| gasket | (noun) seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint | - |
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| gaskin | (noun) lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle | - |
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| gaslight | (noun) light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas | - |
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| gasman | (noun) someone employed by a gas company | - |
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| gasmask | (noun) a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases | Synonyms: gas helmet, respirator |
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| gasohol | (noun) a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn | - |
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| gasolene | (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gas, gasoline, petrol |
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| gasoline | (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gas, gasolene, petrol |
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| gasometer | (noun) a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel | Synonyms: gas holder |
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| (noun) a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe | Synonyms: gas meter |
| gasp | (noun) a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open | Synonyms: pant |
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| gassing | (noun) the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas | - |
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| (noun) the process of interacting with gas | - |
| gasteromycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | Synonyms: gastromycete |
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| gastralgia | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, stomach ache, stomachache |
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| gastrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of the stomach | - |
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| gastrin | (noun) polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated | - |
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| gastritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating | - |
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| gastrocnemius | (noun) the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot | Synonyms: gastrocnemius muscle |
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| gastroenteritis | (noun) inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis | Synonyms: intestinal flu, stomach flu |
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| gastroenterologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| gastroenterology | (noun) the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases | - |
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| gastroenterostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated | - |
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| gastrogavage | (noun) feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening | - |
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| gastrolobium | (noun) any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods | Synonyms: poison bush, poison pea |
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| gastromy | (noun) surgical incision into the stomach | - |
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| gastromycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | Synonyms: gasteromycete |
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| gastronome | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet |
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| gastronomy | (noun) the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food | - |
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| (noun) a particular style of cookery (as of a region) | - |
| gastropod | (noun) a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes | Synonyms: univalve |
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| gastroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach | - |
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| gastroscopy | (noun) visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus | - |
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| gastrostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) | - |
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| gastrula | (noun) double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm | - |
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| gastrulation | (noun) the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells | - |
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| gasworks | (noun) the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
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| gat | (noun) a gangster's pistol | Synonyms: rod |
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| gate | (noun) a movable barrier in a fence or wall | - |
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| (noun) a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs | Synonyms: logic gate |
| (noun) passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark | - |
| (noun) total admission receipts at a sports event | - |
| gateau | (noun) any of various rich and elaborate cakes | - |
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| gatecrasher | (noun) someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying | Synonyms: crasher, unwelcome guest |
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| gatefold | (noun) an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine | Synonyms: foldout |
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| gatehouse | (noun) a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence | - |
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| gatekeeper | (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, hall porter, ostiary, porter |
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| (noun) someone who controls access to something | - |
| gatepost | (noun) either of two posts that bound a gate | - |
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| gateway | (noun) an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
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| gather | (noun) the act of gathering something | Synonyms: gathering |
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| (noun) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching | Synonyms: gathering |
| gatherer | (noun) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) | Synonyms: accumulator, collector |
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| (noun) a person who gathers | - |
| gathering | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assemblage, assembly |
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| (noun) the act of gathering something | Synonyms: gather |
| (noun) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching | Synonyms: gather |
| (noun) a group of persons together in one place | Synonyms: assemblage |
| gator | (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | Synonyms: alligator |
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| gaucheness | (noun) an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement | Synonyms: crudeness, crudity |
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| gaucherie | (noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism |
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| (noun) the quality of being rustic or gauche | Synonyms: rusticity |
| gaucho | (noun) a cowboy of the South American Pampas | - |
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| gaud | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, fallal, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| gaudery | (noun) cheap or pretentious or vain display | Synonyms: pomp |
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| gaudiness | (noun) strident color or excessive ornamentation | Synonyms: garishness |
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| (noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: brashness, flashiness, garishness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness |
| gaudy | (noun) (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held at a college | - |
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| gauffer | (noun) an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats | Synonyms: goffer |
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| (noun) an iron used to press pleats and ridges | Synonyms: gauffering iron, goffer, goffering iron |
| gauge | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. | Synonyms: gage |
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| (noun) the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train | - |
| (noun) the thickness of wire | - |
| (noun) diameter of a tube or gun barrel | Synonyms: bore, caliber, calibre |
| (noun) accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared | Synonyms: standard of measurement |
| gauntlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gantlet |
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| (noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gantlet, metal glove |
| (noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gantlet |
| (noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gantlet |
| gauntness | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: boniness, bonyness, emaciation, maceration |
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| gauntry | (noun) a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. | Synonyms: gantry |
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| gaur | (noun) wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India | Synonyms: Bibos gaurus |
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| gauss | (noun) a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter | - |
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| gaussmeter | (noun) a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields | Synonyms: magnetometer |
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| gauze | (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: netting, veiling |
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| (noun) (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings | Synonyms: gauze bandage |
| gavage | (noun) feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat | Synonyms: forced feeding |
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| gavel | (noun) a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge | - |
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| gavial | (noun) large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout | Synonyms: Gavialis gangeticus |
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| gavotte | (noun) an old formal French dance in quadruple time | - |
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| (noun) music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte | - |
| gawk | (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum |
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| gawker | (noun) a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness | - |
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| gawkiness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant | Synonyms: ungainliness |
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| gay | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: homo, homophile, homosexual |
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| gayal | (noun) ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur | Synonyms: Bibos frontalis, mithan |
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| gayfeather | (noun) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads | Synonyms: blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, snakeroot |
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| gayness | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| gaywings | (noun) common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals | Synonyms: bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia |
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| gazania | (noun) any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers | - |
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| gaze | (noun) a long fixed look | Synonyms: regard |
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| gazebo | (noun) a small roofed building affording shade and rest | Synonyms: summerhouse |
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| gazelle | (noun) small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes | - |
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| gazette | (noun) a newspaper or official journal | - |
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| gazetteer | (noun) a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas) | - |
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| (noun) a journalist who writes for a gazette | - |
| gazillion | (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: bazillion, billion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion |
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| gazpacho | (noun) a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold | - |
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