Vocabulary : Gnawer to Gnome

Gnawer : One who, or that which, gnaws. ;; A rodent.
Gnawing : of Gnaw
Gneiss : A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.
Gneissic : Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.
Gneissoid : Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.

Gneissose : Having the structure of gneiss.
Gnew : imp. of Gnaw.
Gnide : To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.
Gnof : Churl; curmudgeon.
Gnome : An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. ;; A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. ;; A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States. ;; A brief reflection or maxim.

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