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   gainful
         adj 1: yielding a fair profit [syn: {gainful}, {paid}, {paying}]

English Dictionary: Gempylus serpens by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gainfully
adv
  1. in a gainful way; "are you gainfully employed now?"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gainfulness
n
  1. the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn: profitableness, profitability, gainfulness, lucrativeness]
    Antonym(s): unprofitability, unprofitableness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gambelia
n
  1. leopard lizards
    Synonym(s): Gambelia, genus Gambelia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamble
n
  1. money that is risked for possible monetary gain
  2. a risky act or venture
v
  1. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
    Synonym(s): gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
  2. play games for money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambler
n
  1. a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
  2. someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement
    Synonym(s): gambler, risk taker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling
n
  1. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"
    Synonym(s): gambling, gaming, play
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling casino
n
  1. a public building for gambling and entertainment [syn: casino, gambling casino]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling contract
n
  1. a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet; unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling den
n
  1. a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
    Synonym(s): gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling game
n
  1. a game that involves gambling [syn: game of chance, gambling game]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling hell
n
  1. a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
    Synonym(s): gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling house
n
  1. a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
    Synonym(s): gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambling system
n
  1. a system of rules for placing bets that is believed to lead to winning; "he has a perfect gambling system at roulette"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambol
n
  1. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
    Synonym(s): play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
v
  1. play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
    Synonym(s): frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
game fowl
n
  1. any of several breeds reared for cockfighting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
game plan
n
  1. (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs; "newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion"
  2. (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gempylid
n
  1. snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gempylidae
n
  1. snake mackerels
    Synonym(s): Gempylidae, family Gempylidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gempylus
n
  1. type genus of the Gempylidae [syn: Gempylus, {genus Gempylus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gempylus serpens
n
  1. predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth
    Synonym(s): snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genu valgum
n
  1. an inward slant of the thigh [syn: knock-knee, {genu valgum}, tibia valga]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genuflect
v
  1. bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
  2. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
    Synonym(s): scrape, kowtow, genuflect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genuflection
n
  1. the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence [syn: genuflection, genuflexion]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genuflexion
n
  1. the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence [syn: genuflection, genuflexion]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gimbal
n
  1. an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gimbaled
adj
  1. supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gnaphalium
n
  1. large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres
    Synonym(s): Gnaphalium, genus Gnaphalium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gnaphalium sylvaticum
n
  1. weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike
    Synonym(s): chafeweed, wood cudweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guinea flower
n
  1. any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers
    Synonym(s): guinea gold vine, guinea flower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guinea fowl
n
  1. a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
    Synonym(s): guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gum ball
n
  1. a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gum plant
n
  1. any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
    Synonym(s): gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gumbo-limbo
n
  1. tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
    Synonym(s): gumbo-limbo, Bursera simaruba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gumboil
n
  1. a boil or abscess on the gums
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunflint
n
  1. the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunplay
n
  1. a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
    Synonym(s): gunfight, gunplay, shootout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gymnopilus
n
  1. a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit
    Synonym(s): Gymnopilus, genus Gymnopilus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gymnopilus spectabilis
n
  1. a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gymnopilus validipes
n
  1. a poisonous fungus with a dry cap and a cortina that does not leave much of a ring on the robust stalk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gymnopilus ventricosus
n
  1. a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest; has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gainable \Gain"a*ble\, a. [CF. F. gagnable. See {Gain}, v. t.]
      Capable of being obtained or reached. --Sherwood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gainful \Gain"ful\, a.
      Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. [bd]A gainful
      speculation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. --
      {Gain"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gainful \Gain"ful\, a.
      Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. [bd]A gainful
      speculation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. --
      {Gain"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gainful \Gain"ful\, a.
      Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. [bd]A gainful
      speculation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. --
      {Gain"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamble \Gam"ble\, n.
      An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving
      gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or
      uncertainty. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamble \Gamble\, v. t.
      To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
      [bd]Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their
      estates.[b8] --Ames.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gambled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gambling}.] [Dim. of game. See 2d {Game}.]
      To play or game for money or other stake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gambled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gambling}.] [Dim. of game. See 2d {Game}.]
      To play or game for money or other stake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambler \Gam"bler\, n.
      One who gambles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gambled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gambling}.] [Dim. of game. See 2d {Game}.]
      To play or game for money or other stake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambol \Gam"bol\ (g[acr]m"b[ocr]l), n. [OE. gambolde, gambaulde,
      F. gambade, gambol, fr. It. gambata kick, fr. L. gamba leg,
      akin to F. jambe, OF. also, gambe, fr. L. gamba, hoof or
      perh. joint: cf. Gr. kamph` a binding, winding, W., Ir. &
      Gael. cam crooked; perh. akin to E. chamber: cf.F. gambiller
      to kick about. Cf. {Jamb}, n., {Gammon} ham, {Gambadoes}.]
      A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive
      prank. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.]
      To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play
      in frolic, like boys or lambs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.]
      To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play
      in frolic, like boys or lambs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.]
      To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play
      in frolic, like boys or lambs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.]
      To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play
      in frolic, like boys or lambs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.]
      To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play
      in frolic, like boys or lambs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Game fowl \Game" fowl`\ (-foul`). (Zo[94]l.)
      A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great
      courage and pugnacity of the males.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gameful \Game"ful\ (-f[usdot]l), a.
      Full of game or games.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamophyllous \Ga*moph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. [?] marriage + [?]
      leaf.] (Bot.)
      Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).
      --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemmiflorate \Gem`mi*flo"rate\, a. [L. gemma bud + flos, floris,
      flower.] (Bot.)
      Having flowers like buds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genuflect \Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.]
      To bend the knee, as in worship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genuflect \Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.]
      To bend the knee, as in worship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genuflect \Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.]
      To bend the knee, as in worship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genuflection \Gen`u*flec"tion\, n. [F. g[82]nuflexion, fr. LL.
      genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee + flexio a bending, fr.
      flectere, flexum, to bend. See {Knee}, {Flexible}.]
      The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. --Bp.
      Stillingfleet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.]
      A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all
      directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer,
      ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain
      plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the
      rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body
      can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the
      ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn
      about a diameter at right angles to the first.
  
      {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the
            principle of the gimbal.
  
      {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye
            of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.]
      A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all
      directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer,
      ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain
      plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the
      rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body
      can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the
      ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn
      about a diameter at right angles to the first.
  
      {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the
            principle of the gimbal.
  
      {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye
            of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.]
      A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all
      directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer,
      ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain
      plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the
      rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body
      can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the
      ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn
      about a diameter at right angles to the first.
  
      {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the
            principle of the gimbal.
  
      {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye
            of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.]
      A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all
      directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer,
      ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain
      plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the
      rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body
      can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the
      ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn
      about a diameter at right angles to the first.
  
      {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the
            principle of the gimbal.
  
      {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye
            of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimlet \Gim"let\, n. [Also written and pronounced {gimbled}]
      [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel,
      weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See {Wimble}, n.]
      A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a
      grooved body, and a cross handle.
  
      {Gimlet eye}, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] --Wright.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimblet \Gim"blet\, n. & v.
      See {Gimlet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.]
      1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
            Spenser.
  
      2.
            (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,
                  consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the
                  top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
            (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
  
      3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
            gin.
  
      Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
               worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
               sails.
  
      {Gin block}, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
            over which a rope runs; -- called also {whip gin},
            {rubbish pulley}, and {monkey wheel}.
  
      {Gin power}, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
           
  
      {Gin race}, [or] {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when
            putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
  
      {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
            through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
  
      {Gin wheel}.
            (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
                  the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
            (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gonfalon \Gon"fa*lon\, Gonfanon \Gon"fa*non\, n. [OE. gonfanoun,
      OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name
      of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund
      war (used in comp., and akin to AS. g[d4][eb]) + fano cloth,
      flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. g[d4][eb]fana. See {Vane}, and
      cf. {Confalon}.]
      1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or
            states, such as the medi[91]val republics of Italy, and in
            more recent times by the pope.
  
      2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a
            crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast
            itself.
  
                     Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream
                     in the air.                                       --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gonfalonier \Gon`fa*lon*ier"\, n. [F. gonfalonier: cf. It.
      gonfaloniere.]
      He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as:
      (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church.
      (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in
            medi[91]veal Italy.
      (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gonoblastid \Gon`o*blas"tid\, n. [See {Gonoblastidium}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gonoblastidium \[d8]Gon`o*blas*tid"i*um\, n.; pl.
      {Gonoblastidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] offspring + [?] to bud.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A blastostyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[icr]n"[esl]), n.
      1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
            its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
            fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
  
      2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
            sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
            issue of sovereigns in 1817.
  
