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{gammy}

{gammy}

{gam}

1: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn: {ham}, {jambon}] 2: hind portion of a side of bacon

1: a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood

1: (British informal) sore or lame; "a gammy foot" [also: {gammiest}, {gammier}]

1: having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel [syn: {sympetalous}]

1: United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968) [syn: {George Gamow}]

1: colloquial terms for an umbrella [syn: {brolly}]

1: a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" 2: the entire scale of musical notes

1: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risqu...

{gin} [also: {ganning}, {ganned}]

1: a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang north of Nanchang [syn: {Kan River}]

1: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; remover of obstacles [syn: {Ganesh}, {Ganesa}, {Ganesha}]

1: port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry [syn: {Gent}, {Ghent}]

1: small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation [syn: {common milkwort}, {Polygala vulgaris}]

1: mature male goose

1: daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984) [syn: {Indira Gandhi}, {Indira Nehru Gandhi}, {Mrs. Gandhi}] 2: political and spiritual leader during India's s...

1: of or relating to Mahatma Gandhi or his teachings

1: a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang

1: (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) [syn: {gonif}, {goniff}, {ganof}]

1: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; remover of obstacles [syn: {Ganesh}, {Ganesha}, {Ganapati}]

1: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; remover of obstacles [syn: {Ganesa}, {Ganesha}, {Ganapati}]

1: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; remover of obstacles [syn: {Ganesh}, {Ganesa}, {Ganapati}]

1: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: {pack}, {ring}, {mob}] 2: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" [syn: {cr...

1: a fight between rival gangs of adolescents [syn: {rumble}]

1: act as an organized group [syn: {gang}]

1: rape (someone) successively with several attackers; "The prisoner was gang-raped"

1: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside [syn: {gangplank}, {gangway}]

1: underworld organizations [syn: {organized crime}, {gangland}]

1: the foreman of a work gang

1: an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus [syn: {Ganges River}]

1: an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus [syn: {Ganges}]

1: underworld organizations [syn: {organized crime}, {gangdom}]

{ganglion}

1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" [syn: {gangly}, {lanky}, {rangy}] 2: ungracefully tall and t...

1: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons [also: {ganglia} (pl)]

1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" [syn: {gangling}, {lanky}, {rangy}] 2: ungracefully tall and...

1: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside [syn: {gangboard}, {gangway}]

1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass [syn: {sphacelus}, {slough}] 2: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) [syn: {necrosis},...

1: suffering from tissue death [syn: {mortified}]

1: (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by Clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon [syn: {gas gangrene}, {clostridial myonecrosis},...

1: a power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts

1: a criminal who is a member of gang [syn: {mobster}]

1: the girl friend of a gangster [syn: {moll}, {gun moll}]

1: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) 2: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside [syn: {gangplank}, {gangboard}] 3: passageway between seating are...

1: a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared [syn: {marijuana}, {marihuana}, {Cannabis sativa}] 2: the most commonly used illicit dru...

{gan}

1: large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish

{gan}

1: (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) [syn: {gonif}, {goniff}, {ganef}]

1: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering [syn: {ganoid fish}]

1: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering [syn: {ganoid}]

1: a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales [syn: {order Ganoidei}]

1: shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales [syn: {ganoine}]

1: shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales [syn: {ganoin}]

1: a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia [syn: {Kansu}, {Gansu province}]

1: a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia [syn: {Gansu}, {Kansu}]

1: a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract) [syn: {sulfamethoxazole}]

1: to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet" [syn: {gauntlet}] 2: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand [syn: {gauntlet}, {metal glove}] 3: a glove with...