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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: guardant - guerre a outrance</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="guardant"> guardant, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. guarding; protecting. <DD>noun (Obsolete.) a guard; guardian. </DL> <A NAME="guardcell"> guard cell,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) one of the two specialized kidney-shaped cells of the plant epidermis that control the size of the stomata by expanding and contracting. </DL> <A NAME="guarddog"> guard dog, =watchdog.</DL> <A NAME="guardduty"> guard duty,<DL COMPACT><DD> military duties involving the watching over prisoners, equipment, or a particular area. </DL> <A NAME="guarded"> guarded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. kept safe; carefully watched over; defended; protected. (SYN) watched. <DD> 2. careful; prudent; cautious. Ex. "Maybe" was his guarded answer to my question. (SYN) circumspect. adv. guardedly. noun guardedness. </DL> <A NAME="guardee"> guardee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a member of the guards; guardsman. </DL> <A NAME="guardhair"> guard hair,<DL COMPACT><DD> the long, coarse hair in the fur of an animal. </DL> <A NAME="guardhouse"> guardhouse, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a building used by soldiers on guard. <DD> 2. a building used as a jail for soldiers. </DL> <A NAME="guardian"> guardian, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person who takes care of another or of some special thing; defender. Ex. A minister or priest is considered a guardian of the faith. (SYN) protector. <DD> 2. a person appointed by law to take care of the affairs of someone who is young or cannot take care of them himself. Ex. Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. (SYN) trustee, warden, keeper, guard. <DD>adj. protecting. Ex. My guardian spirit must have looked after me then. (SYN) guarding. </DL> <A NAME="guardianadlitem"> guardian ad litem,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a person appointed in a particular lawsuit to take charge of the interests of an infant or other person who is legally incapacitated. </DL> <A NAME="guardianangel"> guardian angel,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an angel thought of as watching over a particular person or place. <DD> 2. a person in the same role. </DL> <A NAME="guardianbynature"> guardian by nature,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) either natural parent of a minor. </DL> <A NAME="guardianship"> guardianship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position or care of a guardian. </DL> <A NAME="guardless"> guardless, adjective. =unguarded.</DL> <A NAME="guardofhonor"> guard of honor, =honor guard.</DL> <A NAME="guardrail"> guardrail, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rail or railing for protection, such as one at the side of a highway or stairway. </DL> <A NAME="guardring"> guard ring,<DL COMPACT><DD> a narrow finger ring worn to keep another ring from slipping off. </DL> <A NAME="guardroom"> guardroom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a room used by soldiers on guard. <DD> 2. a room used as a jail for soldiers. </DL> <A NAME="guards"> guards, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under guard. </DL> <A NAME="guardsman"> guardsman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =guard. <DD> 2. a soldier who belongs to the National Guard. <DD> 3. (British.) a member of a regiment of the Foot Guards attached to the royal household. </DL> <A NAME="guardsvan"> guard's van,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) the railroad car or compartment occupied by the conductor. </DL> <A NAME="guargum"> guar gum,<DL COMPACT><DD> the gum obtained from the seeds of the guar, used as a thickening or stabilizing agent in foods and cosmetics, in sizings for textiles and paper, and in the manufacture of paper. </DL> <A NAME="guarnerius"> Guarnerius, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a violin made in the 1600's and 1700's by Giuseppe Guarneri or a member of his family. </DL> <A NAME="guarri"> guarri, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of several South African trees or shrubs of the ebony family, whose fruit and leaves are much valued by natives. <DD> 2. the fruit of these trees or shrubs. </DL> <A NAME="guatemalan"> Guatemalan, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with Guatemala or its inhabitants. <DD>noun a person born or living in Guatemala. </DL> <A NAME="guatemaltecan"> Guatemaltecan, noun, adjective. =Guatemalan.