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Grey
- adjective - a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
- clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"
- Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
- make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"
- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
- Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age i
Grid
- noun - a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
- a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
- a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
- a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
- an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
Grig
- - A cricket or grasshopper. [Prov. Eng.] (b) Any small eel. (c) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut.
Gril
- - Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.
Grim
- adjective - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
- filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
- harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
Grin
- noun - a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
Grip
- noun - a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip"
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
- an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
- hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
- the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- to grip or se
Gris
- noun - Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927)
Grit
- noun - a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- clench together; "grit one's teeth"
- cover with a grit; "grit roads"
- fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
Grog
- noun - rum cut with water