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   gadolinite
         n 1: a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of
               silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and
               erbium [syn: {gadolinite}, {ytterbite}]

English Dictionary: gadolinium by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gadolinium
n
  1. a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
    Synonym(s): gadolinium, Gd, atomic number 64
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gatling
n
  1. United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
    Synonym(s): Gatling, Richard Jordan Gatling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gatling gun
n
  1. an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get a line
v
  1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
    Synonym(s): learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get along
v
  1. proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"
    Synonym(s): do, fare, make out, come, get along
  2. have smooth relations; "My boss and I get along very well"
    Synonym(s): get along with, get on with, get on, get along
  3. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
    Synonym(s): progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
    Antonym(s): regress, retrograde, retrogress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get along with
v
  1. have smooth relations; "My boss and I get along very well"
    Synonym(s): get along with, get on with, get on, get along
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
God Almighty
n
  1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
godliness
n
  1. piety by virtue of being a godly person [ant: godlessness, ungodliness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guideline
n
  1. a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters
  2. a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"
    Synonym(s): road map, guideline
  3. a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
    Synonym(s): guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadling \Gad"ling\, n. [Gad, n. + -ling.] (Medi[91]val Armor)
      [R.]
      See {Gad}, n., 4.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadling \Gad"ling\, a. [See {Gad}, v. i.]
      Gadding about. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadling \Gad"ling\, n.
      A roving vagabond. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadolinia \Gad`o*lin"i*a\, n. [NL. See {Gadolinite}.]
      A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide
      ({Gd2O3}) of a metallic element,

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadolinia \Gad`o*lin"i*a\, n. [NL. See {Gadolinite}.] (Chem.)
      A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed
      element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides
      of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadolinic \Gad`o*lin"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to or containing gadolinium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadolinite \Gad"o*lin*ite\, n. [Named after Gadolin, a Russian
      chemist.] (Min.)
      A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and
      consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium,
      and iron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadolinium \Gad`o*lin"i*um\, with an assigned atomic weight of
      153.3. Gaekwar \Gaek"war\, n. [Also Gaikwar, Guicowar.]
      [Marathi g[be]ekw[be]r, prop., a cowherd.]
      The title of the ruling Prince of Baroda, in Gujarat, in
      Bombay, India.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadolinium \Gad`o*lin"i*um\, n. [NL. See {Gadolinite}.] (Chem.)
      A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic
      spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare
      metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been
      determined.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gatling gun \Gat"ling gun`\ [From the inventor, R.J. Gatling.]
      An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels
      which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded
      and fired.
  
      Note: The improved Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of
               1,200 shots per minute. --Farrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,
      {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.
      canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
      mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
      1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
            any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the
            explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel
            closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with
            an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various
            means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are
            smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.
            Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},
            {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these
            terms in the Vocabulary.
  
                     As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in
                     the powder runne.                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
                     cast a thing from a man long before there was any
                     gunpowder found out.                           --Selden.
  
      2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
            cannon.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
  
      Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
               manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},
               {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or
               {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},
               {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.
  
      {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
            after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
  
      {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a
            person superior in any way.
  
      {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.
  
      {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
            moved.
  
      {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of
            explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
            cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
            formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
            results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
            burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
            and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
            Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
            insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
            highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and
            cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
            somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
            with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
            making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun
            cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.
            It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric
            acid.
  
      {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.
  
      {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
            is fired.
  
      {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
            copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
            also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
  
      {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
            cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
  
      {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
            side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
            the gun port.
  
      {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
            single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
  
      {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
            after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
  
      {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
            mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
            reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
            gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in
            volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several
            hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.
            The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and
            {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the
            French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.
  
      {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,
            3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godliness \God"li*ness\, n. [From {Godly}.]
      Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the
      state or quality of being godly; piety.
  
               Godliness is profitable unto all things. --1 Tim. iv.
                                                                              8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godling \God"ling\, n.
      A diminutive god. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goodliness \Good"li*ness\, n. [From {Goodly}.]
      Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.
  
               Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes. --Sir
                                                                              P. Sidney.

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      Location: 35.72339 N, 83.49374 W
      Population (1990): 3417 (2923 housing units)
      Area: 26.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37738

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      Location: 40.76433 N, 87.29493 W
      Population (1990): 1033 (430 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47948
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      Location: 39.34857 N, 101.70928 W
      Population (1990): 4983 (2360 housing units)
      Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67735
   Goodland, MN
      Zip code(s): 55742

From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   gadolinium
   Symbol: Gd
   Atomic number: 64
   Atomic weight: 157.25
   Soft silvery metallic element belonging to the lanthanoids. Seven natural,
   stable isotopes are known in addition to eleven artificial isotopes.
   Gd-155 and Gd-157 and the best neutron absorbers of all elements.
   Gadolinium compounds are used in electronics. Discovered by J.C.G Marignac
   in 1880.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Godliness
      the whole of practical piety (1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:6). "It
      supposes knowledge, veneration, affection, dependence,
      submission, gratitude, and obedience." In 1 Tim. 3:16 it denotes
      the substance of revealed religion.
     
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