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Guest NightnounMWEan evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guestsverified
guidancenounInformation that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.Requirement
Guidance DevicenounMWEa system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)verified
Guidance SystemnounMWEa system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)verified
Guide FossilnounMWEa fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is foundverified
Guide WordnounMWEa word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that pageverified
Guided MissilenounMWEa rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devicesverified
GuidelinenounA description of a particular way of accomplishing something that is less prescriptive than a procedureRequirement
Guild SocialismnounMWEa form of socialist theory advocating state ownership of industry but managements by guilds of workersverified
Guilt by AssociationnounMWEthe attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guiltyverified
Guinea FlowernounMWEany of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowersverified
Guinea Gold VinenounMWEany of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowersverified
Guinea PignounMWEa person who is subjected to experimental or other observational proceduresverified
Guinea-Hen FlowernounMWEEurasian 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 timesverified
Gulfweednounbrown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Seaverified
Gum DammarnounMWEany of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathisverified
Gum ElasticnounMWEan elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of productsverified
Gum EleminounMWEfragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incenseverified
Gum LabdanumnounMWEa dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumesverified
Gum OlibanumnounMWEan aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African treesverified
Gum PlantnounMWEany of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinallyverified
Gum RidgenounMWEa ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teethverified
Gum TreenounMWEany of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gumverified
Gumbonountall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stewsverified
Gumbo SoilnounMWEany of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with waterverified
Gumbo-Limbonountropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishesverified