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Ganoinnounshiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scalesverified
Ganoinenounshiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scalesverified
Gantletnouna form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victimverified
Gantrynouna framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around somethingverified
Gap analysisnounMWEA comparison that identifies the difference between actual and desired outcomes.Process
Garnounprimitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teethverified
Garage SalenounMWEan outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premisesverified
Garageman's LiennounMWEthe extension of a mechanic's lien to include payment for work on automobilesverified
Garambullanounarborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruitverified
Garambulla CactusnounMWEarborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruitverified
Garden BalmnounMWEbushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leavesverified
Garden CentipedenounMWEminute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse cropsverified
Garden EggnounMWEhairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetableverified
Garden Forget-Me-NotnounMWEsmall biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowersverified
Garden HeliotropenounMWEtall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinallyverified
Garden HuckleberrynounMWEimproved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berriesverified
Garden LettucenounMWEannual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in saladsverified
Garden NasturtiumnounMWEstrong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capersverified
Garden PeanounMWEthe flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plantverified
Garden PinknounMWEany of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowersverified
Garden PlantnounMWEany of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb gardenverified
Garden RocketnounMWEerect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tenderverified
Garden SorrelnounMWEEuropean sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greensverified
Garden SymphilidnounMWEminute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse cropsverified
Gardener's DelightnounMWEan old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowersverified
Gardenianounany of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowersverified
Garfishnounprimitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teethverified
Gargetnountall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemesverified
Gargoylismnounhereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolismverified
Garland CrabnounMWEmedium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruitverified
Garland FlowernounMWEwidely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowersverified
Garlic BreadnounMWEFrench or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the ovenverified
Garlic ClovenounMWEone of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulbverified
Garnetnounany of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasiveverified