G. B. Shaw
         n 1: British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian
               Society (1856-1950) [syn: {Shaw}, {G. B. Shaw}, {George
               Bernard Shaw}]

English Dictionary: gobs	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gafsa n a city in west central Tunisia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gavage n feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat Synonym(s): forced feeding, gavage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geophagia n eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior Synonym(s): geophagy, geophagia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geophagy n eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior Synonym(s): geophagy, geophagia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gibbose adj (used of the moon) more than half full [syn: gibbous, gibbose]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gibbous adj characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column Synonym(s): crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic (used of the moon) more than half full Synonym(s): gibbous, gibbose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gibbs n United States chemist (1839-1903) [syn: Gibbs, {Josiah Willard Gibbs}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gipsy n a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" Synonym(s): itinerant, gypsy, gipsy a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) Synonym(s): Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go back v belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" Synonym(s): go back, date back, date from return in thought or speech to something Synonym(s): recur, go back regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" Synonym(s): recover, go back, recuperate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Go Fish n a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gobs n a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers" Synonym(s): tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
GPS n a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver Synonym(s): Global Positioning System, GPS
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
GSPC n an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa Synonym(s): Salafist Group, Salafast Group for Call and Combat, GSPC
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gyps n a genus of Accipitridae Synonym(s): Gyps, genus Gyps
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gypsy n a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" Synonym(s): itinerant, gypsy, gipsy a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) Synonym(s): Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian the Indic language of the Gypsies Synonym(s): Romany, Gypsy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gibbose \Gib*bose"\, a. [L. gibbosus, fr. gibbus, gibba, hunch,       hump. Cf. {Gibbous}.]       Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one       or more large elevations. --Brande & C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.]       1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;             convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and             the full moon.                         The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.                                                                               --Wiseman.          2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --             {Gib"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gibfish \Gib"fish`\, n.       The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gipsy \Gip"sy\, n. a.       See {Gypsy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gives \Gives\, n. pl. [See {Give}, n.]       Fetters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goaf \Goaf\; n.; pl. {Goafs}or {Goaves}. [Cf. lst {Gob}.]       (Mining)       That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially       or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called       also {gob} .          {To work the goaf} [or] {gob}, to remove the pillars of             mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and             replace them with props. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goaf \Goaf\; n.; pl. {Goafs}or {Goaves}. [Cf. lst {Gob}.]       (Mining)       That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially       or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called       also {gob} .          {To work the goaf} [or] {gob}, to remove the pillars of             mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and             replace them with props. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goaves \Goaves\ (g[omac]vz), n. pl. [See {Goaf}, n.] (Mining)       Old workings. See {Goaf}. --Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goby \Go"by\, n.; pl. {Gobies}. [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr.       [?] Cf. {Gudgeon}.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus       {Gobius} and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypse \Gypse\, n. [F.]       See {Gypsum}. [Obs.] --Pococke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsey \Gyp"sey\, n.       A gypsy. See {Gypsy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\, [or] Gipsy moth \Gip"sy, moth\ .       A tussock moth (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but       accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about       1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit,       shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is       yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male.       In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark       lunule. The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish       mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and       red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving       rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in       July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on       tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\, n.; pl. {Gypsies}. [OE. Gypcyan, F. gyptien       Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See {Egyptian}.] [Also spelled       gipsy and gypsey.]       1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally             from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are             now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain,             England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling,             horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. {Bohemian}, {Romany}.                         Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,                      Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. --Shak.          2. The language used by the gypsies. --Shak.          3. A dark-complexioned person. --Shak.          4. A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ a.       Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.          {Gypsy hat}, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually             of straw or felt.          {Gypsy winch}, a small winch, which may be operated by a             crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up             and down.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\, v. i.       To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly.       {Gyp"sy*ing}, vb. n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gabbs, NV (city, FIPS 25900)       Location: 38.86770 N, 117.92153 W       Population (1990): 667 (290 housing units)       Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 89409
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gibbs, MO (town, FIPS 26920)       Location: 40.09796 N, 92.41630 W       Population (1990): 89 (43 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 63540
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gipsy, MO       Zip code(s): 63750
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
GIPS /gips/ or /jips/ n.   [analogy with {MIPS}]    Giga-Instructions per Second (also possibly `Gillions of    Instructions per Second'; see {gillion}).   In 1991, this is used of    only a handful of highly parallel machines, but this is expected to    change.   Compare {KIPS}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gubbish /guhb'*sh/ n.   [a portmanteau of `garbage' and    `rubbish'; may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick]    Garbage; crap; nonsense.   "What is all this gubbish?"   The opposite    portmanteau `rubbage' is also reported; in fact, it was British    slang during the 19th century and appears in Dickens.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gbps          {gigabits per second}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GIPS          /gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with {MIPS}] Giga-Instructions per       Second (or possibly "Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see       {gillion}).          In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel       machines and one sequential processor built with {Josephson       device}s.   {DEC}'s {Alpha AXP 21164} processor was the first       commercially available 1 GIPS sequential processor (7 Sep       1994).   Compare {KIPS}.          ["A 1-GIPS Josephson Data Processor", Yuji Hatano et al, IEEE       J Solid State Circuits, vol 26, 6, June 1991]          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-11-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
go voice          When two or more parties stop communicating       digitally and resuming the conversation via voice       communication over the telephone.          Prototypically this is used (e.g., "Wanna go voice?") between       two modem users to denote the action of picking up the phone       while shutting off the modem, in order to use the same line       for voice communication as had was being used for data       transmission.          Compare: {Voice-Net}.          (1997-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GPS          {Global Positioning System}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GPSS          General Purpose Systems Simulator.   Geoffrey Gordon, 1960.       Discrete simulations.   "The Application of GPSS V to Discrete       System Simulation", G.   Gordon, P-H 1975.   Versions include       GPSS II (1963), GPSS III (1965), GPS/360 (1967), and GPSS V       (1970).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GPX          Early system on UNIVAC II.   Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gubbish          /guhb'*sh/ (A portmanteau of "garbage" and "rubbish"       which may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick)       Garbage; crap; nonsense.   "What is all this gubbish?"   The       opposite portmanteau "rubbage" is also reported.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-05-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Gypsy          Specification and verification of {concurrent} systems       software.   {Message} passing using named {mailbox}es.       Separately compilable units: routine (procedure, function, or       process), type and constant definition, each with a list of       access rights.          ["Report on the Language Gypsy", A.L.   Ambler et al, UT Austin       ICSCS-CMP-1976-08-1].