</DL> <A NAME="guatemalteco"> guatemalteco, noun, pl. -cos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) a Guatemalan. </DL> <A NAME="guava"> guava, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a tropical American tree or shrub with a yellow or red, round or pear-shaped fruit. It belongs to the myrtle family. <DD> 2. its fruit, used especially for jelly and jam. </DL> <A NAME="guayabera"> guayabera, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) a loose-fitting shirt, worn especially by Cuban men. Ex. The top suggests a Cuban guayabera, or workman's shirt (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="guayacan"> guayacan, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various trees of tropical America; guaiacum. </DL> <A NAME="guayule"> guayule, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small shrub of the composite family, growing in the Mexican desert and cultivated in California, Texas, and Arizona. Rubber is obtained from its juice. <DD> 2. Also, guayule rubber. this rubber. </DL> <A NAME="gubbins"> gubbins, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) <DD> 1. mechanical devices or contrivances; gadgets. Ex. A relatively cheap aeroplane ... it will carry all the electronic gubbins used in an F-104G fighter (New Scientist). <DD> 2. worthless fragments or parings; refuse. </DL> <A NAME="gubernatorial"> gubernatorial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a governor; having to do with a governor. Ex. The first gubernatorial primary will be held on May 8 (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="guberniya"> guberniya, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (in the former Soviet Union) an administrative subdivision of a district or province. <DD> 2. a territorial subdivision or province in Russia before 1917. </DL> <A NAME="guck"> guck, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD> 1. a slimy substance; oozy, sticky dirt; gunk. Ex. to clean the guck out of the gutters. <DD> 2. anything unpleasant, especially something unappetizing. <DD> 3. something left over and useless; waste. Ex. The astronauts released the guck into outer space. </DL> <A NAME="gucky"> gucky, adjective, guckier, guckiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) like guck; oozy; slushy. </DL> <A NAME="guddle"> guddle, verb, -dled, -dling.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to grope for fish under the banks of a stream. <DD> 2. (Figurative:) Ex. ... guddling in vain for a word, none are at a loss for an answer (W. H. Auden). <DD>v.t. to catch (fish) by guddling. Ex. Take a firm hold and pull it out. It is just like guddling a trout (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="gude"> gude, adjective, noun, interjection, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) good. </DL> <A NAME="gudgeon"> gudgeon (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a small European freshwater fish that is easy to catch and is often used for bait. It is related to the carp. <DD> 2. any one of several other small fishes; minnow. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a person easily fooled or cheated. <DD> 4. a bait. <DD>v.t. to cheat; dupe. </DL> <A NAME="gudgeon"> gudgeon (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the metal pin or axle on which a wheel turns. <DD> 2. a socket or eye for a metal pin or axle. <DD> 3. a metal pin used to join two blocks of stone. </DL> <A NAME="gudrun"> Gudrun, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Norse Mythology.) the daughter of the king of the Nibelungs and wife of Sigurd (Siegfried). </DL> <A NAME="gueber"> Gueber or Guebre, noun. =Gheber.</DL> <A NAME="guelderrose"> guelder-rose, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cultivated cranberry tree having round clusters of white flowers; snowball. </DL> <A NAME="guelph"> Guelph or Guelf, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a member of a political party that supported the popes in their struggle with the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire in medieval Italy. The Guelphs opposed the Ghibellines. <DD> 2. a member of a German family of princes, ancestors of the present British royal family. <DD>adj. =Guelphic. </DL> <A NAME="guelphic"> Guelphic or Guelfic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Guelphs. </DL> <A NAME="guemal"> guemal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> either of two species of medium-sized, South American deer that have two-pronged antlers. Also, guemul, huemul. </DL> <A NAME="guemul"> guemul, noun. =guemal.</DL> <A NAME="guenon"> guenon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various long-tailed monkeys, including the grivet and green monkey. </DL> <A NAME="guerche"> guerche, noun. =girsh.</DL> <A NAME="guerdon"> guerdon, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Poetic.) <DD>noun a reward. Ex. Verse, like the laurel, its immortal meed, Should be the guerdon of a noble deed (William Cowper). <DD>v.t. to reward; recompense. noun guerdoner. </DL> <A NAME="guereza"> guereza, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a large Abyssinian monkey having long, white hair on the end of the tail and on the sides of the otherwise black body. <DD> 2. any one of several related species. </DL> <A NAME="gueridon"> gueridon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a round table supported by a central column, branching into three feet. </DL> <A NAME="guerilla"> guerilla, noun, adjective. =guerrilla.</DL> <A NAME="guerillero"> guerillero, noun, pl. -ros. =guerrillero.</DL> <A NAME="guernsey"> guernsey, noun, pl. -seys.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a close-fitting knitted woolen shirt or sweater worn by sailors. <DD> 2. (Australian.) a jersey worn by football players. </DL> <A NAME="guernsey"> Guernsey, noun, pl. -seys.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of tan-and-white dairy cattle resembling the Jersey, but somewhat larger. Guernseys give rich, cream-colored milk. </DL> <A NAME="guerreaoutrance"> guerre a outrance,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) struggle to the bitter end. </DL> <A HREF="guerrill.dic">NEXT</A>