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gansu
  • n  a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
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gansu province
  • n  a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
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gantanol
  • n  a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)
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garambulla cactus
  • n  arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit
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garamycin
  • n  an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract
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gantlet
  • n  to offer or accept a challenge
  • n  a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
  • n  a glove with long sleeve
  • n  the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times
  • n  a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
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gantrisin
  • n  a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract
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gantry
  • n  a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
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ganymede
  • n  (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
  • n  the largest of Jupiter's satellites
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gao
  • n  an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
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gaol
  • n  a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
  • v  lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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