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guideword
  • n  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
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guild
  • n  a formal association of people with similar interests
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guild socialism
  • n  a form of socialist theory advocating state ownership of industry but managements by guilds of workers
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guilder
  • n  the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
  • n  formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
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guile
  • n  shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  • n  the quality of being crafty
  • n  the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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guillain-barre syndrome
  • n  a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown
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guillaume apollinaire
  • n  French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918)
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guillaume de grimoard
  • n  French pope from 1362 to 1370 who tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in 1367 returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England; canonized in 1870 (1310-1370)
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guilloche
  • n  an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands
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guillotine
  • n  closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
  • n  instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
  • v  kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
    The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country
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guilt
  • n  the state of having committed an offense
  • n  remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
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