Gall vs. Nerve

Gallnoun

Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.

Gallnoun

(anatomy) The gall bladder.

Gallnoun

Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.

Gallnoun

(countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.

Gallnoun

(uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.

Gallnoun

(uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.

Gallnoun

A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.

Gallnoun

(countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.

Gallnoun

(countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.

Gallnoun

A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.

Gallverb

(transitive) To bother or trouble.

Gallverb

To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.

Gallverb

To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.

Gallverb

To exasperate.

Gallverb

To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.

Gallverb

To scoff; to jeer.

Gallverb

To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

Gallnoun

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder.

Gallnoun

The gall bladder.

Gallnoun

Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.

Gallnoun

Impudence; brazen assurance.

Gallnoun

An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.

Gallnoun

A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

Gallverb

To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.

Gallverb

To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable.

Gallverb

To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.

Gallverb

To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy.

Gallverb

To scoff; to jeer.

Gallnoun

an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

Gallnoun

a skin sore caused by chafing

Gallnoun

abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury

Gallnoun

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Gallnoun

a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

Gallnoun

the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

Gallverb

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

Gallverb

irritate or vex;

Gall

Galls (from Latin galla, 'oak-apple') or cecidia (from Greek kēkidion, anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or warts in animals.

Nervenoun

(zoology) A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.

Nervenoun

A neuron.

Nervenoun

(botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood

Nervenoun

Courage, boldness.

Nervenoun

Patience. en

Nervenoun

Stamina, endurance, fortitude.

Nervenoun

Audacity, gall.

Nervenoun

(polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.

Nervenoun

(in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.

Nervenoun

(obsolete) Sinew, tendon.

Nerveverb

(transitive) To give courage.

Nerveverb

(transitive) To give strength.

Nervenoun

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.

Nervenoun

A sinew or a tendon.

Nervenoun

Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.

Nervenoun

Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.

Nervenoun

Audacity; assurance.

Nervenoun

One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.

Nervenoun

One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.

Nerveverb

To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.

Nervenoun

any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

Nervenoun

the courage to carry on;

Nervenoun

impudent aggressiveness;

Nerveverb

get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

Nerve

A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system. A nerve transmits electrical impulses.