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G.
1.German.
2.gourde; gourdes.
3.(specific) gravity.
4.Gulf.
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g.
1.gauge.
2.gender.
3.general.
4.generally.
5.genitive.
6.going back to.
7.gold.
8.grain; grains.
9.gram; grams.
10.Football. guard.
11.British. guinea.
12.gun.
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G.  
abbr.   gulf

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guin·ea       (gĭn'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. g.
    1. A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.
    2. The sum of one pound and one shilling.
  2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.


[After the Guinea coast of Africa, the source of the gold from which it was first made.]

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gulf       (gŭlf)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. G. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.
  2. A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.
  3. A wide gap, as in understanding: "the gulf between the Victorian sensibility and our own" (Babette Deutsch).
  4. Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.

tr.v.   gulfed, gulf·ing, gulfs
To engulf.


[Middle English goulf, from Old French golfe, from Old Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, colfus, from Greek kolpos, bosom, gulf.]

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g.
  1. gender
  2. gourde
  3. guilder
  4. guinea

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G.
gulf

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