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girondist
  • n  a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
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girru
  • n  the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery
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girth
  • n  the distance around a person's body
  • n  stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
  • v  tie a cinch around
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gish
  • n  United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)
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gismo
  • n  something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
  • n  a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
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gist
  • n  the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • n  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
    the gist of the prosecutor's argument
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git
  • n  a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
    the British call a contemptible person a `git'
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gita
  • n  (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life
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gittern
  • n  a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
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giulio de' medici
  • n  Italian pope from 1523 to 1534 who broke with Henry VIII of England after Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn (1478-1534)
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giulio natta
  • n  Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979)
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