a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
<noun.food>

gumbo

long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
<noun.food>

gumbo

okra

tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
<noun.plant>

Abelmoschus esculentus

Hibiscus esculentus

gumbo

lady's-finger

okra

okra plant

any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
<noun.substance>

gumbo

gumbo soil

any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
<noun.substance>

gumbo

gumbo soil

tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
<noun.plant>

Bursera simaruba

gumbo-limbo

a boil or abscess on the gums
<noun.state>

gumboil

a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
<noun.food>

gumdrop

a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
<noun.state>

gumma

covered with adhesive gum
<adj.all>

gummed

gummy

an adhesive label
<noun.communication>

gummed label

paster

sticker

the property of being cohesive and sticky
<noun.attribute>

cohesiveness

glueyness

gluiness

gumminess

ropiness

tackiness

viscidity

viscidness

ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
<noun.act>

gumming

mumbling

a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende
<noun.substance>

gummite

disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora
<noun.state>

brown rot gummosis

gummosis

pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees
<noun.state>

gummosis

having the sticky properties of an adhesive
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gluey

glutinous

gummy

mucilaginous

pasty

sticky

viscid

viscous

covered with adhesive gum
<adj.all>

gummed

gummy

fortitude and determination
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

backbone

grit

gumption

guts

moxie

sand

sample sentences

"he didn't have the guts to try it"

sound practical judgment
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 2

common sense

good sense

gumption

horse sense

mother wit

sense

sample sentences

"Common sense is not so common"
"he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"
"fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

working hard to promote an enterprise
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

energetic

gumptious

industrious

up-and-coming

(especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
<noun.artifact>

gumshield

mouthpiece

a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
<noun.artifact>

arctic

galosh

golosh

gumshoe

rubber

someone who is a detective
<noun.person>

dick

gumshoe

hawkshaw

any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
<noun.plant>

gum plant

gumweed

rosinweed

tarweed

wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
<noun.plant>

gum

gumwood

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 72 freq. cnt.: 72

gun

large but transportable armament
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 8

artillery

gun

heavy weapon

ordnance

the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
<noun.act>

gun

sample sentences

"two runners started before the gun"
"a twenty gun salute"

a pedal that controls the throttle valve
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

accelerator

accelerator pedal

gas

gas pedal

gun

throttle

sample sentences

"he stepped on the gas"

a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
<noun.artifact>

grease gun

gun

a professional killer who uses a gun
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

gun

gun for hire

gunman

gunslinger

hired gun

hit man

hitman

shooter

torpedo

triggerman

a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
<noun.person>

gun

gunman

shoot with a gun
<verb.competition>

gun

a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

barrel

gun barrel

a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing
<noun.artifact>

gun carriage

a case for storing a gun
<noun.artifact>

gun case

chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge
<noun.artifact>

firing chamber

gun chamber

efforts to regulate or control sales of guns
<noun.act>

gun control

formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end
<noun.artifact>

gun deck

a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns
<noun.animal>

gun dog

sporting dog

strike down or shoot down
<verb.competition>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gun down

an emplacement for a gun
<noun.artifact>

gun emplacement

weapons emplacement