| gumboil | (noun) a boil or abscess on the gums | - |
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| 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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| gummed | (adjective) covered with adhesive gum | Synonyms: gummy |
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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 |
| gummy | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous |
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| (adjective) covered with adhesive gum | Synonyms: gummed |
| 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 |
| gumptious | (adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise | Synonyms: energetic, industrious, up-and-coming |
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| 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 |
| (verb) shoot with a gun | - |
| 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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| (verb) utter with a gurgling sound | - |
| (verb) drink from a flask with a gurgling sound | Synonyms: guggle |
| (verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, guggle, ripple |
| (verb) make sounds similar to gurgling water | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) praise enthusiastically | Synonyms: rave |
| (verb) issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth | Synonyms: jet |
| (verb) gush forth in a sudden stream or jet | Synonyms: spirt, spout, spurt |
| gusher | (noun) an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary | - |
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| gushing | (adjective) extravagantly demonstrative | Synonyms: effusive, gushy |
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| (adjective) uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm | Synonyms: burbling, burbly, effusive |
| (adjective) flowing profusely | Synonyms: pouring |
| gushingly | (adverb) in a gushing manner | - |
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| gushy | (adjective) extravagantly demonstrative | Synonyms: effusive, gushing |
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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 |
| gusseted | (adjective) provided or reinforced with gussets | - |
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| 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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| gustative | (adjective) of or relating to gustation | Synonyms: gustatorial, gustatory |
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| gustatorial | (adjective) of or relating to gustation | Synonyms: gustative, gustatory |
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| gustatory | (adjective) of or relating to gustation | Synonyms: gustative, gustatorial |
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| gusto | (noun) vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | Synonyms: relish, zest, zestfulness |
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| gusty | (adjective) blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts | Synonyms: puffy |
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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 | - |
| (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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| 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 |
| (verb) steady or support with a guy wire or cable | - |
| (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: blackguard, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast |
| guyot | (noun) a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean) | - |
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| guzzle | (verb) drink greedily or as if with great thirst | - |
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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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