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   gas chamber
         n 1: instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into
               which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or
               animals [syn: {gas chamber}, {death chamber}]

English Dictionary: Gioacchino Pecci by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gas company
n
  1. a public utility that provides gas [syn: gas company, gas service]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gas embolism
n
  1. obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving
    Synonym(s): air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism
  2. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
    Synonym(s): decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gazump
v
  1. rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook]
    Antonym(s): undercharge
  2. raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Giacomo Puccini
n
  1. Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924)
    Synonym(s): Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gioacchino Pecci
n
  1. Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
    Synonym(s): Leo XIII, Gioacchino Pecci, Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guaiacum officinale
n
  1. small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin
    Synonym(s): lignum vitae, Guaiacum officinale
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gossaniferous \Gos`san*if"er*ous\, a. [Gossan + -ferous.]
      Containing or producing gossan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lignum-vitae \[d8]Lig"num-vi"tae\ (-v[imac]"t[emac]), n. [L.,
      wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[91], life.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree ({Guaiacum officinale}) found in the warm latitudes of
      America, from which the {guaiacum} of medicine is procured.
      Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various
      mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks,
      cogs, bearings, and the like. See {Guaiacum}.
  
      Note: In New Zealand the {Metrosideros buxifolia} is called
               lignum-vit[91], and in Australia a species of {Acacia}.
               The bastard lignum-vit[91] is a West Indian tree
               ({Sarcomphalus laurinus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
      name in Hayti.]
      1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
            tropical America.
  
      2. The heart wood or the resin of the {Guaiacum offinale} or
            lignum-vit[91], a large tree of the West Indies and
            Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
            also {guaiac}.]
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