| gumdrop | (noun) a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals | - |
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| gumma | (noun) a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis | - |
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| gumminess | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| gumming | (noun) ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) | Synonyms: mumbling |
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| gummite | (noun) a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende | - |
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| gummosis | (noun) pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees | - |
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| (noun) disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora | Synonyms: brown rot gummosis |
| gumption | (noun) fortitude and determination | Synonyms: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand |
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| (noun) sound practical judgment | Synonyms: common sense, good sense, horse sense, mother wit, sense |
| gumshield | (noun) (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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| gumshoe | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber |
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| (noun) someone who is a detective | Synonyms: dick, hawkshaw |
| gumweed | (noun) any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: gum plant, rosinweed, tarweed |
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| gumwood | (noun) wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum | Synonyms: gum |
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| gun | (noun) the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies | - |
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| (noun) a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) | - |
| (noun) large but transportable armament | Synonyms: artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance |
| (noun) a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine | Synonyms: grease gun |
| (noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve | Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, throttle |
| (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman |
| (noun) a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) | Synonyms: gunman |
| gunboat | (noun) a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols | - |
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| guncotton | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton |
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| gunfight | (noun) a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | Synonyms: gunplay, shootout |
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| gunfire | (noun) the act of shooting a gun | Synonyms: gunshot |
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| gunflint | (noun) the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon | - |
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| gunite | (noun) a mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a surface under pneumatic pressure | - |
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| gunk | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, gook, goop, guck, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| gunlock | (noun) the action that ignites the charge in a firearm | Synonyms: firing mechanism |
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| gunman | (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman |
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| (noun) a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) | Synonyms: gun |
| gunmetal | (noun) a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water) | - |
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| gunnel | (noun) small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic | Synonyms: bracketed blenny |
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| (noun) wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel | Synonyms: gun rest, gunwale |
| gunner | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: artilleryman, cannoneer, machine gunner |
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| gunnery | (noun) guns collectively | - |
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| gunny | (noun) coarse jute fabric | Synonyms: burlap |
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| gunnysack | (noun) a bag made of burlap | Synonyms: burlap bag, gunny sack |
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| gunplay | (noun) a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | Synonyms: gunfight, shootout |
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| gunpoint | (noun) the gun muzzle's direction | Synonyms: point |
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| gunpowder | (noun) a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | Synonyms: powder |
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| gunrunner | (noun) a smuggler of guns | Synonyms: arms-runner |
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| gunrunning | (noun) the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally | - |
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| gunshot | (noun) the act of shooting a gun | Synonyms: gunfire |
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| gunsight | (noun) a sight used for aiming a gun | Synonyms: gun-sight |
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| gunslinger | (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman |
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| gunsmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs guns | - |
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| gunstock | (noun) the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | Synonyms: stock |
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| gunwale | (noun) wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel | Synonyms: gun rest, gunnel |
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| guppy | (noun) small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums | Synonyms: Lebistes reticulatus, rainbow fish |
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| gurgle | (noun) the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck | - |
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| gurnard | (noun) bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom | - |
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| gurney | (noun) a metal stretcher with wheels | - |
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| guru | (noun) a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher | - |
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| (noun) a recognized leader in some field or of some movement | - |
| gush | (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, effusion, outburst |
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| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, outpouring |
| gusher | (noun) an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary | - |
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| gusset | (noun) a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment | Synonyms: inset |
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| (noun) a metal plate used to strengthen a joist | Synonyms: gusset plate |
| (noun) a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate | Synonyms: voider |
| gust | (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blast, blow |
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| gustation | (noun) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | Synonyms: gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste |
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| gusto | (noun) vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | Synonyms: relish, zest, zestfulness |
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| gut | (noun) a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery | Synonyms: catgut |
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| (noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | Synonyms: bowel, intestine |
| (noun) a narrow channel or strait | - |
| gutlessness | (noun) the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury | - |
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| guts | (noun) fortitude and determination | Synonyms: backbone, grit, gumption, moxie, sand |
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| gutsiness | (noun) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury | Synonyms: pluck, pluckiness |
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| gutter | (noun) a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater | Synonyms: trough |
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| (noun) a tool for gutting fish | - |
