catgut | (noun) a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery | Synonyms: gut |
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(noun) perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone | Synonyms: goat's rue, Tephrosia virginiana, wild sweet pea |
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 | - |
(verb) remove the guts of | - |
(verb) empty completely; destroy the inside of | - |
gutless | (adjective) lacking courage or vitality | Synonyms: namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy |
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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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gutsy | (adjective) marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited | Synonyms: plucky |
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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 |
(verb) provide with gutters | - |
(verb) wear or cut gutters into | - |
(verb) flow in small streams | - |
(verb) burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker | - |
guttersnipe | (noun) a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas | Synonyms: street urchin |
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guttle | (verb) eat greedily | Synonyms: devour, pig, raven |
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guttural | (adjective) relating to or articulated in the throat | - |
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(adjective) like the sounds of frogs and crows | Synonyms: croaky |
(noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat | Synonyms: guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant |
gutturally | (adverb) in a guttural manner | - |
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hindgut | (noun) the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos | - |
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orangutan | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus |
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orangutang | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orang, orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus |
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pinchgut | (noun) a niggardly person who starves himself (and others) | - |
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rotgut | (noun) any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality | - |
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