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greenwood
  • n  woodlands in full leaf
    the greenwood was Robin Hood's home
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greeter
  • n  a person who greets
    the newcomers were met by smiling greeters
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greeting
  • n  (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
  • v  express greetings upon meeting someone
  • v  send greetings to
  • v  react to in a certain way
  • v  be perceived by
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gregarine
  • n  vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
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gregariousness
  • n  the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone
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gregor mendel
  • n  Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
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gregorian calendar
  • n  the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
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gregorian chant
  • n  a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
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