| (noun) a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) | - |
| (noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | Synonyms: sewer, toilet |
| guttersnipe | (noun) a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas | Synonyms: street urchin |
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| guttural | (noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat | Synonyms: guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant |
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| guvnor | (noun) (British slang) person in command | - |
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| guy | (noun) a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) | Synonyms: guy cable, guy rope, guy wire |
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| (noun) an informal term for a youth or man | Synonyms: bozo, cat, hombre, sod |
| guyot | (noun) a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean) | - |
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| guzzler | (noun) someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages) | - |
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| (noun) a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily | Synonyms: gulper |
| guzzling | (noun) the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | Synonyms: gulping, swilling |
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| handgun | (noun) a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | Synonyms: pistol, shooting iron, side arm |
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| harangue | (noun) a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion | Synonyms: rant, ranting |
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| haranguer | (noun) a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech | - |
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| hindgut | (noun) the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos | - |
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| houseguest | (noun) a guest entertained in your house | Synonyms: house guest |
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| hypnagogue | (noun) an agent that induces drowsiness or sleep | - |
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| idealogue | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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| ideologue | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologist |
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| iguana | (noun) large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America | Synonyms: common iguana, Iguana iguana |
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| iguanid | (noun) lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males | Synonyms: iguanid lizard |
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| iguanodon | (noun) massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period | - |
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| inaugural | (noun) the ceremonial induction into a position | Synonyms: inauguration |
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| (noun) an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) | Synonyms: inaugural address |
| inauguration | (noun) the ceremonial induction into a position | Synonyms: inaugural |
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| (noun) the act of starting a new operation or practice | Synonyms: startup |
| indistinguishability | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, identity |
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| inguen | (noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals | Synonyms: groin |
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| integument | (noun) an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell | - |
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| interlanguage | (noun) a common language used by speakers of different languages | Synonyms: koine, lingua franca |
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| intrigue | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: machination |
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| (noun) a clandestine love affair | - |
| intriguer | (noun) a person who devises plots or intrigues | Synonyms: designer |
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| irregular | (noun) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name | Synonyms: second |
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| (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, insurgent |
| irregularity | (noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality | Synonyms: abnormality |
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| (noun) not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals | Synonyms: unregularity |
| (noun) an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern | Synonyms: geometrical irregularity |
| (noun) irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis | Synonyms: constipation |
| jagua | (noun) tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit | Synonyms: Genipa Americana, genipap fruit, marmalade box |
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| jaguar | (noun) a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis | Synonyms: Felis onca, panther, Panthera onca |
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| jaguarondi | (noun) long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat | Synonyms: eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat |
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| jaguarundi | (noun) long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat | Synonyms: eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi cat |
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| jugular | (noun) a vital part that is vulnerable to attack | - |
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| (noun) veins in the neck that return blood from the head | Synonyms: jugular vein, vena jugularis |
| kagura | (noun) a stately dance of the Shinto religion that now forms a part of Japanese village festivals. | - |
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| kieselguhr | (noun) a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material | Synonyms: diatomaceous earth, diatomite |
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| laguna | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: lagoon, lagune |
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| lagune | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: lagoon, laguna |
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| language | (noun) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | Synonyms: speech |
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| (noun) the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication | Synonyms: linguistic process |
| (noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | Synonyms: linguistic communication |
| (noun) (language) communication by word of mouth | Synonyms: oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication |
| (noun) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | Synonyms: lyric, words |
| (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: nomenclature, terminology |
| languisher | (noun) a person who languishes | - |
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| languor | (noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: flatness, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness |
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| (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: dreaminess |
| (noun) a feeling of lack of interest or energy | Synonyms: lassitude, listlessness |
| (noun) oppressively still air | - |
| langur | (noun) slender long-tailed monkey of Asia | - |
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| league | (noun) an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action | - |
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| (noun) an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members | Synonyms: conference |
| (noun) an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles) | - |
| legume | (noun) the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) | - |
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| (noun) an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae | Synonyms: leguminous plant |
| (noun) the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case | - |
| lifeguard | (noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifesaver |
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| ligule | (noun) (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap | - |
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| lingua | (noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | Synonyms: clapper, glossa, tongue |
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