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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.

Gue

A sharper; a rogue.

Guelderrose'

A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree.

Guelf Guelph

One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.

Guenon

Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus (formerly classified as Cercocebus), such as as the green monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus) and grivet (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis).

Guerdon

To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for.

Guereza

A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.

Guerite

A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.

Guerrilla

Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.

Guess

An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.

Guesser

One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing.

guesstimate

an estimate based on little information, being little better than a guess.

Guesswork

Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.

Guest

To be, or act the part of, a guest.

Guevi

One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (Cephalophus pygm/a); -- called also pygmy antelope.

Guevina

A genus having only one species: the Chilean nut.

guff

A ludicrously false statment.

Guffaw

A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.

Guffer

The eelpout; guffer eel.

Guhr

A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher.

Guiacol

A colorless liquid, C6H4.OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, and produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin.

Guib

A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba.

Guicowar

[Mahratta g/ekw/r, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.

Guidable

Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled.

Guidage

The reward given to a guide for services.

Guidance

The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

Guide

A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.

Guideboard

A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road.

Guidebook

A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.

guideline

a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; -- used as a direction to administrators from superiors.

guidelines

a rule or set of rules giving guidance on how to behave in a situation.

Guidepost

A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

Guidguid

A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; -- called also barking bird.

Guidon

A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon.

Guige Gige

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

Guild

An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.

Guilder

A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden.

Guildhall

The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.

Guile

To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude.

Guileful

Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty.

Guiler

A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile.

Guillemot

One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.

Guilloche

An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.

Guilt

The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right.

Guilty

Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment; as, guilty of murder.

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