GEM

  1. (initialism) .  ground-effect machine.
  2. Proper noun.  A native or resident of the American state of Idaho.
  3. Noun.  A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
  4. Noun.  (figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud.
  6. Noun.  a type of geometrid moth, ''Orthonama obstipata''.
  7. Noun.  (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.

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