griot
- n a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
grigori aleksandrovich potemkin
- n a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
grigori efimovich rasputin
- n Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)
grigori potemkin
- n a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
grigori potyokin
- n a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
grill
- n a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
- n a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
he cooked hamburgers on the grill - v cook over a grill
grill the sausages - v examine thoroughly
the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology
grille
- n small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
- n grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator
- n a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
grilling
- n cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
- v cook over a grill
- v examine thoroughly
grillwork
- n mesh netting made of wires
- n a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
grim reaper
- n Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe