gn -abbr
- guinea
gnar ['när] -vi
- snarl, growl
gnarl ['när(-ə)l] -vi
- snarl, growl
- to twist into a state of deformity
- a hard protuberance with twisted grain on a tree
gnarled ['när(-ə)ld] -adj
- full of knots or gnarls : knotty
- crabbed in disposition, aspect, or character
gnarly ['när-lē] -adj
- gnarled
- difficult, hairy
- skidded around gnarly hairpin turns -- Austin Murphy
- bad, nasty
- has some pretty gnarly karma coming -- Drew Barrymore
- cool, good
gnash ['nash] -vt, n
- to strike or grind (as the teeth) together
gnat ['nat] -n, adj
- any of various small usu. biting dipteran flies
gnat·catch·er ['nat-,ka-chər, -,ke-] -n
- any of a genus ( Polioptila) of several small No. and So. American insectivorous oscine birds
gnath·ic ['na-thik] -adj
- of or relating to the jaw
gnaw ['nȯ] -vb, n
- to bite or chew on with the teeth
- to wear away by persistent biting or nibbling
- to make by gnawing
- to be a source of vexation to : plague
- anxiety always gnaw ing him
- to affect like gnawing
- hunger gnaw ing her vitals
- erode, corrode
- to bite or nibble persistently
- to produce an effect of or as if of gnawing
- waves gnaw ing away at the cliffs
gneiss ['nīs] -n, adj
- a foliated metamorphic rock corresponding in composition to a feldspathic plutonic rock (as granite)
GNMA -abbr
- Government National Mortgage Association
gnoc·chi ['nȯ-kē, 'nyȯ-, 'nä-] -n pl
- dumplings usu. made with potato or semolina and served with sauce
gnome ['nōm] -n
- maxim, aphorism
- an ageless and often deformed dwarf of folklore who lives in the earth and usu. guards treasure
- an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits earth
gno·mic ['nō-mik] -adj
- characterized by aphorism
- given to the composition of gnomic writing
gno·mon ['nō-mən, -,män] -n
- : an object that by the position or length of its shadow serves as an indicator esp. of the hour of the day: as
- the pin of a sundial
- a column or shaft erected perpendicular to the horizon
- the remainder of a parallelogram after the removal of a similar parallelogram containing one of its corners
gno·sis ['nō-səs] -n
- esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by the ancient Gnostics to be essential to salvation
gnos·tic ['näs-tik] -n, adj
- an adherent of gnosticism
gnos·ti·cism ['näs-tə-,si-zəm] -n
- the thought and practice esp. of various cults of late pre-Christian and early Christian centuries distinguished by the conviction that matter is evil and that emancipation comes through gnosis
gno·to·bi·ot·ic [,nō-tō-bī-'ä-tik, -bē-] -adj, adv
- of, relating to, living in, or being a controlled environment containing one or a few kinds of organisms
- axenic
GNP -abbr
- gross national product
GnRH -abbr
- gonadotropin-releasing hormone
gnu ['nü also 'nyü] -n
- wildebeest