GH -abbr
- growth hormone
gha·ri·al ['ger-ē-əl] -n
- a large long-snouted crocodilian ( Gavialis gangeticusof the family Gavialidae) of India
ghar·ry ['ga-rē, 'gär-ē] -n
- a horse-drawn cab used esp. in India and Egypt
ghast ['gast] -adj
- ghastly
ghast·ful [-fəl] -adj, adv
- frightful
ghast·ly ['gast-lē] -adj, n, adv
- terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
- intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable
- such a life seems ghastly in its emptiness and sterility -- Aldous Huxley
- resembling a ghost
- filled with fear
- very great
ghat ['gȯt, 'gät] -n
- a broad flight of steps that is situated on an Indian riverbank and that provides access to the water esp. for bathing
GHB [,jē-(,)āch-'bē] -n
- a metabolite C 4H 8O 3of gamma-aminobutyric acid that is a depressant of the central nervous system and is used illicitly in the form of its synthetic sodium salt to produce sedative and euphoric effects or to stimulate release of growth hormone to increase muscle mass called also gamma hydroxybutyrate
ghee ['gē] -n
- a semifluid clarified butter made esp. in India
gher·kin ['gər-kən] -n
- a small prickly fruit used for pickling
- a pickle made from this fruit
- the slender annual vine ( Cucumis anguria) of the gourd family that bears gherkins
- the immature fruit of the cucumber esp. when used for pickling
ghet·to ['ge-(,)tō] -n
- a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live
- a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live esp. because of social, legal, or economic pressure
- an isolated group
- a situation that resembles a ghetto esp. in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunity
ghetto -vt
- ghettoize
ghetto blaster -n
- boom box
ghet·to·ize ['ge-tō-,īz] -vt, n
- to isolate in or as if in a ghetto
Ghib·el·line ['gi-bə-,lēn, -,līn, -lən] -n
- a member of an aristocratic political party in medieval Italy supporting the authority of the German emperors
ghillie ['gi-lē] -n
(variant of gillie)
- a male attendant on a Scottish Highland chief
- attendant
- a fishing and hunting guide
- a shoe with a low top and decorative lacing
ghost ['gōst] -n, adj
- the seat of life or intelligence : soul
- a disembodied soul
- the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
- spirit, demon
- a faint shadowy trace
- the least bit
- a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused esp. by reflection
- one who ghostwrites
- a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin
- to haunt like a ghost
- ghostwrite
- to move silently like a ghost
- to sail quietly in light winds
- ghostwrite
Ghost Dance -n
- a group dance of a late 19th century American Indian messianic cult believed to promote the return of the dead and the restoration of traditional ways of life
ghost·ing ['gōs-tiŋ] -n
- a faint double image on a television screen
- the formation of such images
ghost·ly ['gōst-lē] -adj, n, adv
- of or relating to the soul : spiritual
- of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a ghost : spectral
ghost story -n
- a story about ghosts
- a tale based on imagination rather than fact
ghost town -n
- a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usu. as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
ghost word -n
- a word form never in established usage
ghost·write ['gōs(t)-,rīt] -vb, n
- to write for and in the name of another
- to write (as a speech) for another who is the presumed author
ghoul ['gül] -n, adj, adv
- a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpses
- one suggestive of a ghoul
- one who shows morbid interest in things considered shocking or repulsive
ghou·lie ['gü-lē] -n
- ghoul
GHQ -abbr
- general headquarters
GHz -abbr
- gigahertz