<B>guts, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>gut.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gutsy">
<B>gutsy, </B>adjective, <B>gutsier,</B> <B>gutsiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>full of guts. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) a gutsy fighter.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) full of vitality; lusty. <BR> <I>Ex. a gutsy singer.</I> adv. <B>gutsily.</B> noun <B>gutsiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gutta">
<B>gutta, </B>noun, pl. <B>guttae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, droplike ornament in the shape of the frustum of a cone. It is attached to the under side of the mutules, etc., of the Doric entablature. <DD><B> 2. </B>a dropshaped marking, as on an insect's wing. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Pharmacy.) a drop of liquid medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="guttapercha">
<B>gutta-percha, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance like rubber, made from the thick, milky juice of certain tropical trees of the same family as the sapodilla. It is used especially in dentistry and in insulating electric wires. </DL>
<A NAME="guttate">
<B>guttate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in the form of drops. <DD><B> 2. </B>containing drops. <DD><B> 3. </B>spotted as if by drops. </DL>
<A NAME="guttated">
<B>guttated, </B>adjective. =guttate.</DL>
<A NAME="guttation">
<B>guttation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> loss of water by a plant in the form of droplets, usually from the leaf. </DL>
<A NAME="gutter">
<B>gutter</B> (1), noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a channel or ditch along the side of a street or road to carry off water; low part of a street beside the sidewalk. (SYN) conduit, duct. <DD><B> 2. </B>a channel or trough along or under the lower edge of a roof to carry off rain water. <BR> <I>Ex. The gutters could not take the water from the temporary roof.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a furrow or track made by running water. <DD><B> 4. </B>a channel; groove. <BR> <I>Ex. the gutters on either side of a bowling alley.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a low, poor, or wretched place. <BR> <I>Ex. a child of the gutter.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Printing.) the white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages of a book. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Philately.) the blank spaces between the stamps on a sheet where they are separated or perforated. <DD><I>adj. </I> (Informal.) <B>1. </B>of the lowest type or character; base or vulgar. <BR> <I>Ex. gutter language. Such gutter tactics are bound to backfire (New York Times).</I> (SYN) vile. <DD><B> 2. </B>of low value; cheap; sensational; lurid. <BR> <I>Ex. gutter journalism. The "gutter press" were dubbed in America as "yellow press" (London Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to form gutters in; furnish with gutters. <DD><B> 2. </B>to extinguish. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the sternness of her command to buckle seat belts and gutter cigarettes (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to curb. <BR> <I>Ex. Gutter your dog (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1a. </B>to flow or melt in streams. <BR> <I>Ex. The candle guttered when the melted wax ran down its sides. Water guttered down the side of the hill.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. His screen career, for all practical purposes, had guttered out (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to become channeled. <DD><B> 3. </B>to form gutters. </DL>
<A NAME="gutter">
<B>gutter</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that guts. <BR> <I>Ex. The fish gutters refuse to be photographed (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="guttersnipe">
<B>guttersnipe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) an urchin who lives in the streets; street gamin. <DD><B> 2. </B>any ill-bred person. <DD><B> 3. </B>a gatherer of rags, paper, and other salvageable waste from street gutters. </DL>
<B>gutti, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>guttus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guttifer">
<B>guttifer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant that yields gum or resin. </DL>
<A NAME="guttiferous">
<B>guttiferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> yielding gum or resin. </DL>
<A NAME="guttle">
<B>guttle, </B>intransitive verb, transitive verb, <B>-tled,</B> <B>-tling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to eat or swallow greedily. noun <B>guttler.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guttula">
<B>guttula, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany, Zoology.) a small droplike spot, as of color. </DL>
<A NAME="guttulate">
<B>guttulate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany, Zoology.) having small, droplike spots. </DL>
<A NAME="guttural">
<B>guttural, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of the throat. <DD><B> 2. </B>formed in the throat; harsh. <BR> <I>Ex. The visitor from Germany spoke in a deep, guttural voice.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>formed between the back of the tongue and the soft palate; velar. The <I>g</I> in <I>go</I> is a guttural sound. <DD><I>noun </I> a sound formed between the back of the tongue and the soft palate. The sound of the letter <I>c</I> is a guttural in the word <I>cool.</I> adv. <B>gutturally.</B> noun <B>gutturalness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gutturality">
