| glen | (n) a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) |
| glen canyon dam | (n) a large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona |
| glendower | (n) Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416), Syn. Owen Glendower |
| glengarry | (n) a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress |
| glenn | (n) made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-), Syn. John Herschel Glenn Jr., John Glenn |
| glenoid fossa | (n) a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible, Syn. mandibular fossa |
| glenoid fossa | (n) the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint, Syn. glenoid cavity |
| Glen | n. [ Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley, Ir. & Gael. gleann valley, glen. ] A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills. [ 1913 Webster ] And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen. Spenser. |
| Glengarry bonnet | { n., or . [ Name of a valley in Scotland. ] A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings. The long silk streamers of his Glengarry bonnet. L. Hutton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Glengarry |
| Glenlivet | { } n. A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. W. E. Aytoun. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Glenlivat |
| Glenoid | a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; socket of a joint + e'i^dos form; cf. F. glénoïde. ] (Anat.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glenoidal | a. (Anat.) Glenoid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glent | n. & v. See Glint. [ 1913 Webster ] |
