Word Finder - gal

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A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints

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Exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon

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231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")

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One-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").

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(in the plural) A large quantity (of any liquid).

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The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

Sounds right if he got that gal in trouble and dragged her off to God-knows-where.

Sure. He was like those guys in the musicals—loveable rogues who roll into town and catch the eye of the local star-struck gal and sweep them off their feet.

I hope that gal's all right.

The gal has balls; no doubt about that.

I never told the ladies for sure the gal lived here.

He nodded in agreement and she continued, Being a flannel gal is nice, too.

She comes across like a tough gal but she's really very sweet.

But it is otherwise as regards the visits of Gal.

Ramsay has argued in his St Paul the Traveller that the visit of Paul to Jerusalem with the famine relief is the meeting between Paul and Peter referred to in Gal.

This view is not generally accepted, but it has the great advantage of avoiding the difficulty that otherwise Paul in Gal.

According to the more popular view the description in Gal.

The next information which we have about Peter is given in Gal.

Turner thinks that in this respect the account in Gal.

But in fact the issues of the two visits, as given in Gal.

Ramsay and others argue that the latter visit itself coincided with the Relief visit, and even see in Gal.

It seems easier therefore to admit that the visit of Gal.

In that case it would fall shortly before the Relief visit, to which there may be tacit explanatory allusion, in Gal.

There is no reason to doubt that Peter largely agreed with him, since he acted in this spirit in Gal.

If the view that he already had an understanding with the " Pillar " Apostles, as recorded in Gal.

Its usefulness to Luther in his propaganda was no accident in its history; it originated in a controversy, and the varying views of the momentous struggle depicted in Gal.

There were "pillars," like Peter and John (and his brother James until his death), who really determined matters of grave moment, as in the conference with Paul in Gal.

He begins by showing, as in Gal.

Or, if you call me condemned' Gal.

Then she got a phone call from some Boston cop saying some apparently blind burglar thought her apartment was a rich gal's pad and trashed it.

Sure. He was like those guys in the musicals—loveable rogues who roll into town and catch the eye of the local star-struck gal and sweep them off their feet.

It'll be a long damn time before that bastard lays a finger on this gal without getting even more of his body parts severed!

Remember Burlington—the postmark on the money sent to that Cece gal?

For there's no mixed dorms in this hostel l Which only caters for a better class o ' gal.

One gets the gunman, but the other gets the gal.

Why on earth she would have to lose weight is beyond me, have you seen the gal?

I snapped up pretty cheaply and I gave the old gal some TLC and she's repaying me back with heaps of enjoyment.

I still remember the numbers you see, not bad for an old gal.

If she's a modern gal who likes chatting shoes and bags over a cuppa, she'll love one of these.

Unknown at the time, a young gal by the name of Barbra Streisand was paid $ 125 a week.

Come and give old Pitt a kiss, like a good little gal.

Rose is a shy city lawyer; Maggie a gorgeous, good-time gal hopping from bed to bed, job to job.

Good time gal and fashion icon model, Lizzie has launched to super star fame at the tender age of 20!

In " Tennessee " the narrator hits the road with his gal pal and flees to Nashville.

Pond vac Wanted a used pond vac for a 1,000 gal pond, .. .

Starting off with the raving rhythm of the original ' Grab My Gal '.

Any long-locked gal who has ever been caught in a decent breeze knows the annoyance of having strands of hair blow forward and abruptly stick to her mouth thanks to an unfriendly gloss now working as glue.

At the top of this sensitive, dry and clog-prone skinned gal's list are products that won't irritate my very frustrating skin.

Let's be honest, who doesn't secretly want to be a bad gal?

Mark's trendy offerings are perfect for the fad crazed gal who wants to update her wardrobe, while sparing some cash for her beauty needs.

Mark cosmetics offers the fashion conscience gal an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others, while promoting worthwhile causes such as the fight against smoking and breast cancer.

Who invented lip gloss and why may not be the most sought after question in the cosmetic world, but once a gal learns the roots of a trusty cosmetic product, it often pays to get nostalgic and track down the original formula.

For the gal who wants to capture the beauty of a Hollywood starlet, a sexy and glamorous palette is a necessity.

Bella is known for her perfectly pale complexion, so bronze skin is out if you want to mimic this gal!

From natural girl to glam gal, the light sheen of this liquid-to-powder product has a place in almost any makeup bag.

A busy gal needs more than one eye shadow look to see her through her summer in style.