  • n  the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
  • n  a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
  • n  1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
  • n  1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
  • n  dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
  • n  a cereal grass
    wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas
  • n  the smallest possible unit of anything
    there was a grain of truth in what he said
    he does not have a grain of sense
  • n  the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
    saw the board across the grain
  • n  the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
    sand of a fine grain
    a stone of coarse grain
  • v  thoroughly work in
    His hands were grained with dirt
  • v  paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
  • v  form into grains
  • v  become granular
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grain alcohol
  • n  the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
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