Reverse Dictionary: GL – GLN

GLACIER – nouns
– CALF an iceberg detached from a coast glacier; a fragment of ice detached from an iceberg or floe …1818
– ICE-HILL a hill or mound of ice; an elevated glacier or hummock of ice; a slope covered with ice for sliding or tobogganing …1694
– ICE-PLOUGH a glacier …1881
– LAND-BERG a glacier …1853
glacier – person
– GLACIALIST one who makes a special study of glacial phenomenon; one who explains certain geological phenomena as due to glacial action …1854
– GLACIERIST * one who studies glaciers …1850
– GLACIO a glaciologist …1985 UK sl.
– GLACIOLOGIST one versed in the science of glaciers …1886
glacier – verbs 
– CALVE of a glacier or iceberg: to detach and throw off a mass of ice …1837
 
GLAD – adjectives
– BELIVE † eager; glad …a1400
– BLAITH blithe, glad …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLIDE blithe, glad …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLIVE † eager; glad …a1400
– CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry …1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– FAIN glad, rejoiced, well-pleased …8-11C Beowulf now chiefly poetic or Eng. dial.
– FANE glad, happy, well-pleased …1766 Eng. dial.
– FEIGN glad, happy, well-pleased …1766 Eng. dial.
– LETATING †* making glad or joyful …1694
glad – verbs  (includes GLADDEN)
– BLITHEN to gladden …Bk1911 Sc.
– FAIN 1. † to be delighted or glad; to rejoice; also, to desire, to wish …c888
2. † to make glad; hence, to welcome a person; also, to congratulate …c1250
– LAETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice …1623
– LETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice …1547
– LETIFY † to make glad, to rejoice …1579
 
GLADDENING – adjectives
– LETATING †* that makes joyful; gladdening …1694
 
GLADE – nouns
– LAUND † an open space among woods; a glade; untilled ground, pasture …1340 obs. exc. arch.
– LAWN † an open space between woods; a glade …1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
GLADIATOR – adjectives
– LAQUEARIAN of a gladiator: armed with a noose to entangle his antagonist …1818
– LAQUEARY †* of a gladiator: armed with a noose to entangle his antagonist …1682
gladiator – person 
– CAMPION † one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant …c1320
 
GLADLY – adverbs
– FAIN † gladly, willingly, with pleasure …c1175 obs. or arch.
– FAINLY * gladly, eagerly …1535
– LUSTILY † with pleasure or delight; pleasantly, pleasurably; delightfully; also, gladly, willingly …a1225
– LUSTLY † with pleasure or delight; gladly, willingly …971
– YERNE † willingly, gladly; occasionally, wilfully …c888
 
GLADNESS – nouns
– BLEE † gladness …1819 Eng. dial.
– FAIN † gladness, joy …c1340
– FAINHEAD † gladness, joy …a1300
– FAINNESS eagerness, gladness …c1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– TAITE † gladness, alacrity …a1300
 
GLADSOME – adjectives
– BUXOM blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay …1590 arch.
– FAINLY pleasant, welcome, gladsome …1897 Sc.
 
GLAMOROUS – adjectives
– DISHY sexually attractive; glamorous …1961 sl.
– GLAM glamorous …1963 sl.
– GLITZY said of something glamorous but tawdry …1966 sl., orig. US
glamorous – person 
– GLAMOUR BOY a glamorous fellow, esp. if conceited, shallow, or the like; usually used derisively …1939 US
– GLAMOUR GAL a glamorous young woman …1942 sl.
– GLAMOUR GIRL a glamorous young woman, esp. a model or film star …1935 US colloq.
– GLAMOUR PUSS a glamorous person, esp. a woman; usually used ironically; a sexually attractive person …1941 US sl.
– GLAMOUR QUEEN a glamorous young woman …1938 UK sl.
– GORGEOUS GUSSIE a glamorous and beautiful young woman …1956 sl.
– IT GIRL a woman who is very famous, fashionable, or successful at a particular time; esp. a glamorous, vivacious, or sexually attractive actress, model, etc., or a young, rich woman who has achieves celebrity because of her socialite lifestyle …1927 colloq., orig. US
 
