grand jury
- n a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
gramineae
- n the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
gramineous plant
- n cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
gramma
- n pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
gramma grass
- n pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
grammar
- n the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
grammar school
- n a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
- n a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
grammarian
- n a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
grammatical case
- n nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
grammatical category
- n (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
grammatical constituent
- n (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction