English words starting with gu

Meanings of Gu:

adjective

Relating to the genital organs (= outer sexual organs) and the urinary organs (= the parts of the body that produce and carry urine)

Usage examples:

Genitourinary medicine she is a consultant in genitourinary medicine., it may be an autoimmune reac…

Meanings of Guacamole:

noun

A dish of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onion, tomatoes, chilli peppers, and seasoning.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the best-known avocado dish is guacamole.

Meanings of Guacharo:

noun

A large, nocturnal, fruit-eating bird that resembles a nightjar and lives in caves in central and south america.

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Humboldt, primarily a geographer, documented the biology of the andean condor and discovered the gu…

Meanings of Guacharos:

noun

A large, nocturnal, fruit-eating bird that resembles a nightjar and lives in caves in central and south america.

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Humboldt, primarily a geographer, documented the biology of the andean condor and discovered the gu…

Meanings of Guaiac:

noun

Brown resin obtained from guaiacum trees, used as a flavouring and in varnishes.

Usage examples:

Mint flavoring compositions and wax-free gum bases are provided which are stabilized using gum guai…

Meanings of Guaiacol:

noun

An oily yellow liquid with a penetrating odour, obtained by distilling wood tar or guaiac, used as a flavouring and an expectorant.

Usage examples:

The two main synthetic sources of synthetic vanillin are from guaiacol (chemical industry) and from…

Meanings of Guaiacum:

noun

An evergreen tree of the caribbean and tropical america, formerly important for its hard, heavy, oily timber but now scarce.

Usage examples:

The hapsburg charles v also controlled spain and, consequently, all shipping to and from hispaniola…

Meanings of Guaiacums:

noun

An evergreen tree of the caribbean and tropical america, formerly important for its hard, heavy, oily timber but now scarce.

Usage examples:

The hapsburg charles v also controlled spain and, consequently, all shipping to and from hispaniola…

Meanings of Guajillo:

noun

A moderately hot variety of chilli pepper, used especially in mexican cooking.

Usage examples:

House-made vodka infused with guajillo, cayenne, and mexican red pepper

Meanings of Guam:

proper noun

The largest and southernmost of the mariana islands, administered as an unincorporated territory of the us; population 170,000 (estimated 2015); languages, english (official), austronesian languages; capital, agaña. guam was ceded to the us by spain in 1898.

noun

An island in micronesia that is a us territory but has its own government

Usage examples:

Guam became a us territory in december of 1898., halfway between guam and vietnam, we experienced e…

Meanings of Guan:

noun

A large tree-dwelling bird of tropical american rainforests.

Usage examples:

One of the habituated birds i remember best was a piping guan - a chicken-sized bird normally found…

Meanings of Guanabana:

noun

Another name for soursop (= a large tropical fruit with white flesh and a green skin covered with sharp points, or the tree on which it grows)

Usage examples:

My favourite flavour was the guanabana., she grew up among the mango, guanabana and avocado trees.

Meanings of Guanaco:

noun

A wild andean mammal similar to the domestic llama, which is probably derived from it. it has a valuable pale brown pelt.

Usage examples:

Both the llama and the alpaca are domesticated forms long believed to be descended from the guanaco…

Meanings of Guanacos:

noun

A wild andean mammal similar to the domestic llama, which is probably derived from it. it has a valuable pale brown pelt.

Usage examples:

Both the llama and the alpaca are domesticated forms long believed to be descended from the guanaco…

Meanings of Guanche:

noun

A member of a people speaking a berber language who formerly inhabited the canary islands.

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The native population of the canary islands were the guanches, a white race, vigorous, of high stat…

Meanings of Guanidin:

noun

A strongly basic crystalline compound, used in organic synthesis.

Usage examples:

Although a molecule of guanidine contains only five hydrogen atoms, it can effectively store nine b…

Meanings of Guanidine:

noun

A strongly basic crystalline compound, used in organic synthesis.

Usage examples:

Although a molecule of guanidine contains only five hydrogen atoms, it can effectively store nine b…

Meanings of Guanine:

noun

A compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. a pure derivative, it is paired with cytosine in double-stranded dna.

Usage examples:

There are four dna bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine (a, c, g, and t).

Meanings of Guano:

noun

The excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer.

Usage examples:

Millennia of visiting seabirds left large fossilized guano deposits on nauru.

Meanings of Guanos:

noun

The excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer.

Usage examples:

Millennia of visiting seabirds left large fossilized guano deposits on nauru.

Meanings of Guanosine:

noun

A compound consisting of guanine combined with ribose, present in all living tissue in combined form as nucleotides.

Usage examples:

Standards (adenosine, cytidine, guanosine, pseudouridine, and uridine) were used to determine the o…

Meanings of Guans:

noun

A large tree-dwelling bird of tropical american rainforests.

Usage examples:

One of the habituated birds i remember best was a piping guan - a chicken-sized bird normally found…

Meanings of Guar:

noun

A drought-resistant plant of the pea family, which is grown as a vegetable and fodder crop and as a source of guar gum, native to dry regions of africa and asia.

Usage examples:

The guar, or cluster bean, provides a gum that has 8 times the thickening power of cornstarch.

Meanings of Guarache:

noun

A leather-thonged sandal, originally worn by mexican indians.

Usage examples:

Items such as sarapes (serapes, or shawls) and huaraches, as well as other clothing symbolic of mex…

Meanings of Guarana:

noun

A substance prepared from the seeds of a brazilian shrub, used as a tonic or stimulant.

Usage examples:

Plus, some herbal products billed as energy boosters or fat burners contain caffeine-rich herbs suc…