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   gain vigor
         v 1: gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn:
               {perk up}, {perk}, {percolate}, {pick up}, {gain vigor}]

English Dictionary: Guinea-Bissau peso by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambist
n
  1. a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamboge
n
  1. a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative
  2. a strong yellow color
    Synonym(s): gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamboge tree
n
  1. low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered
    Synonym(s): gamboge tree, Garcinia hanburyi, Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gambusia
n
  1. mosquitofish
    Synonym(s): Gambusia, genus Gambusia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gambusia affinis
n
  1. silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
    Synonym(s): mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
game fish
n
  1. any fish providing sport for the angler [syn: game fish, sport fish]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
game of chance
n
  1. a game that involves gambling [syn: game of chance, gambling game]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamebag
n
  1. a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geneva Convention
n
  1. an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geneva gown
n
  1. black academic gown widely used by Protestant clergymen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Genovese
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants; "the Genoese sailor we call Columbus"
    Synonym(s): Genoese, Genovese
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guine-Bissau
n
  1. a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
    Synonym(s): Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guinea pig
n
  1. a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
    Synonym(s): subject, case, guinea pig
  2. stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
    Synonym(s): guinea pig, Cavia cobaya
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guinea-Bissau
n
  1. a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
    Synonym(s): Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guinea-Bissau monetary unit
n
  1. monetary unit in Guinea-Bissau
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guinea-Bissau peso
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos
    Synonym(s): Guinea-Bissau peso, peso
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gumbo soil
n
  1. any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
    Synonym(s): gumbo, gumbo soil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunfight
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]:
gynobase
n
  1. the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambeson \Gam"be*son\, n.
      Same as {Gambison}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambison \Gam"bi*son\, n. [OF. gambeson, gambaison, fr. gambais,
      wambais, of German origin: cf. MHG. wambeis, G. wams doublet,
      fr. OHG. wamba, stomach. See {Womb}.]
      A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of
      cloth stuffed and quilted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambist \Gam"bist\, n. [It. gamba leg.] (Mus.)
      A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under {Viola}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamboge \Gam*boge"\, n.
      A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species
      of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in
      masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, --
      whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact
      texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally,
      it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also
      {camboge}.]
  
      Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived
               from species of {Garcinia}, a genus of trees of the
               order {Guttifer[91]}. The best Siam gamboge is thought
               to come from {Garcinia Hanburii}. Ceylon gamboge is
               from {G. Morella}. {G. pictoria}, of Western India,
               yields {gamboge}, and also a kind of oil called
               {gamboge butter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamboge \Gam*boge"\, n.
      A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species
      of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in
      masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, --
      whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact
      texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally,
      it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also
      {camboge}.]
  
      Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived
               from species of {Garcinia}, a genus of trees of the
               order {Guttifer[91]}. The best Siam gamboge is thought
               to come from {Garcinia Hanburii}. Ceylon gamboge is
               from {G. Morella}. {G. pictoria}, of Western India,
               yields {gamboge}, and also a kind of oil called
               {gamboge butter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamboge \Gam*boge"\, n.
      A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species
      of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in
      masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, --
      whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact
      texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally,
      it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also
      {camboge}.]
  
      Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived
               from species of {Garcinia}, a genus of trees of the
               order {Guttifer[91]}. The best Siam gamboge is thought
               to come from {Garcinia Hanburii}. Ceylon gamboge is
               from {G. Morella}. {G. pictoria}, of Western India,
               yields {gamboge}, and also a kind of oil called
               {gamboge butter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambogian \Gam*bo"gi*an\, Gambogic \Gambogic\, a.
      Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gambogian \Gam*bo"gi*an\, Gambogic \Gambogic\, a.
      Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Top \Top\, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top,
      OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair,
      pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest,
      top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin.
      Cf. {Tuft}.]
      1. The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or
            extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex;
            vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a
            house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
  
                     The star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of
                     heaven doth hold.                              --Milton.
  
      2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
  
                     The top of my ambition is to contribute to that
                     work.                                                --Pope.
  
      3. The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost
            attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or
            at the top of the school.
  
                     And wears upon his baby brow the round And top of
                     sovereignty.                                       --Shak.
  
      4. The chief person; the most prominent one.
  
                     Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
            [bd]From top to toe[b8] --Spenser.
  
                     All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall On her
                     ungrateful top !                                 --Shak.
  
      6. The head, or upper part, of a plant.
  
                     The buds . . . are called heads, or tops, as
                     cabbageheads.                                    --I. Watts.
  
      7. (Naut.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast
            and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the
            topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also
            furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
            --Totten.
  
      8. (Wool Manuf.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool,
            from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
  
      9. Eve; verge; point. [R.] [bd]He was upon the top of his
            marriage with Magdaleine.[b8] --Knolles.
  
      10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or
            circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
            --Knight.
  
      11. pl. Top-boots. [Slang] --Dickens.
  
      Note: Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of
               compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone,
               or topstone; top-boots, or top boots; top soil, or
               top-soil.
  
      {Top and but} (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a
            method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but
            of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant
            breadth in two layers.
  
      {Top minnow} (Zo[94]l.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish
            ({Gambusia patruelis}) abundant in the Southern United
            States. Also applied to other similar species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Game \Game\, a.
      1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock;
            ready to fight to the last; plucky.
  
                     I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought
                     even to the death.                              --W. Irving.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game,
            or to the act or practice of hunting.
  
      {Game bag}, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game
            captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
  
      {Game bird}, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse,
            partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore
            or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew,
            and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily
            restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and
            guns.
  
      {Game egg}, an egg producing a gamecock.
  
      {Game laws}, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking
            game for food or for sport.
  
      {Game preserver}, a land owner who regulates the killing of
            game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
  
      {To be game}.
            (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit.
            (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
  
      {To die game}, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the
            last; to die fighting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemmification \Gem`mi*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. gemma bud + -ficare
      (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.] (Biol.)
      The production of a bud or gem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geneva \Ge*ne"va\, n.
      The chief city of Switzerland.
  
      {Geneva Bible}, a translation of the Bible into English, made
            and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560;
            London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in
            Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first
            which recognized the division into verses, and the first
            which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small
            quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's
            translation. Called also {Genevan Bible}.
  
      {Geneva convention} (Mil.), an agreement made by
            representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva
            and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane
            regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded
            and the status of those who minister to them in war.
            Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and
            this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and
            the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention
            in 1865.
  
      {Geneva cross} (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground;
            -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geneva \Ge*ne"va\, n.
      The chief city of Switzerland.
  
      {Geneva Bible}, a translation of the Bible into English, made
            and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560;
            London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in
            Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first
            which recognized the division into verses, and the first
            which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small
            quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's
            translation. Called also {Genevan Bible}.
  
      {Geneva convention} (Mil.), an agreement made by
            representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva
            and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane
            regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded
            and the status of those who minister to them in war.
            Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and
            this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and
            the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention
            in 1865.
  
      {Geneva cross} (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground;
            -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genevese \Gen`e*vese"\, a. [Cf. L. Genevensis, F. g[82]nevois.]
      Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. -- n.
      sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively,
      the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seven \Sev"en\, a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon,
      seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun,
      G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj[94], Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith.
      septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L.
      septem, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. saptan. [root]305. Cf.
      {Hebdomad}, {Heptagon}, {September}.]
      One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one
      week.
  
      {Seven sciences}. See the Note under {Science}, n., 4.
  
      {Seven stars} (Astron.), the Pleiades.
  
      {Seven wonders of the world}. See under {Wonders}.
  
      {Seven-year apple} (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub ({Genipa
            clusiifolia}) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible
            fruit.
  
      {Seven-year vine} (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant
            ({Ipom[oe]a tuberosa}) related to the morning-glory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jambes \Jambes\, Jambeux \Jam"beux\, n. pl. [From F. jambe a
      leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See {Jamb}, n.] (Ancient Armor)
      In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees.
      [Written also {giambeux}.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Giambeux \Giam"beux\, n. pl. [See {Jambeux}.]
      Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jambes \Jambes\, Jambeux \Jam"beux\, n. pl. [From F. jambe a
      leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See {Jamb}, n.] (Ancient Armor)
      In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees.
      [Written also {giambeux}.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Giambeux \Giam"beux\, n. pl. [See {Jambeux}.]
      Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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]:
   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]:
   Guinea-pig director \Guin"ea-pig` di*rec"tor\
      A director (usually one holding a number of directorships)
      who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a
      guinea) paid for attendance. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,
      fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It.
      {gomma}.]
      1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens
            when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;
            gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with
            less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;
            as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
  
      2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.
  
      3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any
            roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow
            log. [Southern U. S.]
  
      4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under
            {Black}, {Blue}, etc.
  
      {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass
            tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}).
  
      {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so
            called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.
  
      {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}.
  
      {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of
            {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in
            Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.
            East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange
            family which bears the elephant apple.
  
      {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea
            frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning
            and in precipitating indigo.
  
      {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus
            ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
  
      {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.
  
      {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.
  
      {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.
  
      {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.
  
      {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.
  
      {Gum lac}. See {Lac}.
  
      {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental
            species of Cistus or rock rose.
  
      {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the
            parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]},
            {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.
  
      {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and
            mixing other ingredients.
  
      {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by
            exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures
            of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin
            containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
  
      {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.
  
      {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees
            ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the
            Senegal country, West Africa.
  
      {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.
  
      {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and
            Australia:
            (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest
                  trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue
                  fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the
                  large trees become hollow.
            (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.}
            (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar
                  styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with
                  pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It
                  exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.
  
      {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
           
  
      {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the
            {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunny \Gun"ny\, n., Gunny cloth \Gun"ny cloth`\ [Hind. gon,
      gon[?],, a sack, sacking.]
      A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers
      (called jute) of two plants of the genus {Corchorus} ({C.
      olitorius} and {C. capsularis}), of India. The fiber is also
      used in the manufacture of cordage.
  
      {Gunny bag}, a sack made of gunny, used for coarse
            commodities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gynobase \Gyn"o*base\, n. [Gr. [?] a woman, female + E. base.]
      (Bot.)
      A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular
      ovary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gynobasic \Gyn"o*ba`sic\, a. (Bot.)
      Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Geneva County, AL (county, FIPS 61)
      Location: 31.09439 N, 85.83734 W
      Population (1990): 23647 (10416 housing units)
      Area: 1492.8 sq km (land), 6.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gonvick, MN (city, FIPS 24344)
      Location: 47.73826 N, 95.51251 W
      Population (1990): 302 (150 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56644

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Guaynabo zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 32522)
      Location: 18.38644 N, 66.11434 W
      Population (1990): 73385 (25343 housing units)
      Area: 31.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GNU BC
  
      A {GNU} version of {BC} which is self-contained and internally
      executes its own compiled code rather than acting as a
      {front-end} to {DC} like the standard {Unix} bc.
  
      Version 1.02
  
      parser (yacc), interpreter, BC math library
  
      Philip A. Nelson
  
      FTP bc-1.02.tar.Z from a {GNU archive site}.
  
      requires: vsprintf and vfprintf routines
  
      ports: Unix (BSD, System V, MINIX, POSIX) Superset of POSIX BC
      (P10003.2/D11), with a POSIX-only mode.
  
  

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Guinea-bissau
  
   Guinea-bissau:Geography
  
   Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
   Guinea and Senegal
  
   Map references: Africa
  
   Area:
   total area: 36,120 sq km
   land area: 28,000 sq km
   comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of
   Connecticut
  
   Land boundaries: total 724 km, Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
  
   Coastline: 350 km
  
   Maritime claims:
   exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
   territorial sea: 12 nm
  
   International disputes: none
  
   Climate: tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy
   season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season
   (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
  
   Terrain: mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
  
   Natural resources: unexploited deposits of petroleum, bauxite,
   phosphates, fish, timber
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 11%
   permanent crops: 1%
   meadows and pastures: 43%
   forest and woodland: 38%
   other: 7%
  
   Irrigated land: NA sq km
  
   Environment:
   current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
   natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility
   during dry season; brush fires
   international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Law of the
   Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -
   Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification
  
   Guinea-bissau:People
  
   Population: 1,124,537 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 43% (female 242,518; male 243,093)
   15-64 years: 54% (female 320,987; male 286,308)
   65 years and over: 3% (female 16,129; male 15,502) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 2.36% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 40.24 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 16.62 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 117.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 47.87 years
   male: 46.21 years
   female: 49.57 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 5.43 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Guinea-Bissauan(s)
   adjective: Guinea-Bissauan
  
   Ethnic divisions: African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%,
   Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%
  
   Religions: indigenous beliefs 65%, Muslim 30%, Christian 5%
  
   Languages: Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
   total population: 36%
   male: 50%
   female: 24%
  
   Labor force: 403,000 (est.)
   by occupation: agriculture 90%, industry, services, and commerce 5%,
   government 5%
  
   Guinea-bissau:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
   conventional short form: Guinea-Bissau
   local long form: Republica de Guine-Bissau
   local short form: Guine-Bissau
   former: Portuguese Guinea
  
   Digraph: PU
  
   Type: republic, formerly highly centralized, multiparty since mid-1991
  
   Capital: Bissau
  
   Administrative divisions: 9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao);
   Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali
  
   Independence: 10 September 1974 (from Portugal)
  
   National holiday: Independence Day, 10 September (1974)
  
   Constitution: 16 May 1984, amended 4 May 1991 (currently undergoing
   revision to liberalize popular participation in the government)
  
   Legal system: NA
  
   Suffrage: 15 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Joao
   Bernardo VIEIRA (assumed power 14 November 1980); election last held
   August 1994 (next to be held 1999); results - Joao Bernardo VIEIRA
   52%, Kumba YALLA 48%
   head of government: Prime Minister Manuel SATURNINO, since 5 November
   1994
   cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   National People's Assembly: (Assembleia Nacional Popular) elections
   last held 3 July and 7 August 1994 (next to be held 1999); results -
   percent of vote by party NA; seats - (100 total) PAIGC 62, RGB 19, PRS
   12, Union for Change Coalition 6, FLING 1
  
   Judicial branch: none; there is a Ministry of Justice in the Council
   of Ministers
  
   Political parties and leaders: African Party for the Independence of
   Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), President Joao Bernardo VIEIRA,
   leader; Guinea-Bissau Resistance (RGB); Democratic Front (FD),
   Aristides MENEZES, leader; Social Renovation Party (PRS); Union for
   Change Coalition; Front for the Liberation and Independence of Guinea
   (FLING); Democratic Social Front (FDS), Rafael BARBOSA, leader; Bafata
   Movement, Domingos Fernandes GARNER, leader; Guinea-Bissau Resistance
   (RGB); Union for Change Coalition; Front for the Liberation and
   Independence of Guinea (FLING)
  
   Member of: ACCT (associate), ACP, AfDB, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT,
   IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT
   (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN,
   UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMIL, UNOMOZ, UPU, WFTU, WHO,
   WIPO, WMO, WTO
  
   Diplomatic representation in US:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Alfredo Lopes CABRAL
   chancery: 918 16th Street NW, Mezzanine Suite, Washington, DC 20006
   telephone: [1] (202) 872-4222
   FAX: [1] (202) 872-4226
  
   US diplomatic representation:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Roger A. McGUIRE
   embassy: Bairro de Penha, Bissau
   mailing address: C.P. 297, 1067 Bissau Codex, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
   telephone: [245] 252273, 252274, 252275, 252276
   FAX: [245] 252282
  
   Flag: two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a
   vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed
   star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of
   Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Cape Verde, which has the black star
   raised above the center of the red band and is framed by two corn
   stalks and a yellow clam shell
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: Guinea-Bissau ranks among the poorest countries in the
   world. Agriculture and fishing are the main economic activities.
   Cashew nuts, peanuts, and palm kernels are the primary exports.
   Exploitation of known mineral deposits is unlikely at present because
   of a weak infrastructure and the high cost of development. With IMF
   support the country is committed to an economic reform program
   emphasizing monetary stability and private sector growth. This process
   will continue at a slow pace because of a heavy foreign debt burden
   and internal constraints.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $900 million (1993
   est.)
  
   National product real growth rate: 2.9% (1993 est.)
  
   National product per capita: $840 (1994 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 55% (1991 est.)
  
   Unemployment rate: NA%
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $33.6 million
   expenditures: $44.8 million, including capital expenditures of
   $570,000 (1991 est.)
  
   Exports: $19 million (f.o.b., 1993)
   commodities: cashews, fish, peanuts, palm kernels
   partners: Portugal, Spain, Senegal, India, Nigeria
  
   Imports: $56 million (f.o.b., 1993)
   commodities: foodstuffs, transport equipment, petroleum products,
   machinery and equipment
   partners: Portugal, Netherlands, China, Germany, Senegal
  
   External debt: $462 million (December 1990 est.)
  
   Industrial production: growth rate NA (1991 est.); accounts for 8% of
   GDP
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 22,000 kW
   production: 40 million kWh
   consumption per capita: 37 kWh (1993)
  
   Industries: agricultural processing, beer, soft drinks
  
   Agriculture: accounts for over 45% of GDP, nearly 100% of exports, and
   90% of employment; rice is the staple food; other crops include corn,
   beans, cassava, cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, and cotton; not
   self-sufficient in food; fishing and forestry potential not fully
   exploited
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $49 million;
   Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
   (1970-89), $615 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $41 million;
   Communist countries (1970-89), $68 million
  
   Currency: 1 Guinea-Bissauan peso (PG) = 100 centavos
  
   Exchange rates: Guinea-Bissauan pesos (PG) per US$1 - 14,482 (December
   1994), 12,892 (1994), 10,082 (1993), 6,934 (1992), 3,659 (1991), 2,185
   (1990)
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Guinea-bissau:Transportation
  
   Railroads: 0 km
  
   Highways:
   total: 3,218 km
   paved: bituminous 2,698 km
   unpaved: earth 520 km
  
   Inland waterways: scattered stretches are important to coastal
   commerce
  
   Ports: Bissau
  
   Merchant marine: none
  
   Airports:
   total: 32
   with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
   with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
   with paved runways under 914 m: 22
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 6
  
   Guinea-bissau:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 3,000 telephones; poor system; telephone density -
   2.7 telephones/1,000 persons
   local: NA
   intercity: combination of microwave radio relay, open wire lines and
   radiocommunications
   international: NA
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0
   radios: NA
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 1
   televisions: NA
  
   Guinea-bissau:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army,
   Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force
  
   Manpower availability: males age 15-49 251,636; males fit for military
   service 143,694 (1995 est.)
  
   Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $9 million, 4.5% of
   GDP (1994)
  
  
  
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