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Grantor TrustnounMWEa trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or moreverified
Granular PearlitenounMWEif steel or iron cool very slowly the cementite may occur in globules instead of in layersverified
Granulationnounnew connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing processverified
Granulation TissuenounMWEnew connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing processverified
Granulocytopenianounan acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytesverified
Granulomanouna tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infectionverified
Granuloma InguinalenounMWEa venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacteriumverified
Granuloma VenereumnounMWEa venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacteriumverified
Grapenouna cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shotverified
Grape FernnounMWEa fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore casesverified
Grape HyacinthnounMWEany of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapesverified
Grape-Leaf BegonianounMWEtuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowersverified
Grapefruitnouncitrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulpverified
Grapeshotnouna cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shotverified
GraphnounA graph (sometimes called an undirected graph to distinguish it from a directed graph, or a simple graph to distinguish it from a multigraph) is a pair G = (V, E), where V is a set whose elements are called vertices (singular: vertex), and E is a set of paired vertices, whose elements are called edges (sometimes links or lines).Artifact
Graphic DesignnounMWEvisual communication by a skillful combination of text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, books, etc.verified
Graphical Processing Unit (gpu)nounMWEA specialized chip capable of highly parallel processing. GPUs are well-suited for running machine learning and deep learning algorithms. GPUs were first developed for efficient parallel processing of arrays of values used in computer graphics. Modern-day GPUs are designed to be optimized for machine learning.SystemRegulated
Graphical RecordnounMWEa visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axesverified
Graphical User InterfacenounMWEa user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of textverified
Graphologynounthe study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition)verified
Grapplingnounthe sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other downverified
Grass ParakeetnounMWEsmall Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colorsverified
Grass RootsnounMWEthe common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)verified
Grass SnakenounMWEany of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakesverified
Grass TreenounMWEelegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowersverified
Grass Tree FamilynounMWEone of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely acceptedverified
Grass WracknounMWEsubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coastsverified
Grass-Of-Parnassusnounany of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercupverified
Grasslandnounland where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant lifeverified
Graticulenouna network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrumentverified
Graverobbernounsomeone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissectionverified