GUMS

"GUMS" is a plural of: gum.

Date "GUMS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Clothing

Shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral; arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos; chavar, chivarras, chivarros; gums, larrigan, rubbers, showshoe, stogy, veldtschoen, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos; stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock; hosiery.

Crosswords: GUMS

My friends call me Bleeding Gums. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

It seems that our good friend James Robson here, went out and got himself a nice, dirty pair of ghetto gums! (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

My mother's standing right here, and she's not gonna let her youngest baby get shrapnel in his gums. (Love and Death; writing credit: Woody Allen)

Sticking into your gums. (The Masochism Tango; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Gums (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Natural Rubber, Rubber Latex, and Similar Natural Gums in The Middle East (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Natural Rubber, Rubber Latex, and Similar Natural Gums Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Natural Rubber, Rubber Latex, and Similar Natural Gums Export Supplies (reference)

• The World Market for Mixtures of Natural Rubber or Gums with Synthetic Rubber Products: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Polysaccharide Gums from Agricultural Products: Processing, Structures and Functionality (reference)

• The 2000 World Market Forecasts for Imported Natural Rubber, Rubber Latex, and Similar Natural Gums [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scorbutic-type gums due to Scurvy caused by vitamin C deficiency. Credit: CDC.

You should use IPANA for cleaner teeth for healthier gums. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

What's In- Smile? : Good Teeth And Healthy Gums. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Vitamin C For - - : Healthy Teeth And Gums Wound Healing / Chuck Raymond. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The creature snarled and squealed and showed its shrivelled old gums and tried to strike with its knife. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The bearded man dropped his mouth open and put a dirty finger against his lower gums.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The most important carbohydrates are the starches, sugars, celluloses, and gums. (references)

The dentist or hygienist will examine your gums and note any signs of inflammation. (references)

The gums can become red and swollen and may bleed during toothbrushing or flossing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "GUMS": Bleeding of mouth and gums ♦ inflammation of the gums ♦ shrinking gums. Additional references.

Ending with "GUMS": fruit-gums.

Bulgarian 

галоши (galoshes, gumshoes, rubbers), венци. (various references)

Chinese 

齦 (bite, gnaw). (various references)

Danish

gummistof, gingiva, vin-og frugtgummi, tyggegummi (chewing-gum), tandkød (gum). (various references)

Dutch

gomballen, gomachtige stoffen, gingiva, tandvlees (gum). (various references)

Finnish

kumi (gum, indiarubber, rubber). (various references)

French

gommes, gencive (gum), matières gommeuses. (various references)

German

zahnfleisch (gum), Gummis (rubbers). (various references)

Greek 

ούλα. (various references)

Hebrew 

ח� יכים. (various references)

Hungarian

hócsizma (gum boots, gum-boots, snow boots). (various references)

Italian

materie gommose, boli di gomma. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

齦 , 歯肉 (tooth ridge). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しにく (dead flesh, tooth ridge), はぐき (gum, tooth ridge), はにく (tooth ridge). (various references)

Pig Latin

umsgay

Portuguese

gomas comestíveis, gomas (cords, ream, streaks, striae, strings, threads), gengivas, gengiva (gum), substâncias gomosas, botas de borracha. (various references)

Russian 

десны, десна (gum). (various references)

Spanish

gomas (belt guards, cords, ream, streaks, striae, strings, threads), materias gomosas, encía (gum), cena (dinner, dinner party, evening, evening meal, midday meal, supper). (various references)

Swedish

tandkött (gum). (various references)

Turkish

lastik ayakkabı (gumshoes, rubbers, sneakers). (various references)

Ukrainian

калоші. (various references)

gingiva. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "GUMS": gumshoe, gumshoed, gumshoeing, gumshoes. (additional references)

Words ending with "GUMS": algums, begums, blackgums, bluegums, bubblegums, degums, jugums, slumgums, subgums. (additional references)

Misspellings

"GUMS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gams, gasm, gemz, geums, ghm, ghum, gimc, glums, gms, gmu, Gmut, gnum, goms, goumes, gpmu, guis, guma, gume, gumi, gumm, gumu, Gunes, guness, gus, guss, Guus, guvs, gxm, gyumps, Ngum, Ngumu, ughs, ugm, Ugtm. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mugs, smug.

-1 letter: gum, mug, mus, sum.

-2 letters: mu, um, us.

+1 letter: gaums, geums, magus, muggs, sagum.

+2 letters: algums, almugs, begums, degums, gamuts, glomus, glumes, grumes, grumps, gumbos, gummas, gypsum, jugums, moguls, mungos, musing, muskeg, smudge, smudgy, smugly, subgum, ugsome.

+3 letters: agamous, amusing, gazumps, gomutis, grampus, grumose, grumous, guimpes, gumless, gummers, gummose, gummous, gumshoe, gypsums, humbugs, impugns, legumes, magnums, magueys, meshuga, midguts, morgues, mousing, mugfuls, muggars, muggees, muggers, muggins, muggurs, mugshot, mushing, musings, muskegs, mussing, mustang, musting, nutmegs, scumbag, slumgum, smudged, smudges, smugger, smuggle, sorghum, spuming, subgums, summing, zeugmas.