Word Meanings - AMBITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

• OTHERGUISEOTHERGUESS
  Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
• Goliard
  A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
• Gorged
  of Gorge
• Object
  To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
• Goarish
  Patched; mean.
• Gomphiasis
  A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
• Gorilla
  A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the
• Obtain
  To hold; to keep; to possess.
• Gobbler
  A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
• Gong
  A privy or jakes.
• Goslet
  One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia.
• Otherwhile
  Alt. of Otherwhiles
• Goddaughter
  A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
• Gonococcus
  A vegetable microorganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease.
• Gossiping
  of Gossip
• GOBETWEEN
  An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense. Shak.
• Godmother
  A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather
• Good-bye
  Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep.
• Gothicize
  To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.
• GOLDINGOLDING
  A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]

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