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gunstock stile
nounVery Low (Specialist/Technical)
/ˈɡʌn.stɒk ˌstaɪl/A type of fence or barrier stile where the supporting posts are shaped like the stock (handle) of a rifle, allowing a person to climb over while preventing livestock from passing.
gunter
nounVery Low
/ˈɡʌntə/A specific type of rigging (a wire, rope, or spar) used on a sailing boat, especially for a topsail or a lugsail, where the yard can be raised to nearly vertical.
gunter rig
nounVery Low
/ˈɡʌntə rɪɡ/A type of sailing rig where the sail is extended upward by a sliding spar (gunter yard) that is hoisted nearly vertical alongside the mast.
gunter's chain
nounC2
/ˈɡʌntəz ˌtʃeɪn/A specific measuring chain, 66 feet long, divided into 100 links, used historically for land surveying.
gunther
nounLow
/ˈɡʊntə/A male given name of Germanic origin.
guntur
nounLow (specific to Malay/Indonesian contexts)
/ˈɡʊntʊə/A Malay/Indonesian word meaning 'thunder'.
gunwale
nounLow
/ˈɡʌnəl/The upper edge or planking along the side of a boat or ship.
gunyah
nounVery Low / Regional
/ˈɡʌnjɑː/A temporary or rough shelter, especially one made of natural materials like bark and branches by Aboriginal Australians.
gunz
nounC1
/ɡʌnz/Weapons designed to discharge projectiles through a barrel, typically using an explosive charge.
guo moruo
nounLow
/ˌɡwɔː ˈmɔːr.wɔː/A proper noun referring to a prominent 20th-century Chinese writer, historian, and politician.
guppy
nounB1
/ˈɡʌpi/A small, brightly colored freshwater fish (Poecilia reticulata), popular in home aquariums.
gupta
nounLow
/ˈɡʊptə/A surname of Indian origin.
gur
nounC2
/ɡʊə/A coarse dark sugar made from palm sap.
gurdjieff
nounVery Low (Specialist/Proper Noun)
/ˈɡɜːdʒiːɛf/A proper noun referring to George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1866–1949), a mystic, philosopher, spiritual teacher, and composer of Greek-Armenian origin.
gurdwara
nounLow
/ɡʊəˈdwɑːrə/A Sikh place of worship and community gathering.
gurge
nounverb-intransitiveObsolete/Rare
/ɡɜːdʒ/To swirl or whirl around in a vortex; to engulf in a swirling motion (as a whirlpool or vortex does).
gurgitation
nounRare
/ˌɡɜː.dʒɪˈteɪ.ʃən/A boiling or surging movement, often of liquid.
gurgle
nounverbverb-intransitive+1B2
/ˈɡɜː.ɡl̩/To make a low, bubbling sound like water flowing or gas through a liquid.
gurglet
nounVery Low
/ˈɡɜːɡlɪt/A type of porous earthenware water bottle or jar that cools water through evaporation.
gurindji
nounC1
/ɡʊˈrɪn.dʒi/An Aboriginal Australian language spoken in the Northern Territory, or the people who speak this language.

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