GLAMOUR – nouns
– BEGULLION a glamour deceiving the eyes …Bk1911 Sc.
– GLAM glamour …1937 US sl.
– GLITZ extravagant but superficial display or show-business glamour …1977 sl., orig. US
 
GLANCE – adjectives
– OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving …20C sl.
– SKANCE of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong …1866
glance – adverbs 
– BAGGINGLY † with a side glance, with a leer or ogle …c1400
– WITH THE TAIL OF THE EYE with a sidelong or furtive glance …1824
glance – nouns 
– AMORETS † amorous glances; dalliances …L16
– BAD EYE the evil eye; a curse or threatening glance …1887 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
– BEDROOM EYE, THE a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BEDROOM EYES a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BEND †* inclination of the eye in any direction, glance …1601
– BLENK a glance …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLINK a glance; a glimpse; a wink …Bk1911 Sc.
– BO-PEEP a look; a glance …1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
– BUTCHER’S a look, a glance …1936 Brit. sl., short for ‘butcher’s hook’
– BUTCHER’S HOOK a look, a glance …1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘look’
– BY-VIEW a side glance, a glimpse; a look directed to an object, not immediately before the eye …1753
– CAPTAIN COOK a look, a glance …1932 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘look’
– COOLER a chilly glance; a snub; rejection …20C Aust. sl.
– COME-HITHER LOOK a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COME-ON EYE, THE a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COME-UP-AND-SEE-ME-SOMETIME LOOK a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DECK a look, a glance …1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
– DECKO a look, a glance …1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
– DEKH a look, a glance …1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
– DEKK a look, a glance …M19 sl.
– DEKKO a look, a glance …1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
– EYE, THE a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EYE-BEAM * a glance of the eye, imagined as a beam of light …1583
– EYE-CAST * an act or manner of casting the eye; a glance, a look …a1669
– EYE CHATTER a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EYESHOT * a look, a glance; esp. one that is sudden or piercing …1615
– EYE TRICK a covert or seductive glance …1603
– EYEWINK † a look or glance, esp. one expressing command or invitation …1591
– FIRE-FLAUGHT a fiery glance …1802
– GANDER a look, a glance …1914 sl., orig. US
– GEEK a look, a glance …1919 Aust sl.
– GIG a look, a glance …1924 Aust. sl.
– GINK a look, a glance …1945 Aust. sl.
– GLAD EYE, THE a glance suggestive of sexual desire …1911 sl.
– GLAIK a glance, a quick look …1930s Irish sl.
– GLEEK a glance, a quick look …1930s Irish sl.
– GLIFF a glimpse, a glance; a slight or transient view …1570 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance …1899 Amer. dial.
– GOO EYES a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOGLY EYES a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOO-GOO an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one …L19 sl.
– GOO-GOO EYES an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one; a glance indicative of infatuation …1897 sl.
– GOO-GOO LAMP an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one …L19 sl.
– GOO-GOOS an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one …L19 sl.
– GOOGY EYES amorous glances …1910s US sl.
– JACK a look-round, a glance …1970s NZ sl.
– JACK NOHI a look-round, a glance …1970s NZ sl.
– KEEK a peep, a stolen glance …1821 Sc.
– LECH † a look, glance …c1205 
– LOOK-SEE a look, a glance …1883 sl.
– MASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OEILLADE a glance of the eye, esp. an amorous glance; an ogle …1592
– OGLE an amorous glance, a frankly sexual stare …L17 sl.
– OGLE, THE a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OLD-FASHIONED LOOK a glance of quizzical disapproval …1961 UK sl.
– ONCE a quick glance of appraisal …1910s sl., orig. US
– ONCE-OVER a quick glance of appraisal …1910s sl., orig. US
– O.O., THE a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OOGLE EYES an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one …L19 sl.
– PASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PEEKO a glance; a quick look-about …c1910 sl.
– SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs …1787 Sc.
– SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look …c1715 Sc.
– SHEEP’S EYES shy amorous, lovesick glances …1520
– SHUFTI a look; a glance …1943 Brit. sl. orig. army
– SHUFTY a look; a glance …1943 Brit. sl. orig. army
– SKELLY a glance, a look …20C Irish
– SKEW † a side glance …1622
– SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect …c1715 Sc.
– SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints …1881
– SQUINT a look, a glance …1673 sl.
– SQUIZ(Z) a look, a glance …1913 Aust. & NZ sl.
– TEET a stolen glance; a peep …1819 Sc.
– TOOT a peep or glance …1865 Eng. dial.
glance – verbs
– BAGGE †* to look askew or obliquely; to leer, to ogle, to glance aside …1369
– BLINK to take a hasty glance …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLIX to look at something; to glance at something …Bk2006 US sl.
– CUT ONE’S EYES AT A PERSON to cast a glance at a person, esp. furtively or coldly; to catch a person’s glance …1803 
– GLAD-EYE to glance at with a suggestion of sexual desire …1935 sl.
– GLAIK to glance quickly …1930s Irish sl.
– GLEEK to glance quickly …1930s Irish sl.
– GLIFF † to look in a quick, hurried manner, to glance …c1330 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– KEEK † to glance, to gaze …c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– ONCE-OVER to glance at, to survey …1920s sl.
– SCANCE to glance at; to scan; esp. to look contemptuously …1883 Sc.
– SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance …1611 Eng. dial.
– SKIN to glance over, to examine …1895
– SLANT to glance at …1900s sl.
– SQUIZ to look at or glance; to peer …1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
– TAKE A GANDER to look at, to glance at …1930s sl., orig. US
 
