Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 17

Gerful (a.) Changeable; capricious.

Gerland (n.) Alt. of Gerlond

Gerlond (n.) A garland.

Gerlind (n.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.

Germ (n.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.

Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.

Germ (v. i.) To germinate.

Germain (a.) See Germane.

German (a.) Nearly related; closely akin.

Germans (pl. ) of German

German (n.) A native or one of the people of Germany.

German (n.) The German language.

German (n.) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures.

German (n.) A social party at which the german is danced.

German (n.) Of or pertaining to Germany.

Germander (n.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs.

Germane (a.) Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant.

Germanic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.

Germanic (n.) Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.

Germanic (n.) Teutonic.

Germanism (n.) An idiom of the German language.

Germanism (n.) A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism.

Germanium (n.) 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.

Germanization (n.) The act of Germanizing.

Germanized (imp. & p. p.) of Germanize

Germanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Germanize

Germanize (v. t.) To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.

Germanize (v. i.) To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.

Germarium (n.) An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.

Germens (pl. ) of Germen

Germina (pl. ) of Germen

Germen (n.) See Germ.

Germicidal (a.) Germicide.

Germicide (a.) 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.

Germicide (n.) A germicide agent.

Germinal (a.) Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.

Germinal (n.) The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire.

Germinant (a.) Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

Germinated (imp. & p. p.) of Germinate

Germinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Germinate

Germinate (v. i.) To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

Germinate (v. t.) To cause to sprout.

Germination (n.) The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Germinative (a.) Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.

Germiparity (n.) Reproduction by means of germs.

Germless (a.) Without germs.

Germogen (n.) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.

Germogen (n.) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.

Germ plasm () See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm.

Germule (n.) A small germ.

Gern (v. t.) To grin or yawn.

Gerner (n.) A garner.

Gerocomia (n.) See Gerocomy.

Gerocomical (a.) Pertaining to gerocomy.

Gerocomy (n.) That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.

Gerontes (n. pl.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

Gerontocracy (n.) Government by old men.

Geropigia (n.) A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines.

-gerous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous.

Gerrymandered (imp. & p. p.) of Gerrymander

Gerrymandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gerrymander

Gerrymander (v. t.) To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.

Gerund (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.

Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.

Gerundial (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.

Gerundive (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial.

Gerundive (n.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.

Gerundively (adv.) In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.

Gery (a.) Changeable; fickle.

Gesling (n.) A gosling.

Gesse (v. t. & i.) To guess.

Gest (n.) A guest.

Gest (n.) Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.

Gest (n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.

Gest (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.

Gest (n.) Gesture; bearing; deportment.

Gest (n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.

Gest (n.) A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.

Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.

Gestation (n.) The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).

Gestation (n.) The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.

Gestation (n.) 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 (a.) Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.

Gestatory (a.) Capable of being carried or worn.

Geste (v. i.) To tell stories or gests.

Gestic (a.) Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.

Gestic (a.) Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures; -- said especially with reference to dancing.

Gesticulated (imp. & p. p.) of Gesticulate

Gesticulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gesticulate

Gesticulate (v. i.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.

Gesticulate (v. t.) To represent by gesture; to act.

Gesticulation (n.) The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.

Gesticulation (n.) A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.

Gesticulation (n.) Antic tricks or motions.

Gesticulator (n.) One who gesticulates.

Gesticulatory (a.) Representing by, or belonging to, gestures.

Gestour (n.) A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller.

Gestural (a.) Relating to gesture.

Gesture (n.) Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

Gesture (n.) A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion.

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