| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| geckotian | noun | A gecko. |
| gelidness | noun | The state of being gelid; gelidity. |
| geloscopy | noun | Divination by means of laughter. |
| gelsemine | noun | An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; — called also gelsemia. |
| gelsemium | noun | A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers., The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc. |
| gemitores | noun pl. | A division of birds including the true pigeons. |
| gemmation | noun | The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding., The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud. |
| gemminess | noun | The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness. |
| gemmipara | noun pl. | Alt. of Gemmipares |
| gemmosity | noun | The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. |
| gems-horn | noun | An organ stop with conical tin pipes. |
| gendarmes | plural | of Gendarme |
| gendering | present participle & vb. noun | of Gender |
| genealogy | noun | An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree., Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage. |
| generable | adjective | Capable of being generated or produced. |
| generalia | noun pl. | Generalities; general terms. |
| generally | adverb | In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently., In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively., Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. |
| generalty | noun | Generality. |
| generated | imp. & past participle | of Generate |
| generator | noun | One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces., An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort, or vessel for generating carbonic acid gas, etc., The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; — called also generating tone. |
| generical | adjective | Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name., Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; — opposed to specific. |
| genetical | adjective | Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development. |
| geniality | noun | The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners. |
| genitival | adjective | Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb. |
| genteelly | adverb | In a genteel manner. |
| gentianic | adjective | Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid. |
| gentilish | adjective | Heathenish; pagan. |
| gentilism | noun | Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods., Tribal feeling; devotion to one’s gens. |
| gentility | noun | Good extraction; dignity of birth., The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding., The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry., Paganism; heathenism. |
| gentilize | verb i. | To live like a gentile or heathen., To act the gentleman; — with it (see It, 5)., To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones. |
| gentlemen | plural | of Gentleman |
| gentleman | noun | A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman., One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man., One who bears arms, but has no title., The servant of a man of rank., A man, irrespective of condition; — used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc. |
| gentlesse | noun | Gentilesse; gentleness. |
| genuflect | verb i. | To bend the knee, as in worship. |
| geocyclic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine., Circling the earth periodically. |
| geodesist | noun | One versed in geodesy. |
| geodetics | noun | Same as Geodesy. |
| geognosis | noun | Knowledge of the earth. |
| geography | noun | The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited., A treatise on this science. |
| geologian | noun | A geologist. |
| geologist | noun | One versed in the science of geology. |
| geologize | verb i. | To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist. |
| geologies | plural | of Geology |
| geomalism | noun | The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation. |
| geomancer | noun | One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy. |
| geomantic | adjective | Alt. of Geomantical |
| geometral | adjective | Pertaining to geometry. |
| geometric | adjective | Alt. of Geometrical |
| geometrid | adjective | Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae., One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; — so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms. |
| geoponics | noun | The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture. |
| georgical | adjective | Relating to agriculture and rural affairs. |
| geostatic | adjective | Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance. |
| geotropic | adjective | Relating to, or showing, geotropism. |
| gephyrean | adjective | Belonging to the Gephyrea. — n. One of the Gerphyrea. |
| geraniine | noun | Alt. of Geranine |
| gerfalcon | noun | See Gyrfalcon. |
| germander | noun | A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. |
| germanism | noun | An idiom of the German language., A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. |
| germanium | noun | A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3. |
| germanize | verb t. | To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society., To reason or write after the manner of the Germans. |
| germarium | noun | An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria. |
| germicide | adjective | Destructive to germs; — applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases., A germicide agent. |
| germinant | adjective | Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds. |
| germinate | verb i. | To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ., To cause to sprout. |
| gerocomia | noun | See Gerocomy. |
| geropigia | noun | A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. |
| gerundial | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use. |
| gerundive | adjective | Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial., The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved. |
| gestation | noun | The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments)., The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy., Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. |
| gestatory | adjective | Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy., Capable of being carried or worn. |
| gesturing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gesture |
| get-penny | noun | Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair. |
| geyserite | noun | A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers. |