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- English Word Guaiac Definition Guaiacum.
- English Word Guaiacum Definition A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
- English Word Guaiacum Definition The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine.
- English Word Guan Definition Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.
- English Word Guana Definition See Iguana.
- English Word Guanaco Definition A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state.
- English Word Guanacos Definition of Guanaco
- English Word Guanidine Definition A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.
- English Word Guaniferous Definition Yielding guano.
- English Word Guanin Definition A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.
- English Word Guano Definition A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.
- English Word Guanos Definition of Guano
- English Word Guara Definition The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.
- English Word Guara Definition A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.
- English Word Guarana Definition A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.
- English Word Guaranies Definition of Guaranty
- English Word Guaranine Definition An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.
- English Word Guarantee Definition In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.
- English Word Guarantee Definition One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
- English Word Guarantee Definition The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor.