Vocabulary : Galaxies to Galeated

Galaxies : of Galaxy
Galaxy : The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars. ;; A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
Galban : Alt. of Galbanum
Galbanum : A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
Galbe : The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column or a vase.

Gale : A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests. ;; A moderate current of air; a breeze. ;; A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. ;; To sale, or sail fast. ;; A song or story. ;; To sing. ;; A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America. ;; The payment of a rent or annuity.
Galea : The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower. ;; A kind of bandage for the head. ;; Headache extending all over the head. ;; A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell. ;; The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.
Galeas : See Galleass.
Galeate : Alt. of Galeated
Galeated : Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet. ;; Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.

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