| goldbrick | (noun) anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless | - |
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| (noun) a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not | - |
| (noun) an idle worthless person | Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account |
| (noun) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort | - |
| (verb) avoid (one's assigned duties) | Synonyms: fiddle, shirk, shrink from |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
| goldbricking | (noun) the evasion of work or duty | Synonyms: goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering |
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| goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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| goldcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup |
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| golden | (adjective) supremely favored | Synonyms: fortunate |
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| (adjective) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold | Synonyms: aureate, gilded, gilt, gold |
| (adjective) marked by peace and prosperity | Synonyms: halcyon, prosperous |
| (adjective) made from or covered with gold | Synonyms: gilded, gold |
| (adjective) suggestive of gold | - |
| (adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous |
| goldenbush | (noun) a plant of the genus Haplopappus | - |
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| (noun) any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America | - |
| goldeneye | (noun) large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions | Synonyms: Bucephela clangula, whistler |
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| (noun) a variety of green lacewing | Synonyms: golden-eyed fly |
| goldenrod | (noun) any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago | - |
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| goldenseal | (noun) perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves | Synonyms: golden seal, Hydrastis Canadensis, turmeric root, yellow root |
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| goldfield | (noun) a district where gold is mined | - |
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| goldfields | (noun) small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated | Synonyms: Lasthenia chrysostoma |
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| goldfinch | (noun) small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings | Synonyms: Carduelis carduelis |
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| (noun) American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer | Synonyms: New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, yellowbird |
| goldfish | (noun) small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes | Synonyms: Carassius auratus |
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| goldilocks | (noun) early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod | Synonyms: Aster linosyris, goldilocks aster, Linosyris vulgaris |
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| goldmine | (noun) a mine where gold ore is found | Synonyms: gold mine |
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| (noun) a good source of something that is desired | Synonyms: gold mine |
| goldplate | (verb) plate with gold | Synonyms: gold-plate, gold plate |
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| goldsmith | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldworker |
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| goldsmithery | (noun) the work, art, or trade of a one who makes or deals in articles of gold. | - |
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| goldstone | (noun) aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles | - |
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| goldthread | (noun) low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers | Synonyms: Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia groenlandica, golden thread |
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| goldworker | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldsmith |
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| golem | (noun) a mechanism that can move automatically | Synonyms: automaton, robot |
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| (noun) (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means | - |
| golf | (noun) a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes | Synonyms: golf game |
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| (verb) play golf | - |
| golfcart | (noun) a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots | Synonyms: golf cart |
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| golfclub | (noun) golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball | Synonyms: club, golf-club, golf club |
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| golfer | (noun) someone who plays the game of golf | Synonyms: golf player, linksman |
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| golfing | (noun) playing golf | - |
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| goliard | (noun) a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs | - |
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| goliath | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, monster |
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| golliwog | (noun) a grotesque black doll | Synonyms: golliwogg |
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| golliwogg | (noun) a grotesque black doll | Synonyms: golliwog |
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| golosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, galosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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| gomphothere | (noun) extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene | - |
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| gomuti | (noun) Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago | Synonyms: Arenga pinnata, gomuti palm, sugar palm |
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| gonad | (noun) a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced | Synonyms: sex gland |
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| gonadal | (adjective) of or relating to the gonads | - |
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| gonadotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotropic |
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| gonadotrophin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin |
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| gonadotropic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotrophic |
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| gonadotropin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone |
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| gondola | (noun) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice | - |
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| (noun) a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof | Synonyms: gondola car |
| (noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant | Synonyms: car |
| gondolier | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondoliere |
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| gondoliere | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondolier |
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| gone | (adjective) stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) | Synonyms: drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, ripped |
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| (adjective) dead | Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed |
| (adjective) destroyed or killed | Synonyms: done for, kaput |
| (adjective) well in the past; former | Synonyms: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone |
| (adjective) drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted | Synonyms: dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out |
| (adjective) used up or no longer available | - |
| goner | (noun) a person in desperate straits; someone doomed | Synonyms: toast |
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| gong | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick | Synonyms: tam-tam |
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| (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | Synonyms: bell, chime |
| (verb) sound a gong | - |
| gonif | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganef, ganof, goniff |
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| goniff | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganef, ganof, gonif |
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| goniometer | (noun) direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals | - |
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| gonion | (noun) the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw | - |
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| gonioscopy | (noun) an examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea; it is used to distinguish between open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma | - |
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| gonococcus | (noun) the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea | Synonyms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
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| gonorrhea | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | Synonyms: clap, gonorrhoea |
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| gonorrhoea | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | Synonyms: clap, gonorrhea |
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| gonzo | (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
