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href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614050/fylfot.html"><font class="wordWheelText">fylfot</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561504865/Fyn.html"><font class="wordWheelText">Fyn</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561504866/fynbos.html"><font class="wordWheelText">fynbos</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614051/fz_.html"><font class="wordWheelText">fz.</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img height="20%" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img width="5" height="9" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/dictionary/blk_arrow.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614054/G.html"><font class="wordWheelHighlight">G (1)</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614055/G.html"><font class="wordWheelText">G (2)</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861674337/G.html"><font class="wordWheelText">G (3)</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614057/G_.html"><font class="wordWheelText">G.</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614052/g.html"><font class="wordWheelText">g (1)</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614053/g.html"><font class="wordWheelText">g (2)</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861614056/g_.html"><font class="wordWheelText">g.</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="3"><img height="8" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20091222185953im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td><a 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width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h1>G (1)</h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="25" valign="top" width="120" class="wordWheelText"></td> <td align="right"><script type="text/javascript"> WriteDictionaryPronObjectTag("166", "23", "https://web.archive.org/web/20091222185953/http://images.encarta.msn-int.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/audio/pron/a21/A2181700.mp3", "G (1)"); </script></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"></td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="20"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="ResultBodyBlack">G</span><span class="ResultBody"> [ </span><span class="ResultPron"><a href="/web/20091222185953/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/Pronounce.aspx?search=g">jee</a></span><span class="ResultBody"> ]</span> <span class="ResultBody">(</span><span class="ResultBody"><em>plural</em> <span class="ResultBody">G's</span><em> or </em><span class="ResultBody">Gs</span></span><span class="ResultBody">)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ResultBody"><br><br>noun </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ResultBodyBlack">Definition:</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="ResultBodyBlack">1. <b>"G"-shaped object: </b></span><span class="ResultBody">something shaped like a letter "G"</span><br><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="ResultBodyBlack">2. <span class="ResultBodySmallCaps">music </span><b>5th note in C major: </b></span><span class="ResultBody">the fifth note of a scale in C major</span><br><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="ResultBodyBlack">3. <span class="ResultBodySmallCaps">music </span><b>something that produces G: </b></span><span class="ResultBody">a string, key, or pipe tuned to produce the note G</span><br><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="ResultBodyBlack">4. <span class="ResultBodySmallCaps">music </span><b>scale beginning on G: </b></span><span class="ResultBody">a 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