Definition of gem

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Gem (n.) Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying..

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Trigeminous :: Trigeminous (a.) Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold..
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules..
Order :: Order (n.) To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule..
Device :: Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice..
Proctorage :: Proctorage (n.) Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt..
Leucocythemia :: Leucocythemia (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia..
Disparagement :: Disparagement (n.) Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
Form :: Form (n.) Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty..
Gems-horn :: Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
Wire-pulling :: Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue..
Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..
Mania :: Mania (n.) Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
Administration :: Administration (n.) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management..
Endamagement :: Endamagement (n.) Damage; injury; harm.
Management :: Management (v.) The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Lancer :: Lancer (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.
Metre :: Metre (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter..
Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion..
Ordering :: Ordering (n.) Disposition; distribution; management.
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