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Grow

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.

Growan

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Grower

One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.

growing

increasing in intensity of some quality.

Growl

The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.

grownup

fully developed; adult; mature; -- of people and animals; as, Act like a grownup!.

Growse

To shiver; to have chills.

Growth

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.

Grub

The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.

Grubber

One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.

Grubble

To feel or grope in the dark.

Grubby

Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Grudge

Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.

Grudgingness

The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.

Gruel

A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.

gruelling grueling

characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign.

Gruelly

Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

gruesome

Ugly; frightful. Same as grewsome.

Gruf

Forwards; with one's face to the ground.

Gruff

Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.

Gruidae

The natural family comprising the cranes.

Gruiformes

An order of inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food, including cranes, rails, and bustards.

Grum

Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim.

Grumble

The noise of one that grumbles.

Grume

A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.

Grumose

Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.

Grumous

Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

Grumpy

Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.

Grundyism

Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism.

grungy

thickily covered with ingrained dirt or soot; as, a grungy kitchen.

Grunt

A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.

Grunter

One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.

Gruntle

To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.

Grus

A constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.

Gry

A measure equal to one tenth of a line.

Gryde

To gride. See Gride.

Gryllus

A genus of insects including the common crickets.

Grype

A vulture; the griffin.

Gryphaea

A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.

Grysbok

A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.

Guacharo

A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

Guacho

One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.

Guaco

A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.

Guadalcanal

a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth.

Guaiac

Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. Guaiacum.

Guaiacol

A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in the past for treating pulmonary tuberculosis.

Guaiacum

A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.

Guaira

a great waterfall on the Brazil-Paraguay border.

guama

A tropical tree of Central America and the West Indies and Puerto Rico (Inga laurina) having spikes of white flowers; it is used as shade for coffee plantations.

Guan

Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.

Guanaco

A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state.

Guanidine

A strongly alkaline base, NH2.CNH.NH2, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.

Guanin

A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.

Guano

A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.

Guara

The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.

Guarana

A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

Guaranine

An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.

Guarantee

In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or in all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty.

Guarantor

One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety. One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.

Guaranty

In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t.

Guard

To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.

Guardable

Capable of being guarded or protected.

Guarded

Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.

Guardhouse

A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.

Guardian

Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

Guardianship

The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

Guardless

Without a guard or defense; unguarded.

guardrail

a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety.

Guardroom

The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.

Guards

A body of picked troops; as, /The Household Guards./

Guava

A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.

guck

any thick messy substance.

Gudgeon

To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.

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