5 letter word starting with ge

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gecko noun Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot.
geese noun pl. of Goose., of Goose
geest noun Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.
gelid adjective Cold; very cold; frozen.
gelly noun Jelly.
gemel adjective Coupled; paired., One of the twins., One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a.
gemma noun A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud., A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell.
gemmy noun Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem., Spruce; smart.
gemul noun A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns.
genet noun Alt. of Genette, A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
genie noun See Genius.
genio noun A man of a particular turn of mind.
genii plural of Genius
genre noun A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.
genty adjective Neat; trim.
genua plural of Genu
genus noun A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms., An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
genys noun See Gonys.
geode noun A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter., The cavity in such a nodule.
gerah noun A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
gerbe noun A kind of ornamental firework.
gesse verb t. & i. To guess.
geste verb i. To tell stories or gests.
geten p. p. of Get.