| gunnel | 1. A gunwale. 2. <zoology> A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; especially, M. Gunnellus of Europe and America. Synonym: gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel. See: Gunwale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gunner | 1. One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer. 2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel. 3. <zoology> The great northern diver or loon. See Loon. The sea bream. Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gunnie | <chemical> Space left by the removal of ore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Gunning splint | A prosthesis fabricated from models of endentulous maxillary and mandibular arches in order to aid in reduction and fixation of a fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gunning's reaction | The formation of iodoform from acetone by iodine and ammonia in alcohol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gunning, Jan | <person> Dutch chemist, 1827-1901. See: Gunning's reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gunning, Thomas | <person> U.S. Dentist, 1813-1889. See: Gunning splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gunny cloth | A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibres (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. Olitorius and C. Capsularis), of India. The fibre is also used in the manufacture of cordage. Gunny bag, a sack made of gunny, used for coarse commodities. Origin: Hind. Gon, gon, a sack, sacking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gunpowder | <chemistry> A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting. Gunpowder consists of from 70 to 80 per cent of niter, with 10 to 15 per cent of each of the other ingredients. Its explosive energy is due to the fact that it contains the necessary amount of oxygen for its own combustion, and liberates gases (chiefly nitrogen and carbon dioxide), which occupy a thousand or fifteen hundred times more space than the powder which generated them. Gunpowder pile driver, a pile driver, the hammer of which is thrown up by the explosion of gunpowder. Gunpowder plot, a plot to destroy the King, Lords, and Commons, in revenge for the penal laws against Catholics. As Guy Fawkes, the agent of the conspirators, was about to fire the mine, which was placed under the House of Lords, he was seized, Nov. 5. Hence, Nov. 5 is known in England as Guy Fawkes Day. Gunpowder tea, a species of fine green tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a small ball or pellet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gunshot wound | A wound made with a bullet or other missile projected by a firearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gunstock | The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gunstock deformity | A form of cubitus varus resulting from condylar fracture at the elbow in which the axis of the extended forearm is not continuous with that of the arm but is displaced toward midline. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gunter's line | A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers. Synonym: line of lines, and line of numbers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gunter's quadrant | A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc, showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter's scale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gunter's scale | A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc, and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in surveying and navigation may be solved, mechanically, by the aid of dividers alone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| guanine |
one of the nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA. Guanine (G) pairs with cytosine (C) to form a rung in the DNA helix.
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| gustatory hallucination |
A hallucination involving the perception of taste (usually unpleasant).
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| guanine |
GWAN-een One of the two purine nitrogenous bases in DNA and RNA. 51
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| gumma |
local lesion of tertiary syphilis with soft tumor-like formations, histiocytes
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| gullet |
The throat.
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| GU | guide or pass over something |
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| GU | direct the course |
| GU | take somebody somewhere |
| GU | use as a guide |
| GU | be a guiding force, as with directions or advice |
| GU | a dog trained to guide the blind |
| GU | use as a guide |
| GU | something that offers basic information or instruction |
| GU | accompanied by a leader or guide |
| GU | subject to guidance or control especially after launching |
| GU | a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices |
| GU | a cruiser that carries guided missiles |