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737 words match “GUM”

GUM n. 9 definitions
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum. -- Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.
GUMBO n. 2 definitions
A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
GUMBOIL n.
A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.
GUMMA n.
A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
GUMMATOUS a.
Belonging to, or resembling, gumma.
GUMMER n.
A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
GUMMIFEROUS a.
Producing gum; gum-bearing.
GUMMINESS n.
The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
GUMMITE n.
A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.
GUMMOSITY n.
Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [R.] Floyer.
GUMMOUS a. 2 definitions
Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy.
GUMMY a.
Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum. Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. Milton. Then rubs his gummy eyes. Dryden. Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma.
GUMP n.
A dolt; a dunce. [Low.] Holloway.
GUMPTION n. 3 definitions
Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.] One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. Lord Lytton.
ALGUM n.
Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.
ALMUG; ALGUM n.
A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
AMMONIAC; GUM AMMONIAC n.
The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in wa…
ARGUMENT n. 8 definitions
Proof; evidence. [Obs.] There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity. Ray. Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion South.
ARGUMENTABLE a.
Admitting of argument. [R.] Chalmers.
ARGUMENTAL a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
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