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Ghettonouna poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictionsverified
Ghost DancenounMWEa religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the deadverified
Ghost GumnounMWEsmall to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or stripsverified
Ghost WeednounMWEannual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milkverified
Ghost WordnounMWEa word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an errorverified
Ghrelinnouna gastrointestinal hormone produced by epithelial cells lining the fundus of the stomachverified
Giant AnteaternounMWElarge shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful clawsverified
Giant BamboonounMWEimmense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunksverified
Giant ChinkapinnounMWEsmall ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneathverified
Giant ClamnounMWEa large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 poundsverified
Giant CoreopsisnounMWElarge treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of large yellow flower headsverified
Giant FernnounMWEhighly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfallverified
Giant FirnounMWElofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leavesverified
Giant FoxtailnounMWEtwo species of coarse annual foxtails that are naturalized weeds in United Statesverified
Giant HelleborinenounMWEorchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leafverified
Giant KangaroonounMWEvery large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areasverified
Giant PandanounMWElarge black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibetverified
Giant Potato CreepernounMWEvine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowersverified
Giant Red PaintbrushnounMWEwildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowersverified
Giant ReednounMWElarge rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery paniclesverified
Giant ScallopnounMWEa large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North Americaverified
Giant SequoianounMWEextremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in Californiaverified
Giant SunflowernounMWEvery tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous rootsverified
Giant WillowherbnounMWEtall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearingsverified
Giardiasisnouninfection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and waterverified
Gibbousnessnounsomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundingsverified
Gift TaxnounMWEa tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giververified
Gignouna cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodiesverified
Gilded FlickernounMWEsouthwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neckverified