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- GENERALITYThe quality of being general.
- GENERATETo bring into being; give rise to.
- GENERATOROne who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a stea
- GENERICVery broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
- GENEROSITYThe trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.
- GENEROUSNoble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.
- GENIALFriendly and cheerful; enlivening.
- GENIALITYThe quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
- GENICULATEBent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
- GENITALOf or relating to biological reproduction.
- GENITALIAExternal sex organs.
- GENITRIXThe biological mother of a child.
- GENITUREBirth; begetting.
- GENOCIDEThe systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, nationality, or similar
- GENREA kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
- GENTEELAffectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
- GENTILENon-Jewish.
- GENTILICTribal or national.
- GENTLETender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- GENUThe knee.
- GENUFLECTTo bend the knee, as in servitude.
- GENUSA category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- GEOMANTICOf or relating to geomancy.
- GERENTA manager.
- GERMThe small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia artic
- GERMANHaving the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).
- GERMENThe basic form of an organism; the seed or germ.
- GERMINALRelating to spring
- GERMINATEOf a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
- GERMINATIVEOf or pertaining to germination
- GERUNDA verbal form that functions as a verbal noun.
- GERUNDIALPertaining to or behaving like a gerund.
- GERUNDIVEA verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.
- GESTATIONThe period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- GESTATORYgestational (pertaining to gestation or pregnancy)
- GESTICULATETo make gestures or motions, as in speaking.
- GESTICULATIONThe act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments or passion.
- GESTICULATOROne who gesticulates
- GESTUREA motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
- GIGANTISMThe quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size.
- GIMBALA device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
- GLACIATETo cover with ice or a glacier.
- GLACIERA large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
- GLACISA gentle incline. A gentle sloping landform created by the deposition or erosion of material. A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and ex
- GLADIATESword-shaped.
- GLADIATORA person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
- GLADIATORYgladiatorial
- GLADIUSA Roman sword roughly two feet long.
- GLAIREgg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
- GLANDA specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases
- GLANDERSAn infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
- GLANDESplural of glans
- GLANDULEA small gland or secreting vessel.
- GLANSA structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.
- GLEBAThe fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
- GLEBETurf; soil; ground; sod.
- GLOBATEHaving the form of a globe; spherical.
- GLOBEAny spherical (or nearly spherical) object. The eyeball.
- GLOBINAny globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.
- GLOBOSEHaving a globular form.
- GLOBULEA small round particle of substance; a drop.
- GLOBUSA spherical or nearly spherical structure. A lump in the throat; the sensation of having such a lump present.
- GLOMEOne of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
- GLOMERATETo gather or curl into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.
- GLOMERATIONThe act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass
- GLOMUSA fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels.
- GLORIAA lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses.
- GLORIFYTo exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
- GLORIOUSExhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
- GLORYGreat beauty and splendor.
- GLOZEA comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
- GLUEA hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- GLUMEA basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
- GLUTAn excess, too much.
- GLUTAMICOf, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid
- GLUTENFibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
- GLUTINOUSGlue-like, sticky, viscid.
- GLUTTONYThe vice of eating to excess.
- GNOMEAn elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
- GOBIcauliflower
- GOBIScauliflower
- GOITREAn enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
- GOURDAny of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- GOUTAn extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of u
- GOUTTEA charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.
- GOWNA loose, flowing upper garment.
- GRACILISA slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.
- GRACIOSITYgraciousness, usually in a bad sense, as implying duplicity
- GRACIOUSkind and warmly courteous
- GRACKLEAny of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
- GRADIENTA slope or incline.
- GRAILThe Holy Grail.
- GRAMAVarious species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)
- GRAMINEOUSOf or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae).
- GRAMINOLOGYThe study of grasses.
- GRAMPUSA killer whale (Orcinus orca).
- GRANDLarge, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional Of a large size or extent; great.
- GRANDEEA high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal.
- GRANDEURThe state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
- GRANDIOSELarge and impressive in size, scope or extent.