<B>gutturality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being guttural. </DL>
<A NAME="gutturalize">
<B>gutturalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to pronounce or utter gutturally. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Phonetics.) to velarize. noun <B>gutturalization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guttus">
<B>guttus, </B>noun, pl. <B>gutti.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaeology.) a narrow-necked cruet or oil flask. </DL>
<A NAME="gutty">
<B>gutty</B> (1), adjective, <B>-tier,</B> <B>-tiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>spirited; courageous. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a pretty gutty guy (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>with depth of feeling, as if dragged up from deep inside a person. adv. <B>guttily.</B> noun <B>guttiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gutty">
<B>gutty</B> (2), adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>(Music.) like gut strings being plucked. <DD><B> 2. </B>made of gutta-percha. <BR> <I>Ex. a gutty ball.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a gutta-percha golf ball. </DL>
<A NAME="guv">
<B>guv, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) governor (as a familiar term of address for one's father, employer, or other superior). <BR> <I>Ex. "Come off it, guv," he said. "I seen you on the telly" (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="guy">
<B>guy</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>guyed,</B> <B>guying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a rope, chain, or wire attached to something to steady or secure it. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys. <BR> <I>Ex. The mast was guyed by four ropes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="guy">
<B>guy</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>guyed,</B> <B>guying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) a man or boy; fellow; chap. <BR> <I>Ex. You guys must think I'm a quitter (George Ade).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a queer-looking person. <DD><B> 3. </B>an effigy of Guy Fawkes, carried about and burned on Guy Fawkes Day. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Informal.) to make fun of; tease; ridicule. </DL>
<A NAME="guyanan">
<B>Guyanan, </B>adjective, noun. =Guyanese.</DL>
<A NAME="guyanese">
<B>Guyanese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-nese.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Guyana (the former British Guiana, in northern South America) or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> a person born or living in Guyana. </DL>
<A NAME="guyfawkesday">
<B>Guy Fawkes Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) November 5, the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605). </DL>
<A NAME="guyot">
<B>guyot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mountain, often an extinct volcano, rising from the ocean floor and having a flattened top; seamount. </DL>
<B>GVH disease,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a condition in which grafted or transplanted tissue, especially of the bone marrow, attacks the tissues of the recipient's body, instead of the more common phenomenon in which the recipient's body rejects the graft. </DL>
<A NAME="gw">
<B>GW</B> or <B>gw</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> gigawatt or gigawatts. </DL>
<A NAME="gweduc">
<B>gweduc, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, edible clam of the northwest coast of the United States. With the siphons extended, it is sometimes 3 feet or more in length. Also, <B>goeduck.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gyascutus">
<B>gyascutus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an imaginary four-legged animal supposed to be of tremendous size, to have the legs on one side of the body much shorter than those on the other, and thus to be able to keep its balance in feeding on the side of a steep mountain. </DL>
<B>gym, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a gymnasium. </DL>
<A NAME="gymkhana">
<B>gymkhana</B> or <B>gymkana, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sports contest, meet, or gathering. <DD><B> 2. </B>a building or grounds for athletic contests. </DL>
<A NAME="gymnasia">
<B>gymnasia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>gymnasium.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gymnasial">
<B>gymnasial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with the Gymnasiums of continental Europe, or similar schools elsewhere. <DD><B> 2. </B>classical as opposed to technical. </DL>
<A NAME="gymnasiarch">
<B>gymnasiarch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an official in ancient Athens in charge of the athletic schools and certain public games. <DD><B> 2. </B>a leader among athletes. <DD><B> 3. </B>a head instructor in a school or college. </DL>
<A NAME="gymnasiast">
<B>gymnasiast, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a student in a Gymnasium or classical school in Europe. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=gymnast.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gymnasium">
<B>gymnasium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-siums</B> or <B>-sia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a room or building fitted up for physical exercise or training and for indoor athletic sports. <DD><B> 2. </B>a school for gymnastics. <DD><B> 3. </B>a place where athletic exercises were practiced in ancient Greece. </DL>