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| goo | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| goober | (noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms | Synonyms: earthnut, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut |
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| good | (adjective) having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified | - |
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| (adjective) morally admirable | - |
| (adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being | Synonyms: beneficial |
| (adjective) having the normally expected amount | Synonyms: full |
| (adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship | Synonyms: dear, near |
| (adjective) thorough | - |
| (adjective) generally admired | - |
| (adjective) resulting favorably | Synonyms: well |
| (adjective) not left to spoil | Synonyms: unspoiled, unspoilt |
| (adjective) not forged | Synonyms: honest |
| (adjective) tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health | Synonyms: salutary |
| (adjective) in excellent physical condition | Synonyms: sound |
| (adjective) appealing to the mind | Synonyms: serious |
| (adjective) agreeable or pleasing | - |
| (adjective) exerting force or influence | Synonyms: effective, in effect, in force |
| (adjective) most suitable or right for a particular purpose | Synonyms: right, ripe |
| (adjective) capable of pleasing | - |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, honorable, respectable |
| (adjective) of moral excellence | Synonyms: just, upright |
| (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, expert, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
| (adjective) financially safe | Synonyms: dependable, safe, secure |
| (noun) a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes | Synonyms: commodity, trade good |
| (noun) benefit | - |
| (noun) moral excellence or admirableness | Synonyms: goodness |
| (noun) that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | Synonyms: goodness |
| (adverb) (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well') | Synonyms: well |
| (adverb) completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly') | Synonyms: soundly, thoroughly |
| goodby | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| goodbye | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, sayonara, so long |
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| goodish | (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy |
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| (adjective) moderately good of its kind | - |
| goodly | (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy |
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| goodness | (noun) moral excellence or admirableness | Synonyms: good |
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| (noun) that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | Synonyms: good |
| goodwill | (noun) a disposition to kindness and compassion | Synonyms: good will, grace |
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| (noun) the friendly hope that something will succeed | Synonyms: good will |
| (noun) (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) | Synonyms: good will |
| goody | (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat |
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| gooey | (adjective) soft and sticky | Synonyms: icky |
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| goof | (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
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| (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goofball, merry andrew |
| (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, boob, drop the ball, sin |
| goofball | (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
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| (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goof, merry andrew |
| goofproof | (verb) proof against human misuse or error | Synonyms: foolproof, goof-proof |
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| goofy | (adjective) ludicrous, foolish | Synonyms: silly, wacky, whacky, zany |
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| google | (verb) search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine | - |
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| googly | (noun) a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way | Synonyms: bosie, bosie ball, wrong 'un |
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| googol | (noun) a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred) | - |
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| googolplex | (noun) a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol) | - |
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| gook | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| goon | (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, gawk, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum |
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| (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie |
| gooney | (noun) a variety of albatross with black feet | Synonyms: black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes, gooney bird, goonie, goony |
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| goonie | (noun) a variety of albatross with black feet | Synonyms: black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes, gooney, gooney bird, goony |
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| goony | (noun) a variety of albatross with black feet | Synonyms: black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes, gooney, gooney bird, goonie |
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| goop | (noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap |
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| (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
| goosander | (noun) common merganser of Europe and North America | Synonyms: Mergus merganser |
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| goose | (noun) web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) | - |
| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany |
| (verb) pinch in the buttocks | - |
| (verb) give a spurt of fuel to | - |
| (verb) prod into action | - |
| gooseberry | (noun) currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies | - |
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| (noun) spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries | Synonyms: gooseberry bush, Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa |
| goosebump | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, gooseflesh, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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| goosefish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| gooseflesh | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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| goosefoot | (noun) any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers | - |
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| gooselike | (adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, goosey, goosy, jerky |
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| gooseneck | (noun) something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose) | - |
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| goosey | (adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosy, jerky |
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| goosy | (adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, jerky |
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| gopher | (noun) burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America | Synonyms: pocket gopher, pouched rat |
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| (noun) burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America | Synonyms: gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, Gopherus polypemus |
| (noun) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops | Synonyms: ground squirrel, spermophile |
| (noun) a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) | Synonyms: goffer |
| gopherwood | (noun) small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye | Synonyms: Cladrastis kentukea, Cladrastis lutea, Kentucky yellowwood |
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| goral | (noun) small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains | Synonyms: Naemorhedus goral |
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| gore | (noun) the shedding of blood resulting in murder | Synonyms: bloodshed |
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| (noun) a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails | Synonyms: panel |
| (noun) coagulated blood from a wound | - |
| (verb) cut into gores | - |
| (verb) wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument | - |
| gorge | (noun) the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | Synonyms: esophagus, gullet, oesophagus |
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| (noun) a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it) | - |
| (noun) a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) | Synonyms: defile |
| (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
| gorgeous | (adjective) dazzlingly beautiful | - |
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| gorgeously | (adverb) in an impressively beautiful manner | Synonyms: magnificently, resplendently, splendidly |
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| gorgeousness | (noun) The characteristic or quality of being very beautiful. | - |
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| gorger | (noun) someone who eats food rapidly and greedily | Synonyms: scoffer |
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