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guilty conscience
  • n  remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
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guimpe
  • n  a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit
  • n  a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
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guine-bissau
  • n  a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
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guinea
  • n  a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
  • n  (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
  • n  a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
  • n  a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
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guinea-bissau
  • n  a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
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guinea-bissau peso
  • n  the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos
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guinea-hen flower
  • n  Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
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guinea corn
  • n  sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
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guinea flower
  • n  any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers
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guinea fowl
  • n  a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
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guinea gold
  • n  brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry
  • n  22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made
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