GLARE – verbs
– BAD-EYE to glare at …1964-66 US sl.
– MAD-DOG to glare at with hostility …1990 Amer. Army sl.
 
GLARING – adjectives
– RAMPAGIOUS glaring, outrageous …1889
– RORY loud in colour, gaudy, glaring …1866 Sc.
 
GLASS, GLASS-MAKING – nouns
– JEALOUS GLASS † glass which is translucent, but cannot be seen through …1703
– PAME a pane of glass …1790 Eng. dial.
– QUARREL † a pane of glass, esp. a diamond-shaped pane …1447 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– QUARRY a pane of glass …1611 
– VERRE † glass …c1374
glass, glass-making – person 
– GATHERER – in glass-making: one who ‘gathers a charge of the molten metal from the furnace on the end of a blow-pipe’ …1839
 
GLASS (drinking)  – nouns (also see DRINKING VESSEL)
– ACROBAT a drinking glass …B1912 Eng. sl.
– BAWDY-HOUSE GLASS a small glass …E19 sl.
– BRUSHER † an exceedingly full glass …1690 sl.
– DANDY a small jug; a small glass; a small glass of whisky …1838 Irish
– DAYLIGHT 1. the space left in a glass between the top of the liquor and the rim; such a space is not allowed when drinking bumpers, thus the drinking toast ‘No daylight’ …L18 sl.
2. a glass not full …c1825 students’ sl.
– FACER † 1. a brimming glass
2. a glass that holds a single dram of spirits …M19 sl.
– LADY BLAMEY a drinking glass made by cutting the top of a bottle using a kerosene-soaked string …1945 Aust. sl.
– LADY’S FINGER a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape …1930s Aust. sl.
– LADY’S WAIST a waisted glass in which beer is served; hence, the beer itself …c1920 Aust. sl.
– LADY’S WISH a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape …1930s Aust. sl.
– LANCASHIRE LASS a glass, a tumbler; usually plural …c1880 Brit. rhyming sl.
– LONG-SLEEVER a tall glass; also, a drink contained in this …1879 Aust. sl.
– MIDDY a medium-size drinking glass commonly holding half a pint and used for beer …1940 Aust. sl.
– OPER † a full glass of anything …1790 Eng. dial.
– PRAIRIE SCHOONER a large glass or mug, esp. for beer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUONIAM †* a drinking glass …1609
– SCHOONER a large glass or mug, esp. for beer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCUTTLE a large glass or mug, esp. for beer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHELL a standard 8-oz beer glass; a drink of beer …1919 Amer. dial.
– SNAKE IN THE GRASS glass; orig., a looking glass, but later, a drinking glass …M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
– SNIFTER a small drink of alcoholic liquor; hence, a brandy glass; generally, a glass for spirits …1844 US
– TAIZIE a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet …1808 Sc.
– TALLBOY a tall-stemmed glass or goblet …1676
– TALLEN a large wine glass …L17 sl.
– TANK the amount held by a drinking glass; hence, loosely, a drink, esp. of beer …1936 sl.
– TASS a cup, glass, bowl, goblet, drinking vessel, esp. for spirits …1704 Sc.
– TASSIE a cup, a glass, bowl, goblet, drinking vessel, esp. for spirits …1788 Sc.
– TUB a large beer glass or stein …1936 Amer. dial.
– VERRE † a vessel made of glass, esp. a drinking vessel; a glass …1382
– WORKING CLASS a glass (drinking) …Brit. rhyming sl.
glass – person
– GLASS-ORGANIST a performer on the musical glasses …1759
glass – verbs
– CLAW to pick a glass up from its top …1998 US sl.
 