                     The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
                     which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663,
                     and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went
                     for less than twenty-one shillings.   --Pinkerton.
  
      {Guinea corn}. (Bot.) See {Durra}.
  
      {Guinea Current} (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
            setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
            Guinea.
  
      {Guinea dropper} one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
            guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
  
      {Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zo[94]l.), an African
            gallinaceous bird, of the genus {Numida}, allied to the
            pheasants. The common domesticated species ({N.
            meleagris}), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the
            head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small
            white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({N. cristata}) is a
            finer species.
  
      {Guinea grains} (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
            {Amomum}.
  
      {Guinea grass} (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
            jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
            and Southern United States.
  
      {Guinea-hen flower} (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
            Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
            Guinea hen.
  
      {Guinea peach}. See under {Peach}.
  
      {Guinea pepper} (Bot.), the pods of the {Xylopia aromatica},
            a tree of the order {Anonace[91]}, found in tropical West
            Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper
            [92]thiopicum}.
  
      {Guinea pig}. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) A small Brazilian rodent ({Cavia cobaya}),
                  about seven inches in length and usually of a white
                  color, with spots of orange and black.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
               the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the
               {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or
               {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are
               some of the best known.
  
      Note: Among the true plums are;
  
      {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or
            purple globular drupes,
  
      {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}.
  
      {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its
            round red drupes.
  
      {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
            much grown in England for sale in the markets.
  
      {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or
            yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several
            other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other
            genera than {Prunus}, are;
  
      {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of
            the same family with the persimmon.
  
      {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}.
  
      {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}.
           
  
      {Date plum}. See under {Date}.
  
      {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium
            macrophyllum}.
  
      {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime.
  
      {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}.
  
      2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
  
      3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
            language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the
            person possessing it.
  
      {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European
            bullfinch.
  
      {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
            scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
            in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
            bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
  
      {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very
            destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other
            stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
            incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
            pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum
            curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a
            large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]},
            having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
            which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}.
  
      {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid
            worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in
            the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
            painful sores.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gumboil \Gum"boil\, n. (Med.)
      A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunflint \Gun"flint`\, n.
      A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the
      charge. It was in common use before the introduction of
      percussion caps.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tubularida \[d8]Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; --
      called also {Athecata}, {Gymnoblastea}, and {Tubulari[91]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gymnoblastic \Gym"no*blas"tic\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gymnoplast \Gym"no*plast\, n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to
      shape, mold.] (Biol.)
      A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a
      white blood corpuscle.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gambell, AK (city, FIPS 27640)
      Location: 63.77656 N, 171.70168 W
      Population (1990): 525 (132 housing units)
      Area: 28.8 sq km (land), 49.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99742

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gann Valley, SD
      Zip code(s): 57341

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Gnuplot
  
      A command-driven interactive graphing program.   Gnuplot
      can plot two-dimensional functions and data points in many
      different styles (points, lines, error bars); and
      three-dimensional data points and surfaces in many different
      styles (contour plot, mesh).   It supports {complex} arithmetic
      and user-defined functions and can label title, axes, and data
      points.   It can output to several different graphics file
      formats and devices.   Command line editing and history are
      supported and there is extensive on-line help.
  
      Gnuplot is {copyright}ed, but freely distributable.   It was
      written by Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley, Russell Lang, Dave
      Kotz, John Campbell, Gershon Elber, Alexander Woo and many
      others.   Despite its name, gnuplot is not related to the {GNU}
      project or the {FSF} in any but the most peripheral sense.   It
      was designed completely independently and is not covered by
      the {General Public License}.   However, the {FSF} has decided
      to distribute gnuplot as part of the {GNU} system, because it
      is useful, redistributable software.
  
      Gnuplot is available for: {Unix} ({X11} and {NEXTSTEP}),
      {VAX}/{VMS}, {OS/2}, {MS-DOS}, {Amiga}, {MS-Windows},
      {OS-9}/68k, {Atari ST} and {Macintosh}.
  
      E-mail: .
  
      {FAQ} - {Germany
      (http://fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ig25/gnuplot-faq/)}, {UK
      (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/comp.graphics.gnuplot)},
      {USA
      (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/graphics/gnuplot-faq/faq.html)}.
  
      {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.graphics.gnuplot}.
  
      (1995-05-04)
  
  
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