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Garnishmentnouna court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employeeverified
Garpikenounprimitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teethverified
Garter SnakenounMWEany of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakesverified
Garter StitchnounMWEa knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side)verified
Gas BurnernounMWEburner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flameverified
Gas ChambernounMWEinstrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introducedverified
Gas ConstantnounMWE(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperatureverified
Gas EmbolismnounMWEobstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba divingverified
Gas EnginenounMWEan internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vaporverified
Gas FittingnounMWEthe fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a buildingverified
Gas GagenounMWEgauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicleverified
Gas GangrenenounMWE(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue deathverified
Gas GaugenounMWEgauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicleverified
Gas HoldernounMWEa large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuelverified
Gas MileagenounMWEthe ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burnedverified
Gas OilnounMWEan oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosityverified
Gas PhlegmonnounMWE(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue deathverified
Gas PlantnounMWEEurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weatherverified
Gas PumpnounMWEa pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanksverified
Gas RingnounMWEgas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burnedverified
Gas ShellnounMWE(military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodesverified
Gas ThermometernounMWEthermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volumeverified
Gas TurbinenounMWEturbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustionverified
Gas-Discharge LampnounMWEan electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tubeverified
Gaseous StatenounMWEthe state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosityverified
Gasolenenouna volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons, such as hexane, heptane, and octane, derived from petroleumverified
Gasolinenouna volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons, such as hexane, heptane, and octane, derived from petroleumverified
Gasoline BombnounMWEa crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wickverified
Gasoline GagenounMWEgauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicleverified
Gasoline GaugenounMWEgauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicleverified
Gasoline MileagenounMWEthe ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burnedverified
Gasoline PumpnounMWEa pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanksverified
Gasometernouna large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuelverified
Gastric AcidnounMWEdigestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipaseverified
Gastric DigestionnounMWEthe process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomachverified
Gastric JuicenounMWEdigestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipaseverified
Gastric MillnounMWEthick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding foodverified