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  • GEMOTnounOld English8 findersA (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.
  • GEMSBOKnounGerman12 findersA large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
  • GEMSHORNnounGerman7 findersAn instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.
  • GEMSTONEnounOld English43 findersA gem, usually made of minerals.
  • GEMUTLICHadjectiveGerman6 findersAlternative spelling of gemütlich.
  • GENAnounLatin2 findersThe cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
  • GENALadjectiveLatin4 findersOf or relating to the cheeks
  • GENAPPEnoun1 finderA smooth worsted yarn or cord, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.
  • GENDARMEnounFrench87 findersA member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  • GENDERnounLatin25 findersClass; kind.
  • GENEnounDanish8 findersA theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair co
  • GENEALOGISTnoun5 findersA person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.
  • GENEALOGYnounAncient Greek9 findersThe descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
  • GENERAnounLatin39 findersplural of genus
  • GENERALadjectiveLatin13 findersIncluding or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
  • GENERALCYnoun2 findersThe rank or office of a general.
  • GENERALISEverb1 finderNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
  • GENERALISSIMOnounItalian2 findersA supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader.
  • GENERALISTnoun20 findersA person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
  • GENERALITYnounLatin17 findersThe quality of being general.
  • GENERALLYadverbMiddle English1 finderPopularly or widely.
  • GENERATEverbLatin4 findersTo bring into being; give rise to.
  • GENERATIVEadjectiveMiddle English1 finderHaving the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
  • GENERATORnounLatin3 findersOne 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
  • GENERICadjectiveLatin25 findersVery broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
  • GENERICALLYadverb1 finderIn a generic manner.
  • GENEROSITYnounLatin55 findersThe trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.
  • GENEROUSadjectiveLatin32 findersNoble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.
  • GENEROUSLYadverb42 findersIn a generous manner, in a way that is giving or ample.
  • GENESISnounAncient Greek11 findersThe origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
  • GENETnounMiddle French21 findersAny of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
  • GENETHLIACadjectiveAncient Greek4 findersOf or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth
  • GENETICadjectiveAncient Greek41 findersRelating to genetics or genes.
  • GENETICALadjective47 findersRelating to genesis or origin; genetic.
  • GENETICALLYadverb4 findersIn a manner relating to genes or genetics.
  • GENETICISMnoun6 findersThe belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
  • GENETICISTnoun14 findersA scientist who studies genes.
  • GENETICSnounAncient Greek76 findersThe branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
  • GENEVAnounDutch5 findersGin, especially jenever.
  • GENEVASnounDutch3 findersGin, especially jenever.
  • GENIALadjectiveLatin125 findersFriendly and cheerful; enlivening.
  • GENIALITYnounLatin48 findersThe quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
  • GENIALLYadverb5 findersIn a genial manner; gaily; cheerfully.
  • GENICadjective17 findersof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
  • GENICULATEadjectiveLatin12 findersBent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
  • GENIEnounArabic30 findersA jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  • GENIPnoun1 finderA succulent berry with a thick rind, the fruit of plants in the genus Genipa.
  • GENISTAnoun7 findersAny member of the flowering plant genus Genista.
  • GENITALadjectiveLatin11 findersOf or relating to biological reproduction.
  • GENITALIAnounLatin29 findersExternal sex organs.
  • GENITALICadjective3 findersrelating to the genitals
  • GENITALLYadverb3 findersConcerning the genitals.
  • GENITIVALadjective1 finderHaving genitive form; pertaining to, expressing, or derived from, the genitive case.
  • GENITIVEadjectiveProto-Indo-European19 findersOf a grammatical case: in an inflected language (such as Greek or Latin), expressing that a thing denoted by a word is related to a thing denoted by another word as its origin or p
  • GENITIVELYadverb2 findersIn a genitive way.
  • GENITORnounProto-Indo-European15 findersa biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
  • GENITRIXnounLatin5 findersThe biological mother of a child.
  • GENITUREnounLatin7 findersBirth; begetting.
  • GENIUSnounProto-Indo-European62 findersSomeone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
  • GENIZAHnounPersian1 finderA depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
  • GENLOCKnoun1 finderA technique whereby the video output of one source, or a specific reference signal, is used to synchronize other sources.
  • GENOCIDAIREnounFrench3 findersOne who was involved in committing (perpetrating) the Rwandan Genocide.
  • GENOCIDALadjective90 findersCausative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
  • GENOCIDEnounLatin94 findersThe 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
  • GENOGRAMnoun1 finderA pictorial representation of a patient's family tree together with details of the medical history and major family events of each person.
  • GENOISEnounFrench18 findersA classic European sponge cake.
  • GENOMnounGerman11 findersDated form of genome.
  • GENOMEnounGerman161 findersThe complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
  • GENOMICadjective137 findersOf or pertaining to a genome.
  • GENOMICSnoun99 findersThe study of the complete genome of an organism.
  • GENOPHOBIAnoun55 findersThe physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
  • GENOPHOBIASnoun18 findersThe physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
  • GENOPHOBICadjective11 findersRelating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
  • GENOTOXICadjective13 findersCapable of damaging genetic material such as DNA, and thus causing mutations or possibly cancer.
  • GENOTYPEnoun54 findersThe part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.
  • GENOTYPICadjective17 findersOf or pertaining to a genotype
  • GENREnounLatin7 findersA kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
  • GENSnounProto-Indo-European4 findersA legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing
  • GENTnoun11 findersA gentleman.
  • GENTEELadjectiveLatin11 findersAffectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
  • GENTIERadjectiveFrench1 finderneat; trim
  • GENTIESTadjectiveFrench1 finderneat; trim
  • GENTILEadjectiveLatin105 findersNon-Jewish.
  • GENTILICadjectiveLatin8 findersTribal or national.
  • GENTILISHadjective1 finderheathenish; pagan
  • GENTILISMnounFrench2 findersheathenism; paganism; the worship of pagan gods
  • GENTILITYnounOld French10 findersThe state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
  • GENTLEadjectiveLatin27 findersTender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
  • GENTLEFOLKnoun2 findersPeople of superior social position.
  • GENTLEHOODnoun2 findersThe state of being of good or gentle birth; good breeding.
  • GENTLYadverbMiddle English20 findersIn a manner characterized by gentleness Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly. In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree. Quietly: without much noise or motion.
  • GENTRICEnounOld French3 findersThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
  • GENTRICESnounOld French2 findersThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
  • GENTRIFIERnoun1 finderAn agent of gentrification.
  • GENTRIFYverb157 findersTo renovate or improve something (especially housing or district), making it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing r
  • GENTRYnounOld French114 findersBirth; condition; rank by birth.
  • GENTSnoun6 findersplural of gent
  • GENTYadjectiveFrench3 findersneat; trim
  • GENUnounLatin16 findersThe knee.
  • GENUFLECTverbLatin233 findersTo bend the knee, as in servitude.

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