| fuchsia | (noun) a vivid purplish-red color | - |
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| (noun) any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti | - |
| furcula | (noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | - |
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| gaga | (adjective) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | Synonyms: crazy, dotty, wild |
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| (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age | Synonyms: doddering, doddery, senile |
| gaillardia | (noun) any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy | - |
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| gala | (noun) a gay festivity | Synonyms: blowout, gala affair, jamboree |
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| galactosemia | (noun) a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth | - |
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| galea | (noun) an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum | - |
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| galena | (noun) soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead | - |
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| gallina | (noun) small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl | Synonyms: jungle fowl |
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| gamba | (noun) viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello | Synonyms: bass viol, viola da gamba |
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| gamma | (noun) the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| (noun) a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted | - |
| gangsta | (noun) (Black English) a member of a youth gang | - |
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| ganja | (noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | Synonyms: cannabis, marihuana, marijuana |
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| (noun) a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction | Synonyms: Cannabis sativa, marihuana, marijuana |
| garambulla | (noun) small berrylike fruit | - |
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| (noun) arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit | Synonyms: garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans |
| gardenia | (noun) any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers | - |
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| gastralgia | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, stomach ache, stomachache |
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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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| gazania | (noun) any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers | - |
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| geisha | (noun) a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing | Synonyms: geisha girl |
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| gemma | (noun) small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual | - |
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| geneva | (noun) gin made in the Netherlands | Synonyms: Holland gin, Hollands |
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| genipa | (noun) any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind | - |
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| genitalia | (noun) external sex organ | Synonyms: crotch, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates |
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| genlisea | (noun) rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs | - |
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| gentianella | (noun) low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers | Synonyms: Gentiana acaulis |
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| geophagia | (noun) eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior | Synonyms: geophagy |
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| gerardia | (noun) any plant of the genus Gerardia | - |
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| gesneria | (noun) any plant of the genus Gesneria | - |
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| geta | (noun) footwear usually with wooden soles | Synonyms: clog, patten, sabot |
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| giardia | (noun) a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans | - |
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| gingiva | (noun) the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth | Synonyms: gum |
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| girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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| gitana | (noun) a Spanish female Gypsy | - |
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| glabella | (noun) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges | Synonyms: mesophyron |
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| gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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| glaucoma | (noun) an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness) | - |
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| gleba | (noun) fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn | - |
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| glia | (noun) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | Synonyms: neuroglia |
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| glioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: spongioblastoma |
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| glioma | (noun) a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia | - |
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| gliricidia | (noun) any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous | - |
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| globigerina | (noun) marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes | - |
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| gloriosa | (noun) any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous | Synonyms: climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba, glory lily |
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| glossa | (noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | Synonyms: clapper, lingua, tongue |
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| glossalgia | (noun) pain in the tongue | Synonyms: glossodynia |
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| glossina | (noun) bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. | Synonyms: tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly |
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| glossodynia | (noun) pain in the tongue | Synonyms: glossalgia |
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| glossolalia | (noun) repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) | - |
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| gloxinia | (noun) any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers | - |
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| glucosuria | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of glucose in the urine | - |
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| glycosuria | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine | - |
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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 |
| 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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| gorgonzola | (noun) Italian blue cheese | - |
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| gorilla | (noun) largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa | Synonyms: Gorilla gorilla |
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| grama | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama grass, gramma, gramma grass |
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| gramma | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama, grama grass, gramma grass |
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| granadilla | (noun) the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers | - |
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| (noun) tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit | Synonyms: giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis |
| (noun) Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora edulis, purple granadillo |
| (noun) considered best for fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora ligularis, sweet granadilla |
| grandma | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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| grandpa | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather |
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| granola | (noun) cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
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| granulocytopenia | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulocytosis, agranulosis |
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| granuloma | (noun) a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection | - |
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| grappa | (noun) Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing | - |
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| gravida | (noun) a pregnant woman | - |
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| (noun) the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in | - |
| grevillea | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea | - |
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| guama | (noun) tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations | Synonyms: Inga laurina |
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| guanabana | (noun) large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples | Synonyms: soursop |
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| guava | (noun) tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies | - |
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| (noun) small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit | Synonyms: guava bush, Psidium guajava, true guava |
| (noun) small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit | Synonyms: Psidium littorale, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava |
| guereza | (noun) a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body | Synonyms: Colobus guereza |
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| guerilla | (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerrilla, insurgent, irregular |
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| guerrilla | (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, insurgent, irregular |
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| guinea | (noun) a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world | Synonyms: guinea fowl, Numida meleagris |
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| (noun) a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings | - |
| gula | (noun) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: gluttony, overeating |
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| gumma | (noun) a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis | - |
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| gymkhana | (noun) a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes | - |
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| gynecomastia | (noun) excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives) | - |
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| gynophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of women | - |
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| gyromitra | (noun) any fungus of the genus Gyromitra | - |
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| habanera | (noun) a Cuban dance in duple time | - |
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| (noun) music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera | - |
| hacienda | (noun) the main house on a ranch or large estate | - |
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| (noun) a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries | - |
| haemangioma | (noun) benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks | Synonyms: hemangioma |
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| haematochezia | (noun) passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) | Synonyms: hematochezia |
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| haematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: hematocolpometra |
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| haematocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood | Synonyms: hematocytopenia |
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| haematocyturia | (noun) the presence of red blood cells in the urine | Synonyms: hematocyturia |
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| haematoma | (noun) a localized swelling filled with blood | Synonyms: hematoma |
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| haematuria | (noun) the presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease | Synonyms: hematuria |
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| haemoglobinemia | (noun) presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma | Synonyms: hemoglobinemia |
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| haemoglobinuria | (noun) presence of hemoglobin in the urine | Synonyms: hemoglobinuria |
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| haemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, hemophilia |
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| haemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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| halma | (noun) a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases | - |
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| halobacteria | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacter, halobacterium |
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| hamartia | (noun) the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall | Synonyms: tragic flaw |
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| hamartoma | (noun) a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ | - |
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| hamelia | (noun) any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia | - |
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| haoma | (noun) leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink | Synonyms: Sarcostemma acidum, soma |
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| harmonica | (noun) a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | Synonyms: harp, mouth harp, mouth organ |
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