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Grimsby
Grimsby, England: Humber Estuary port town in North East Lincolnshire, founded as Viking settlement Grimesbi, once the world's largest fishing port, now a major seafood processing and regeneration centre.
Grimsby (film)
Grimsby, retitled The Brothers Grimsby in North America, is a 2016 action comedy directed by Louis Leterrier, written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as hooligan Nobby alongside Mark Strong's MI6 agent brother; it grossed about $28 million and scored 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town F.C., the Mariners, English fourth-tier club founded 1878 as Grimsby Pelham, based at Blundell Park (capacity 9,031) since 1899; FA Cup semi-finalists 1936 and 1939, famous 2023 FA Cup run and 2025 Carabao Cup win over Manchester United.
Grimscar Roman tilery (United Kingdom)
Grimscar (Grimescar) Roman tilery, a scheduled monument near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire: a first/early second-century AD military tile and pottery works run by the Fourth Cohort of the Breuci, supplying Slack Roman fort.
Grimsel Test Site
The Grimsel Test Site is an underground rock laboratory in the Swiss Alps, operated by Nagra since 1984 to research the geological disposal of radioactive waste.
Grimshaw Architects
Grimshaw Architects is an international architecture practice founded in London in 1980 by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, known for high-tech, structurally expressive buildings such as the Waterloo International Terminal and the Eden Project.
Grimston
Grimston, Norfolk: village and parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 9.5 km east of King's Lynn. Known for its Roman villa at Watery Lane, medieval pottery industry (Thetford ware, exported to Sweden and Norway), and Domesday record.
Grímsvötn
Grímsvötn, also known as Grimsvotn volcano, is Iceland's most active subglacial volcano, lying beneath the Vatnajökull ice cap. Its 2011 eruption sent ash over 20 km high and disrupted air travel across northern Europe.
GRIN1
GRIN1 (GluN1, NR1, formerly NMDAR1) is a human gene at 9q34.3 encoding the obligatory glycine-binding subunit of NMDA receptors; pathogenic variants cause GRIN1-related neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy and intellectual disability. Distinct from GPRIN1.
GRIN2A
GRIN2A (glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2A, GluN2A/NR2A) is a gene at 16p13.2 encoding an NMDA receptor subunit; pathogenic variants cause epilepsy-aphasia spectrum disorders, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia risk.
GRIN2B
GRIN2B (NMDAR2B, NR2B), gene at 12p13.1 encoding GluN2B, the glutamate-binding NMDA receptor subunit with slow deactivation and a developmental NR2B-to-NR2A switch; de novo variants cause GRIN2B-related neurodevelopmental disorder with intellectual disability, hypotonia, and epilepsy.
Grinch
The Grinch is Dr. Seuss's green Christmas-hating character from the 1957 book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, adapted into the 1966 Chuck Jones TV special, the 2000 Jim Carrey film, and the 2018 animated film.
Grindavík
Grindavík is an Icelandic fishing town of about 3,800 people on the Reykjanes peninsula, 50 km southwest of Reykjavík, near the Blue Lagoon and Svartsengi power plant; evacuated in November 2023 before the Sundhnúkur eruption series.
Grindcore
Grindcore: extreme metal subgenre from mid-1980s Britain, fusing hardcore punk and thrash/death metal into very short blast-beat songs. Founded around Napalm Death's Scum (1987); known for microsongs like You Suffer and radical-left lyrics.
Grindelwald
Grindelwald, Bern, Switzerland: alpine resort village at 1,050 m under the Eiger, 171 km² municipality, about 4,300 residents, served by the 1890 Bernese Oberland Railway and the Jungfrau Railway, now debating overtourism and a hotel-building stop.
Grindhouse
Grindhouse: American inner-city theaters running continuous double and triple bills of low-budget exploitation films under the early-1920s grind policy; term later expanded to the films, a 2007 Tarantino-Rodriguez double feature, and a retro aesthetic.
Grindhouse (film)
Grindhouse (2007) is a Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino double feature pairing Planet Terror and Death Proof with fake trailers, recreating 1970s grindhouse exploitation cinema; a critical success but box office flop that spawned Machete, Thanksgiving, and Hobo with a Shotgun.
Grinding (abrasive cutting)
Grinding is a machining process that removes material using a bonded abrasive wheel, used where high dimensional accuracy and fine surface finish are needed on hard materials.
Grinding machine
A grinding machine is a machine tool that removes material with a rotating abrasive wheel, finishing hard metal and also glass, ceramics, plastics, and rubber.
Grinding wheel
A grinding wheel is a bonded abrasive cutting tool, a disc or shaped body of abrasive grains held by a bond, used to cut, grind, and polish, most typically metal.
Grindr
Grindr is a location-based dating and social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, founded by Joel Simkhai in 2009, listed on NYSE as GRND, led by CEO George Arison, with 1.3 million average paying users in 2025.
Gringauz (Martian crater)
Gringauz is a 71.02 km IAU-named impact crater on Mars at 20.67°S, 324.30°E, approved July 1, 2013 for Russian cosmophysicist Konstantin I. Gringauz (1918–1993); its layered, channel-bearing floor indicates sedimentary fill.
Gringo
Gringo: Spanish and Portuguese term for a foreigner, especially an English-speaking North American; first recorded in Spain in 1787, from griego "Greek" (disputed), not from "green go" folk stories.
Gringo (2018 film)
Gringo (2018) is a dark comedy crime film directed by Nash Edgerton, starring David Oyelowo as Harold Soyinka, with Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, and Sharlto Copley. Released March 9, 2018 by STX, it grossed about $11 million worldwide and scored 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Grinling Gibbons
Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721) was a Dutch-born British wood carver and sculptor, celebrated for limewood carvings in St Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, and Hampton Court, and Master Carver to William III.
Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts and sciences college in Grinnell, Iowa, founded in 1846. It is known for its individually advised curriculum and 9:1 student-faculty ratio.
Grinnes
Grinnes (Grinnibus on the Tabula Peutingeriana), a Roman fort in Germania Inferior on the Waal, mentioned by Tacitus (Hist. 5.20) in the Batavian revolt of 70 CE; perhaps at Rossum, Netherlands, but the fort has never been found.
Griot
Griot (French; local terms jeli/jali, gewel, gawlo) is the West African hereditary verbal artist and historian, a praise-singer and kora-playing musician who preserves genealogies and epics like Sunjata.
Grip (tennis)
A tennis grip is the way a player holds the racquet handle, named by which of the handle's eight bevels rests under the index-finger knuckle and heel pad.
Grip safety
A grip safety is a passive handgun safety in the grip that blocks the trigger until the pistol is firmly grasped, best known on the 1911.