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

1: a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. [syn: {gauntry}]

1: the largest of Jupiter's satellites

1: an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United...

1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: {jail}, {jail...

1: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: {convict}, {con}, {inmate}, {jailbird}]

1: an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" [syn: {break}, {breakout}, {jailbreak}, {prisonbreak}, {prison-breaking}]

1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard}, {jailer}, {jailor}, {screw}, {turnkey}]

1: a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" [syn: {spread}] 2: an open or empty space in or betwee...

1: having widely spaced teeth; "his gap-toothed grin"

1: an expression of open-mouthed astonishment 2: a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open) v 1: look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: {goggle}, {gawp}, {gawk}] 2: be wide open; "the deep g...

1: with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape" [syn: {agape(p)}]

{gap}

1: a musical scale with fewer than seven notes

{gap}

1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn: {garfish}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus osseus}] 2: elongate European surf...

1: an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles 2: a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired [syn: {service department}] v : keep or store in a garage; "we don't ...

1: an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises [syn: {yard sale}]

1: the extension of a mechanic's lien to include payment for work on automobiles

1: arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit [syn: {garambulla cactus}, {Myrtillocactus geometrizans}] 2: small berrylike fruit

1: arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit [syn: {garambulla}, {Myrtillocactus geometrizans}]

1: an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract [syn: {gentamicin}]

1: a semiautomatic rifle [syn: {Garand rifle}, {M-1}, {M-1 rifle}]

1: a semiautomatic rifle [syn: {Garand}, {M-1}, {M-1 rifle}]

1: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: {attire}, {dress}] v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their...

1: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: {refuse}, {food waste}, {scraps}] 2: a worthless message [syn: {drivel}] 3: a receptacle where garbage is discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread int...

1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn: {ashcan}, {trash can}, {wastebin}, {ash bin}, {ash-bin}, {ashbin}, {dustbin}, {trash barrel}, {trash bin}]

1: a hauler of garbage; "there is a web site where licensed carters and would-be customers can make connections" [syn: {carter}, {garbage hauler}]

1: the collection and removal of garbage [syn: {garbage pickup}, {trash collection}, {trash pickup}]

1: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse [syn: {garbage man}, {refuse collector}, {dustman}]

1: a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage [syn: {disposal}, {electric pig}]

1: eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake" [syn: {gobble up}, {shovel in}, {bolt down}]

1: a piece of land where waste materials are dumped [syn: {dump}, {trash dump}, {rubbish dump}, {wasteyard}, {waste-yard}, {dumpsite}]

1: a hauler of garbage; "there is a web site where licensed carters and would-be customers can make connections" [syn: {carter}, {garbage carter}]

1: an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter [syn: {junk heap}, {rubbish heap}, {scrapheap}, {trash heap}, {junk pile}, {trash pile}, {refuse heap}]

1: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse [syn: {garbage collector}, {refuse collector}, {dustman}]

1: the collection and removal of garbage [syn: {garbage collection}, {trash collection}, {trash pickup}]

1: a truck for collecting domestic refuse; "in England a garbage truck is called a dustcart" [syn: {dustcart}]

1: the seed of the chickpea plant [syn: {chickpea}] 2: large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried [syn: {chickpea}]

1: dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "...

1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: {falsify}, {distort}, {warp}]

1: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: {confused}, {disconnecte...

1: United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990) [syn: {Greta Garbo}, {Greta Louisa Gustafsson}]

1: the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship [syn: {garboard plank}, {garboard strake}]

1: the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship [syn: {garboard}, {garboard strake}]

1: the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship [syn: {garboard}, {garboard plank}]

1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: {tumult}, {tumultuousness}, {uproar}]

1: the study of a society by analyzing its garbage

1: Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936) [syn: {Frederico Garcia Lorca}, {Lorca}]

1: evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens [syn: {genus Garcinia}]

1: low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered [syn: {gamboge tree}, {Garcinia hanburyi}, {Garcinia gummi-gutta}]

1: low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered [syn: {gamboge tree}, {Garcinia hanburyi}, {Garcinia cambogia}]

1: low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered [syn: {gamboge tree}, {Garcinia cambogia}, {Garcinia gummi-gutta}]

1: East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit [syn: {mangosteen}, {mangosteen tree}]

1: looking forward [syn: {guardant(ip)}, {gardant(ip)}, {full-face}]

1: a plot of ground where plants are cultivated 2: the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden 3: a yard or lawn adjoining a house v : work in the garden; "My hobby is...

1: a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally [syn: {archangel}, {Angelica Archangelica}]

1: bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America [syn: {lemon balm}, {sweet balm}, {b...

1: a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels [syn: {barrow}, {lawn cart}, {wheelbarrow}]

1: minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops [syn: {garden symphilid}, {symphilid}, {Scutigerella immaculata}]