Gry (n.) Anything very small, or of little value.
Gryde (v. i.) To gride. See Gride.
Gryfon (n.) See Griffin.
Gryllus (n.) A genus of insects including the common crickets.
Grype (v. t.) To gripe.
Grype (n.) A vulture; the griffin.
Gryphaea (n.) A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.
Gryphite (n.) A shell of the genus Gryphea.
Gryphon (n.) The griffin vulture.
Grysbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.
Guacharo (n.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.
Guachos (pl. ) of Guacho
Guacho (n.) One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.
Guacho (n.) An Indian who serves as a messenger.
Guaco (n.) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites.
Guaco (n.) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
Guaiac (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.
Guaiac (n.) Guaiacum.
Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
Guaiacum (n.) The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine.
Guan (n.) 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.
Guana (n.) See Iguana.
Guanacos (pl. ) of Guanaco
Guanaco (n.) 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 (n.) A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, 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.
Guaniferous (a.) Yielding guano.
Guanin (n.) A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.
Guanos (pl. ) of Guano
Guano (n.) 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 (n.) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.
Guara (n.) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.
Guarana (n.) 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 (n.) An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.
Guarantees (pl. ) of Guarantee
Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.
Guarantee (n.) One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
Guarantee (n.) The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor.
guaranteed (imp. & p. p.) of Guarantee
Guaranteeing (p, pr. & vb. n.) of Guarantee
Guarantee (n.) 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 at all avents; 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 (n.) One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.
Guarantor (n.) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.
Guaranies (pl. ) of Guaranty
Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.
Guarantied (imp. & p. p.) of Guaranty
Guarantying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guaranty
Guaranty (n.) 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.
Guarded (imp. & p. p.) of Guard
Gurding (p. pr. &, vb. n.) of Guard
Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.
Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
Guard (n.) To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
Guard (n.) To fasten by binding; to gird.
Guard (v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.
Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.
Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.
Guard (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.
Guard (v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss
Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
Guard (v. t.) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment.
Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision.
Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger.
Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.
Guard (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.
Guard (v. t.) An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.
Guard (v. t.) Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.
Guardable (v. t.) Capable of being guarded or protected.
Guardage (v. t.) Wardship
Guardant (v. t.) Acting as guardian.
Guardant (v. t.) Same as Gardant.
Guardant (n.) A guardian.
Guarded (a.) Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.
Guardenage (n.) Guardianship.
Guarder (n.) One who guards.
Guardfish (n.) The garfish.
Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.
Guardhouse (n.) A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
Guardian (v. t.) One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.
Guardian (v. t.) One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.
Guardian (a.) Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.
Guardianage (n.) Guardianship.
Guardiance (n.) Guardianship.
Guardianess (n.) A female guardian.
Guardianless (a.) Without a guardian.
Guardianship (n.) The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
Guardless (a.) Without a guard or defense; unguarded.
Guardroom (n.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.
Guards (n. pl.) A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
Guardship (n.) Care; protection.
Guardsmen (pl. ) of Guardsman
Guardsman (n.) One who guards; a guard.
Guardsman (n.) A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.
Guarish (v. t.) To heal.
Guatemala grass () See Teosinte.
Guava (n.) 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.
Gubernance (n.) Government.
Gubernate (v. t.) To govern.