grape smugglers
Tight or skimpy swimwear worn by men revealing details of the genitalia.
Entries starting with G
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grass-cock
A cock (small pile) of grass (cut, gathered, and piled).
gravel stop
nounConstruction
Flashing installed to prevent the gravel surfacing from being washed off a roof by heavy rain.
gravure
A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
grease
Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).
great primer
The size of type between English and paragon, standardized as 18-point, used in the printing of large-format English bibles.
green
adjectiveMetallurgy
Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
green corn
The young ears of corn (maize) harvested while still in the milky stage, before the kernels fully mature.
green meat
Any type of food or fodder consisting of herbs, plants or vegetables.
green road
A rural, unpaved route that provides access to agricultural land.
green-gray
adjectiveConstruction
Of infrastructure: combining natural systems with traditional engineering.
greenbody
A ceramic precursor, usually mesostructured with dopants, which has been formed but not yet milled or fired.
greentech
nounManufacturing
environmentally friendly technology
greenware
Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
greige
adjectiveManufacturing
Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished.
greige goods
Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed.
greillade
iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process
grex
A kind of group used in horticultural nomenclature, applied to the progeny of an artificial cross from specified parents, in particular for orchids.
grice
to act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting.
griff
An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
grind
verbMetalworking
To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
grinding
nounManufacturing
The action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish.
grinding machine
A machine tool in which a rotating grinding wheel is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.
grizzly
A grating used to sieve stones by size, so as to keep stones out of the sluices (in hydraulic mining) or to control stone size in the feed to the ore crusher.
grog
A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
ground
An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
ground bailiff
A superintendent of mines.
ground clearance
nounAutomotive
The measured distance between a level surface and the lowest part (other than tires or equivalent) of the bottom of a vehicle surmounting that surface.
ground control point
nounSurveying
A point with known coordinates.
ground frame
nounRail equipment
A lever frame controlling the operation of points and/or signals which is installed at ground level.
ground loop
A (usually unwanted) current that flows between two points that are meant to be at the same potential, but are not.
ground out
To provide proper grounding for a circuit.
ground signal
nounRail equipment
A dwarf railway signal, mounted close to the ground.
ground wire
A wire that connects a circuit to ground.
grounding
The interconnecting metal chassis or frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.
groundlaying
The first process in decorating by means of enamelled colour.
groundwater level
nounConstruction
The level, at a particular site, below which the subsoil and rock masses of the earth are fully saturated with water.
groundway
nounManufacturing
In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.
GROVER
nameRobotics
Acronym of Greenland rover and Goddard remotely operated vehicle for exploration and research.
grow box
A partially or completely enclosed system for raising plants indoors or in small areas.
grow room
A room of any size where plants, sometimes illicit, are grown under controlled conditions.
grubstake
Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
gruit
nounManufacturing
An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.
grundy
nounMetallurgy
Granulated or shotted pig iron.
GST
One of various compounds of germanium, antimony, and tellurium used as a phase change material, including GeSbTe.
GTL
Initialism of Gunning transceiver logic.
guard band
An unused part of the radio spectrum between bands, for the purpose of preventing interference.
guide
A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
gumming
The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
Gunn effect
The generation of high-frequency (usually microwave) oscillations within a semiconductor whenever an applied DC voltage exceeds its threshold value.
gunner
nounMetallurgy
A person who operates a gun.
gunnies
A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
Gunning transceiver logic
A kind of logic signaling used to drive electronic backplane buses, having a voltage swing between 0.4 and 1.2 volts, much lower than that used in TTL and CMOS logic, and symmetrical parallel resistive termination.
gusset
A kind of bracket, or angular part, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
gutter
One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form.
GVWR
nounAutomotive
Initialism of gross vehicle weight rating, the maximum allowed weight of a vehicle and its contents.
G³
Abbreviation of gadolinium gallium garnet.