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gurkha
  • n  a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat
  • n  a member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal
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gurnard
  • n  bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
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guru
  • n  a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
  • n  each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion
  • n  a recognized leader in some field or of some movement
    a guru of genomics
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guru nanak
  • n  Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism; he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538)
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gutta-percha
  • n  a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables
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gush
  • n  a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
    there was a little gush of blood
  • n  an unrestrained expression of emotion
  • v  gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
    water gushed forth
  • v  praise enthusiastically
  • v  issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
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gusher
  • n  an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary
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gusset
  • n  a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
  • n  a metal plate used to strengthen a joist
  • n  a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
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gust
  • n  a strong current of air
    the tree was bent almost double by the gust
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gustation
  • n  the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
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gustatory cell
  • n  an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
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gustatory modality
  • n  the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
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