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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

guide dog
seeing-eye dog noun a dog trained to guide the blind

guide rope
noun a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane

guide word
guideword noun a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

guidebook
guide noun something that offers basic information or instruction

guided
adjective subject to guidance or control especially after launching; `a guided missile`

guided missile
noun a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices

guided missile cruiser
noun a cruiser that carries guided missiles

guided missile frigate
noun a frigate that carries guided missiles

guidepost
guideline noun a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

guiding
adjective exerting control or influence; `a guiding principle`

guild socialism
noun a form of socialist theory advocating state ownership of industry but managements by guilds of workers

guilder
noun formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

guildhall
noun the hall of a guild or corporation

guileless
honest adjective free from guile; `his answer was simple and honest`

guillemot
noun small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

guilloche
noun an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands

guillotine
noun instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people

guilt
guilty conscience noun remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence

guilt pang
noun pangs of feeling guilty

guilt-ridden
adjective feeling or revealing a sense of guilt; `so guilt-ridden he could not face his father`

guiltily
adverb in the manner of someone who has committed an offense; `she blushed guiltily as she spoke`

guilty
hangdog adjective showing a sense of guilt; `a guilty look`; `the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy`- Eric Linklater

guimpe
noun a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress

guinea fowl
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

guinea hen
noun female guinea fowl

guinea pig
Cavia cobaya noun stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research

guinea pig
noun a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; `the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly`; `the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities`

Guinea worm
Dracunculus medinensis noun parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates

Guinean
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants; `Guinean borders`

Guinness
noun a kind of bitter stout

guise
pretense 1 pretence 1 pretext noun an artful or simulated semblance; `under the guise of friendship he betrayed them`

Guiseppe Guarneri
noun Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)

guitar
noun a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

guitar pick
noun a plectrum used to pluck a guitar

guitar-shaped
adjective shaped in the form of a guitar

guitarfish
noun primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body

Gujarati
Gujerati noun the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India

gulag
noun a Russian prison camp for political prisoners

gulden
noun formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

gulf
disconnect noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); `he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends`; `there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy`

gulfweed
sargassum noun brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea

gull
seagull noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

gull-like
adjective resembling a gull

gullible
adjective easily tricked because of being too trusting; `gullible tourists taken in by the shell game`

Gulo
genus Gulo noun a genus of Mustelidae

gulp
draft 2 draught 1 swig noun a large and hurried swallow; `he finished it at a single gulp`

gulp
swig verb to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; `The men gulped down their beers`

gulping
swilling noun the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly

gum
verb exude or form gum; `these trees gum in the Spring`

gum anime
noun any of various resins or oleoresins

gum ball
noun a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar

gum up
verb stick together as if with gum; `the inside of the pipe has gummed up`

gum-like
adjective resembling chewing gum

gumbo
noun a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

gumbo
noun long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

gumdrop
noun a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals

gummed
adjective treated with an adhesive gum

gummed label
sticker noun an adhesive label

gumshield
noun (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete`s mouth

gun
noun the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; `two runners started before the gun`; `a twenty gun salute`

gun barrel
noun a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

gun carriage
noun a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing

gun case
noun a case for storing a gun

gun control
noun efforts to regulate or control sales of guns

gun deck
noun formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end

gun down
verb strike down or shoot down

gun emplacement
weapons emplacement noun an emplacement for a gun

gun enclosure
gun turret noun a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation

gun muzzle
noun the open circular discharging end of a gun

gun room
noun military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship

gun trigger
trigger noun lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

gunboat
noun a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols

gunfight
gunplay noun a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

gunfire
gunshot noun the act of shooting a gun; `the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders`; `they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire`

gunflint
noun the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon

gung ho
adjective very enthusiastic and dedicated

gunlock
firing mechanism noun the action that ignites the charge in a firearm

gunnel
bracketed blenny noun small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic

gunnery
noun guns collectively

gunnysack
gunny sack noun a bag made of burlap

Gunpowder Plot
noun a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes

gunrunning
noun the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally

gunsight
gun-sight noun a sight used for aiming a gun

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; `the rifle had been fitted with a special stock`

gunwale
gunnel noun wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

guppy
rainbow fish noun small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums

Gur
Voltaic noun a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana

gurgle
noun the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck

gurnard
noun bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom

gurney
noun a metal stretcher with wheels

gush
spout verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; `water gushed forth`

gusher
noun an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary

gushing
pouring adjective flowing profusely; `a gushing hydrant`; `pouring flood waters`

gushingly
adverb in a gushing manner; `a gushingly prolific writer`

gusset
inset noun a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment

gusset
noun a metal plate used to strengthen a joist

gusset plate
noun a metal plate used to strengthen a joist

gusseted
adjective provided or reinforced with gussets

gustation
sense of taste noun the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; `his cold deprived him of his sense of taste`

gustatory
gustative adjective of or relating to gustation