| GAMBET | • gambet n. Any bird of the obsolete genus Totanus, now principally in genus Tringa; a tattler. • GAMBET n. (Italian) a red-legged wading bird, the redshank, also GAMBETTA. |
| GAMEST | • gamest adj. Superlative form of game: most game. • GAME adj. plucky. |
| GAMETE | • gamete n. (Cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes. • GAMETE n. a mature reproductive cell. |
| GEMOTE | • gemote n. Alternative form of gemot. • GEMOTE n. (Old English) an Anglo-Saxon legislative assembly, also GEMOT. |
| GEMOTS | • gemots n. Plural of gemot. • GEMOT n. (historical) a public meeting in Anglo-Saxon England, also GEMOTE. |
| GIMLET | • gimlet n. A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes. • gimlet n. A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice. • gimlet v. To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet). |
| GROMET | • gromet n. Alternative form of grommet. • GROMET n. a reinforcing ring of metal, also GROMMET, GRUMMET. |
| MAGNET | • magnet n. A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism. • magnet n. (Informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun. • magnet n. (Internet) Short for magnet link. |
| METAGE | • metage n. Measurement, especially of coal. • metage n. A fee paid for a measurement. • METAGE n. an official weighing of coal, grain etc. |
| METING | • meting v. Present participle of mete. • meting n. The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out. • METE v. to distribute by measure. |
| MIDGET | • midget n. (Originally) A little sandfly. • midget n. (Loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge. • midget n. (Sometimes offensive) A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching… |
| NUTMEG | • nutmeg n. An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds. • nutmeg n. The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice. • nutmeg n. A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere. |
| STIGME | • stigme n. (Obsolete, rare) Anglicised form of stigma. • stigme n. A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent… • STIGME n. (Greek) a dot used as a punctuation mark. |
| TEGMEN | • tegmen n. (Biology) A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism. • tegmen n. (Botany) An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed. • tegmen n. (Anatomy) A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals. |
| TERGUM | • tergum n. (Entomology) The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod. • TERGUM n. (Latin) the back of an arthropod, also TERGITE. |