One evening Sherlock Holmes was going along the street and suddenly saw a man down…
- It’s certain, this gentleman is very tired after work… or he is dead drunk… or he is after being with a woman, … — reflected Holmes. As it’s Sunday today, he can’t be coming back from work… At such a late hour all shops are closed, and he couldn’t buy alcohol. So he is coming back from a woman. But in this remote place there are only two women — Watson’s wife and mine. Consequently, as I’m coming back from Watson’s wife, …
- Watson, rascal, get up!!!
n. Deliberate extermination of a people or nation. genocidal adj. [greek genos race, *-cide]
GEODESIC
adj. (also geodetic) of geodesy.
- line n. Shortest possible line between two points on a curved surface.
GEOMETRY
n. Science of the properties and relations of lines, surfaces, and solids. geometrician n. [from *geo-, *-metry]
GEORGIAN
adj. Of the time of kings george i–iv or of george v and vi.
- —adj. Of georgia in eastern europe or the us. —n. - native or language of georgia in eastern europe.
- native of georgia in the us.
GERANIUM
n. (pl. -s) 1 (in general use) cultivated pelargonium.
- herb or shrub bearing fruit shaped like a crane's bill. [greek geranos crane]
GERMANIC
—adj. - having german characteristics.
- hist. Of the germans.
- of the scandinavians, anglo-saxons, or germans. —n. - the branch of indo-european languages which includes english, german, dutch, and the scandinavian languages.
- the primitive language of germanic peoples.
GERMINAL
adj. - of germs.
- in the earliest stage of development.
- productive of new ideas. germinally adv. [related to *germ]
GHOSTING
n. Appearance of a ‘ghost’ image in a television picture.
GIFTWRAP
v. Wrap attractively as a gift.
GIGANTIC
adj. Huge, giant-like. gigantically adv. [latin: related to *giant]
Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.
