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[personal profile] lettered2011-03-06 09:29 pm

glissando

glis·san·do

   
[gli-sahn-doh]

Music
–adjective
1. performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.

–noun, plural: -di  [-dee]
2. a glissando passage
3. (in string playing) a slide
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[personal profile] lettered2011-02-17 12:12 pm

gimcrack

gim·crack 


[jim-krak]

–noun
1. a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.

–adjective
2. showy but useless.
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[personal profile] lettered2011-02-07 05:34 pm

gaposis

gap·o·sis

   
[gap-oh-sis]

–noun
a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment.
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[personal profile] lettered2010-12-09 11:15 am

gambado

gam·ba·do


[gam-bey-doh]

–noun, plural -dos, -does
1. a spring or leap by a horse
2. a caper or antic

Also, gam·bade  
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[personal profile] lettered2010-12-03 09:19 am

glabrous

gla·brous   
[gley-bruhs]

–adjective (Zoology, Botany)
having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence

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