giss
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of giss
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of GIS
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noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of GIS
- The general look of a bird.
name
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(abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
“A NASA spokesperson said in a statement “employees would be placed on temporary remote work agreements while NASA seeks and evaluates options for a new space for the GISS team.””
“The work will, for now, continue in a different, disparate form. “It’s doable but it is disruptive,” said Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at GISS.”
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(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of GISS.
““Ours is not to reason why,” said Gavin Schmidt, the current Giss director who noted the lab was only recently renovated at a cost of several million dollars.”
verb
- (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of guess.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Variant of jizz as though originating from initialism of general impression size and shape (a popular folk etymology).
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