GLASSES – see EYEGLASSES
 
GLASSFUL – nouns
– THINKLE a glassful or cupful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GLAZIER – person
– GLASONER a glazier …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– GLASSENER † a glazier …1585 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GLASSEN-WRIGHT † a glazier …1473 Sc.
– GLASSER † a glazier …1408 obs. exc. Sc.
– GLASSIER † a glazier …1477
– GLASSIVER a glazier …Bk1869 Eng. dial.
– GLASS-WRIGHT † a glazier …c1440
– GLAZENER † a glazier …1585 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GLAZEN-WRIGHT † a glazier …1473 Sc.
– GLAZER † a glazier …1408
– GLAZNER † a glazier …1585 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GLAZZENER a glazier …Bk1869 Eng. dial.
– QUARREL-PICKER a glazier …c1698 sl.
– VERRER † a worker in glass; a glazier …1415 
 
GLEAM – nouns
– BLINK a gleam, a ray …Bk1911 Sc.
– GLIFF † a flash, a gleam; a short space of time, an instant, a moment …1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LEAM † light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam …c1175 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SCAD any colour slightly or obliquely seen as by reflection; the reflection itself; a faint gleam …1804 Sc.
– SCANCE a gleam; a light …1819 Sc.
– THUNDER-FLAUGHT a flickering gleam among thunder-clouds …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
gleam – verbs
– BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker …Bk1911 Sc.
– GLIFF † to flash, to gleam; to shine suddenly …a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLOSE to blaze, gleam …1820 Sc.
– LAIT † to flash, to gleam, to lighten …c1205
– LAMP to shine, to gleam, to glitter, as the stars on a frosty night, to twinkle …1825 Sc.
– LEAM † to shine, to gleam; to light up …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SCANCE to gleam, to glitter, to shine …1773 Sc.
– SCANNACH † to gleam, to shine …1814 Sc.
– SCARROW to emit a faint light; to gleam intermittently or indistinctly …1825
– SKIMMER to shimmer, to glitter, to gleam …c1440
 
GLEAMING – adjectives
– ABLAZE in flashing or brilliant colours; gleaming …1851
– FAW † of objects that reflect light: bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling …c1000
– LEAMING † gleaming, flashing, shining …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LEVINING † gleaming, glimmering, flickering …a1340
– SKIMMERING gleaming, glittering, flickering …c1440
gleaming – nouns 
– LEAMING † shining, gleaming, flashing of light …1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
GLEAN – verbs
– LEASE † to glean …c1000 obs exc. Eng. dial.
 
GLEE – nouns
– LAKE † play, sport, fun, glee …c1200
 
GLEEFUL – adjectives
– AGLEE gleeful …1899 Amer. dial.
– GLEESOME merry, gay, joyous, gleeful, lively …1603 archaic or Eng. dial.
 
