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Gem

To put forth in the form of buds.

Gemara

The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).

Gemarist

One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings.

Gemini

A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th.

Geminy

Twins; a pair; a couple.

Gemitores

A division of birds including the true pigeons.

Gemma

A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.

Gemmaceous

Of or pertaining to gems or to gemm/; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemm/.

Gemmary

A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively.

Gemmate

Having buds; reproducing by buds.

Gemmated

Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.

Gemmeous

Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.

Gemminess

The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.

Gemmiparity

Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding.

Gemmiparous

Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1.

Gemmosity

The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel.

Gemmule

A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. One of the buds of mosses. One of the reproductive spores of alg/. An ovule.

Gemote

A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men.

Gems-horn

An organ stop with conical tin pipes.

Gemsbok

A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.

Gemul

A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns.

Genappe

A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.

gendarmerie

The French police force; the body of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively.

Genealogical

Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order.

Genealogist

One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

Genealogize

To investigate, or relate the history of, descents.

Generable

Capable of being generated or produced.

General

Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.

General semantics

a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- sometimes also called semantics.

Generalissimo

The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.

Generalizable

Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.

Generalize

To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.

Generalized

Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.

Generalizer

One who takes general or comprehensive views.

Generally

In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.

Generalness

The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness.

Generalship

The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.

Generation

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

Generative

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

Generator

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

Generatrix

That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.

generic drug

A medication sold under its generic name; -- usually legal only after the patent has expired, or if no patent was issued for the substance. Generic drugs are usually less expensive than proprietary medications.

generic name

The name for a medication, as used in the pharmacopoeia; it cannot be a trademark. The name is typically given by the inventor or discoverer of the drug, but must be approved by a national or international naming authority.

Generically

With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied.

Genet

A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.

Genethliacs

The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth.

Genethlialogy

Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.

Genetical

Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development.

geneticist

a scientist who specializes in genetics.

Genetta

A genus of mammals comprising the genets.

Genette Genet

One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.

Geneva

A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

Genevan

A native or inhabitant of Geneva.

Genevese

Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva.

Genial

Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.

Geniality

The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

Genian

Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence.

Genio

A man of a particular turn of mind.

geniohyoid

Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle.

Genipap

The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiace/. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice.

Genista

A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

Genital

Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs; as, genital herpes.

genitalia

The sex organs, especially the external sex organs, called the external genitalia; the genitals.

Genitals

The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.

Geniting

A species of apple that ripens very early.

Genitival

Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb.

Genitocrural

Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

Genitor

One who begets; a generator; an originator.

Genius

A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.

genocidal

Of or pertaining to genocide; as, the genocidal policies of the Serbs in Bosnia.

genocide

The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group; as, the Nazi genocide of Jews left few in Germany or Poland after World War II.

Genoese

Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy; as, the Genoese sailor we call Columbus. A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.

genotype

A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution.

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