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gumbo-limbo
  • n  tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
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gumbo soil
  • n  any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
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gumma
  • n  a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
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gumming
  • n  ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
  • v  cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
  • v  grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
  • v  become sticky
  • v  exude or form gum
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gummite
  • n  a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende
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gummosis
  • n  pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees
  • n  disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora
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gumption
  • n  sound practical judgment
  • n  fortitude and determination
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gumshield
  • n  (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
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gumshoe
  • n  someone who is a detective
  • n  a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
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gumweed
  • n  any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
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