GLIB – adjectives
– FACUNDIOUS † of persons: gifted with fluent speech; eloquent, glib; of speech: copious, fluent …1430
– FLIP glib, flippant …1847 Eng. dial.
– TONGUE-FERDY loquacious, glib-tongued, over ready of speech …1827 Sc.
– TONGUE-RIPE † garrulous, loquacious, talkative, voluble, glib …1610
glib – nouns 
– FANNY glib or persuasive talk …1933 sl.
– SPIEL glib or persuasive talk; a salesman’s patter …1896 sl.
glib – person
– FANNY MERCHANT a glib talker …1998 UK sl.
– FLIBBER-GIBBER † a lying knave; a sycophant; a glib or oily talker …1894
– SACCHARINE LIPS a glib talker …1989 Aust. sl.
– SPIELER a glib talker …1894 sl.
glib – person 
– FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast …1968 sl., orig. US Black
– GAB to talk much or glibly; to chatter, to prate …1786
 
GLIDE – verbs
– CHASSAY to move in a rapid slide or glide; to move along …1835 Amer. dial.
– ILLAPSE * to fall, glide, or slip in …1666
– SCOOT to slide, to glide …1875 Eng. dial.
– SCREEVE to move or glide swiftly along …1789 Sc.
– SCRIEVE to move or glide swiftly along …1789 Sc.
– SILE † to go, to move; to glide …a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
– SKIFF to move lightly and quickly, esp. so as to barely touch a surface; to glide, to run, etc. in this manner …1725 Sc.
– SKIFT † to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide …a1586
– SKIFTER to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide …1887
– SKRIEVE to move or glide swiftly along …1789 Sc.
 
GLIMMER – nouns
– GLIMBLE † a glimmer, a glimpse …1658
glimmer – verbs 
– BLENK to shine; to glimmer; to wink …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLINT to shed a feeble or glimmering light …Bk1911 Sc.
– LEMYRE †* to glimmer …c1435
– SIMPER †* to glimmer, to twinkle …c1620
 
GLIMMERING – adjectives
– CREPUSCULOUS of the nature of twilight; in a state between light and darkness; dim, glimmering, dusky, indistinct, obscure …1646
– LEVINING † gleaming, glimmering, flickering …a1340
 
GLIMPSE – nouns
– BLINK a glance; a glimpse; a wink …Bk1911 Sc.
– BY-VIEW a side glance, a glimpse; a look directed to an object, not immediately before the eye …1753
– CATCH † a catching sight; a glimpse, view …1775
– GLEAMISH, GLEMISH †* a glimpse …1576 
– GLIFF † a glimpse, a glance; a slight or transient view …1570 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance …1899 Amer. dial.
– GLIMBLE † a glimmer, a glimpse …1658.
– SCANCE a glance, a sudden short sight or appearance, a glimpse, tinge, hue of colour …1819 Sc.
– VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey …1700 Sc.
– WAFF of sight: a hurried or transient view; a glimpse …1808 Sc.
– WAFT a passing glimpse …1896 Sc.
 
GLISTEN – verbs
– BLIKE † to shine, to glisten, to glitter …a1000
– SKINKLE to glitter, to glisten, to sparkle; to have a showy appearance …a1700 Sc.
 
GLISTENING – adjectives
– AGLIST glistening …1858
– AGLISTEN glistening …1891
– SKINKLING glittering, sparkling, glistening …1790 Sc.
 
GLITTER – adjectives
– EMICATIOUS that shines or glitters …1819 nonce word
– GLITTEROUS † full of glitter …1596
glitter – verbs 
– BLIKE † to shine, to glisten, to glitter …a1000
– GLISTER to glitter, to sparkle …1975 Amer. dial.
– LAMP to shine, to gleam, to glitter, as the stars on a frosty night, to twinkle …1825 Sc.
– RUTILATE †* to shine, to glitter; to emit rays of light; to appear bright …1623
– SCANCE to glitter, to shine; to make a great show …1773 Sc.
– SCANSE to glitter, to shine; to make a great show …1773 Sc.
– SKIMMER to shimmer, to glitter, to gleam …c1440
– SKINKLE to glitter, to glisten, to sparkle; to have a showy appearance …a1700 Sc.
 
GLITTERING – adjectives
– GEMMY gem-like; brilliant; glittering …1580
– GLORING † shining, glittering …a1400-50
– MICACIOUS sparkling, glittering …1836
– SKIMMERING gleaming, glittering, flickering …c1440
– SKINKLING glittering, sparkling, glistening …1790 Sc.