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    Gl
    glucinum.
  • gl.
    gl.
    abbreviation
    glass.
  • GL
    GL
    abbreviation
    (used in digital communications) good luck.
  • g/l
    g/l
    abbreviation
    grams per liter.
  • gl
    gl
    abbreviation
    Greenland

Gl

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. glucinum.


gl. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. glass.

  2. gloss.


GL 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. (used in digital communications) good luck.


g/l 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. grams per liter.


GL 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. glycaemic load

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gl 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Greenland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The ‘diabolical’ sound produced by F and B, a distance known as a tritone, is likewise produced by pairing Bt and E, E and A#, C and Gl>, and all the other possible tritones.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

A before a noun is commonly a corruption of the S. on, as proved clearly by the examples in Tyrwhitt’s Gl.,

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

This is to be read, following the lines of the "figures of eight": H, He, Li, Gl, B, C, N, and so on, each successive element being heavier than the one preceding it in order.

From Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements by A. P. Sinnett

Ferrandat, et not. gl. in c. fin. de sortil. et l. sed cum ambo. ff. de jud.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux

In doing whereof Tenot did heinously transgress against the law which prohibiteth children to reproach the actions of their parents; per gl. et Bart. l.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux

To this the honest old father answered thus: My son Dandin, when Don Oportet taketh place, this is the course which we must trace, gl. c. de appell. l. eos etiam.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux

The manner is such as is set down in gl. p. quaest.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux

“Greenland offers a density of critical natural resources that is virtually unmatched,” says Robert Price, CEO of the Texas-based oil-drilling company March GL, which is looking to extract oil from Greenland’s Jameson Land basin.

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

The AQE test was used mainly by controlled and voluntary grammar schools while the GL assessments were used mostly by Catholic-maintained grammar schools.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2025

Shaw also said an examination of video shot 360 feet from the crosswalk showed Erickson was driving a 2016 Mercedes GL 63 AMG, not a 2007 Mercedes SUV as he told investigators.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2024

In total, de Vries estimates that in 2021, Bitcoin mining consumed over 1,600 GL of water worldwide.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2023

Sol is in the Sirian Colony Sector, coordinates GL 15-44-17-5, GR 127 plus 9, D 14.

From The Reluctant Weapon by Howard L. Myers

But I’m feeling less so, So gl fo, And I hope I don’t join you in hell.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2018

Within languages, research has shown that sounds can become associated with ideas — for example, English words having to do with sight, like "glance," "glimmer" and "glare," all start with the sound "gl."

From Washington Post Sep. 12, 2016

I can’t imagine playing that way; it seems to me like one of those long, long Bloomsbury correspondences, which would now, if transplanted to our era, begin inauspiciously: vwoolf: gl vsackvillewest: ty, u2!

From New York Times Sep. 16, 2011

Palm tree : Djir-jy or jirjy : Zamia media, gl.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by John Lort Stokes

Piece of leafy stem. 1-3 enlarged. s, Sepals. p, Petals. l, Labellum, representing two barren stamens. st, Fertile stamen. y, Staminode. x, Tip of style bearing the stigma. z, Style. gl, Honey-secreting glands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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