Množina: galls

1. A skin sore caused by chafing.
2. Abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury.
Abnormal outgrowth on a plant that develops as a result of attack by insects or, less commonly, by bacteria, fungi, mites, or nematodes. The attack causes an increase in the number of cells or an enlargement of existing cells in the plant. Gall-forming insects generally pass the early stages of their life inside the gall.
Gall wasps are responsible for the conspicuous bud galls forming on oak trees, 2.5–4 cm/1–1.5 in across, known as “oak apples”.

ETYM French gallant, prop. p. pr. of Old Fren. galer to rejoice, akin to Old Fren. gale amusement, Italian gala ornament; of German origin; cf. Old High Germ. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, German geil lascivious, akin to AS. gal wanton, wicked.
1. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; SYN. lofty, majestic, proud.
2. Unflinching in battle or action.

Množina: gallants

1. A fashionable man.
2. A man fond of paying attention to ladies.
3. One who woos; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.

In a gallant manner; SYN. chivalrously.

Množina: gallantries

ETYM French galanterie.
Polite attentiveness to women.

Množina: gallbladders

The membranous sac, in which the bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the cholecystis.
Small muscular sac, part of the digestive system of most, but not all, vertebrates. In humans, it is situated on the underside of the liver and connected to the small intestine by the bile duct. It stores bile from the liver.
A muscular sac attached to the liver that secretes bile and stores it until needed for digestion. SYN. gall-bladder, gall bladder

Množina: galleons

ETYM Spanish galeon, cf. French galion; from Late Lat. galeo, galio. Related to Galley.
A large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries.

Množina: galleries

ETYM French galerie, Italian galleria, from Late Lat. galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. Old Fren. galerie a rejoicing, from galer to rejoice. Related to Gallant.
1. A covered passageway especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns.
2. A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose.
3. A room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited; SYN. art gallery, picture gallery.
4. Narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade.
5. Spectators at a golf or tennis match.

Množina: galleys

ETYM Old Eng. gale, galeie (cf. Old Fren. galie, galée, Late Lat. galea; of unknown origin.
1. (Classical antiquity) A crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars.
2. A large single-decked medieval ship propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading.
3. The area for food preparation on a ship; SYN. ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse.
4. The area for food preparation on an airliner.
Ship powered by oars, and usually also equipped with sails. Galleys typically had a crew of hundreds of oarsmen arranged in rows; they were used in warfare in the Mediterranean from antiquity until the 18th century.
France maintained a fleet of some 40 galleys, crewed by over 10,000 convicts, until 1748. The maximum speed of a galley is estimated to have been only four knots (7.5 kph/4.5 mph), because only 20% of the oarsmen's effort was effective, and galleys could not be used in stormy weather because of their very low waterline.

Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls.