a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed
government note
Noun
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
giro account
Noun
an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank
greenback
Noun
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
grantor trust
Noun
a 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 more
gelt
Noun
informal terms for money
general lien
Noun
a lien on all the property owned by a debtor and not just a specific property
garageman's lien
Noun
the extension of a mechanic's lien to include payment for work on automobiles
general ledger
Noun
the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business
global climate change
Noun
a change in the world's climate
galactosis
Noun
the secretion of milk
gametogenesis
Noun
the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis
gasification
Noun
the process of changing into gas
gastric digestion
Noun
the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach
gastrulation
Noun
the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells
geological process
Noun
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
geologic process
Noun
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
glaciation
Noun
the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
glaciation
Noun
the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice
globalization
Noun
growth to a global or worldwide scale
globalisation
Noun
growth to a global or worldwide scale
global warming
Noun
an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
glycolysis
Noun
a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP
gynogenesis
Noun
female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
giving birth
Noun
the process of giving birth
gas constant
Noun
(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature
gravitational constant
Noun
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
gemmation
Noun
asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
googol
Noun
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
googolplex
Noun
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
gigabyte
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 i.e. 1,073,741,824 bytes
gigabyte
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes, or 1,000,000,000 bytes
gibibyte
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
gigabit
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits
gibibit
Noun
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits
gallon
Noun
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
gallon
Noun
an imperial capacity measure equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
gee
Noun
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity
gee
Verb
give a command to a horse to turn to the right side
gee
Verb
turn to the right side
g-force
Noun
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity
geographical mile
Noun
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters)
gauss
Noun
a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter
gilbert
Noun
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
geometric pace
Noun
a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet
gourde
Noun
the basic unit of money in Haiti
guarani
Noun
the basic unit of money in Paraguay
guilder
Noun
formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands