| gay | 1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. "Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay." (Pope) "Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed." (Gray) 2. Brilliant in colours; splendid; fine; richly dressed. "Why is my neighbor's wife so gay?" (Chaucer) "A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dress" (Milton) 3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. Synonym: Merry, gleeful, blithe, airy, lively, sprightly, sportive, light-hearted, frolicsome, jolly, jovial, joyous, joyful, glad, showy, splendid, vivacious. Origin: F. Gai, perhaps fr. OHG. Ghi swift, rapid, G. Gah, jah, steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. Whi beatiful, good. Cf. Jay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gay bowel syndrome | <syndrome> Gastrointestinal discomfort experienced by homosexual males; includes abdominal pain, cramps, bloating, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhoea caused by enteric bacteria, viruses, fungi, zooparasites, or trauma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gay's glands | Large apocrine sweat glands surrounding the anus. Synonym: glandulae circumanales, Gay's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gay, Alexander | <person> Russian anatomist, 1842-1907. See: Gay's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gay-Lussac's equation | The overall chemical equation for alcoholic fermentation; C6H12O6 = 2CO2 + 2CH3CH2OH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gay-Lussac's law | All gases expand equally on heating, namely, 1/273.16 of their volume at 0캜 for every degree Celsius. Synonym: Gay-Lussac's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gay-Lussac, Joseph | <person> French naturalist, 1778-1850. See: Gay-Lussac's equation, Gay-Lussac's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gayal | <zoology> A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis). Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gaylus-site | <chemical> A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. Origin: Named after Gay-Lussac, the French chemist. (20 Mar 1998) |
| gaytre | <botany> The dogwood tree. Origin: OE. Cf. Gatten tree. (20 Mar 1998) |