| abiogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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| abiogenist | (noun) a believer in abiogenesis | - |
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| acrogen | (noun) any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | - |
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| aerogenerator | (noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds | Synonyms: wind generator, windmill |
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| afibrinogenemia | (noun) the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding | - |
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| agamogenesis | (noun) reproduction without the fusion of gametes | Synonyms: asexual reproduction |
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| agglutinogen | (noun) any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production | - |
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| altogether | (noun) informal terms for nakedness | Synonyms: birthday suit, raw |
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| amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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| anagoge | (noun) a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture) | - |
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| androgen | (noun) male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics | Synonyms: androgenic hormone |
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| androgenesis | (noun) male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization | Synonyms: androgeny |
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| androgeny | (noun) male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization | Synonyms: androgenesis |
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| angiogenesis | (noun) the formation of new blood vessels | - |
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| anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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| anthropogeny | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogenesis |
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| apogee | (noun) apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth | - |
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| (noun) a final climactic stage | Synonyms: culmination |
| apologetics | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines | - |
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| astrologer | (noun) someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon | Synonyms: astrologist |
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| atherogenesis | (noun) the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis | - |
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| autogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: abiogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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| autogenics | (noun) training patients in self-induced relaxation | Synonyms: autogenic therapy, autogenic training |
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| autogeny | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: abiogenesis, autogenesis, spontaneous generation |
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| biogenesis | (noun) the production of living organisms from other living organisms | Synonyms: biogeny |
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| (noun) production of a chemical compound by a living organism | Synonyms: biosynthesis |
| biogeny | (noun) the production of living organisms from other living organisms | Synonyms: biogenesis |
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| biogeography | (noun) dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants | - |
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| blastogenesis | (noun) theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm | - |
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| (noun) asexual reproduction by budding | - |
| bogey | (noun) an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft | Synonyms: bogie, bogy |
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| (noun) a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil | Synonyms: bogie, bogy |
| (noun) (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole | - |
| bogeyman | (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear |
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| booger | (noun) dried nasal mucus | - |
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| (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear |
| boogeyman | (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, bugaboo, bugbear |
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| cacogenesis | (noun) inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile | - |
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| cacogenics | (noun) the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced | Synonyms: dysgenics |
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| caenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| cainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| carcinogen | (noun) any substance that produces cancer | - |
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| cataloger | (noun) a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system | Synonyms: cataloguer |
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| cenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| chromogen | (noun) a compound that can be converted to a pigment | - |
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| cogency | (noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous | Synonyms: rigor, rigour, validity |
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| (noun) persuasive relevance | - |
| comedogen | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogenic, comedogenic substance |
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| comedogenic | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogen, comedogenic substance |
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| cosmogeny | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogony, cosmology |
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| cryogen | (noun) a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant | - |
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| cryogenics | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogeny |
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| cryogeny | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogenics |
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| crystallogen | (noun) any chemical element that belongs to the carbon group. | Synonyms: carbon group element, Group 14 element, tetragen, tetrel |
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| cyanogen | (noun) a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare | - |
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| cytogenesis | (noun) the origin and development and variation of cells | Synonyms: cytogeny |
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| cytogeneticist | (noun) a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity | - |
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| cytogenetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) | - |
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| cytogeny | (noun) the origin and development and variation of cells | Synonyms: cytogenesis |
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| doge | (noun) formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa | - |
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| endogen | (noun) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside | Synonyms: liliopsid, monocot, monocotyledon |
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| endogeny | (noun) a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth | - |
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| estrogen | (noun) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics | Synonyms: oestrogen |
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| exogen | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid |
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| fibrinogen | (noun) a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots | Synonyms: factor I |
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| fogey | (noun) someone whose style is out of fashion | Synonyms: dodo, fogy, fossil |
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| gamboge | (noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: lemon, lemon yellow, maize |
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| (noun) a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative | - |
| gametogenesis | (noun) the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis | - |
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| glycerogel | (noun) a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin | Synonyms: glycerogelatin |
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| glycerogelatin | (noun) a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin | Synonyms: glycerogel |
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| glycogen | (noun) one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body | Synonyms: animal starch |
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| glycogenesis | (noun) the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand | - |
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| (noun) the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose | - |
| goitrogen | (noun) any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter | - |
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| gynogenesis | (noun) female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus | - |
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| haematogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| haemogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| hallucinogen | (noun) a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences | Synonyms: hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug |
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| halogen | (noun) any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | - |
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| halogeton | (noun) a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content | Synonyms: Halogeton glomeratus |
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| hematogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| hemogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| heterogeneity | (noun) the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind | Synonyms: heterogeneousness |
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| heterogeneousness | (noun) the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind | Synonyms: heterogeneity |
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| heterogenesis | (noun) the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal | Synonyms: alternation of generations, xenogenesis |
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| homogenate | (noun) material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed) | - |
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| homogeneity | (noun) the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneousness |
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| (noun) the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure | - |
| homogeneousness | (noun) the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneity |
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| homogenisation | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenization |
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| homogenization | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenisation |
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| homogeny | (noun) (biology) similarity because of common evolution | - |
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| horologe | (noun) a measuring instrument or device for keeping time | Synonyms: timekeeper, timepiece |
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| horologer | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologist, watchmaker |
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| hydrogel | (noun) a colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium | - |
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| hydrogen | (noun) a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe | Synonyms: atomic number 1, H |
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| hydrogenation | (noun) a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil | - |
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| hypnogenesis | (noun) the induction of sleep or hypnosis | - |
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| immunogen | (noun) any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body | Synonyms: immunizing agent |
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| immunogenicity | (noun) the property of eliciting an immune response | - |
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| inhomogeneity | (noun) the quality of being inhomogeneous | - |
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| isoagglutinogen | (noun) an antigen capable of causing the production of (or reacting with) an isoagglutinin | - |
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| isogeotherm | (noun) an isogram connecting points of equal temperature below the surface of the earth. | - |
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| kainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| kenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis |
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| lactogen | (noun) any agent that enhances milk production | - |
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| loge | (noun) balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine | - |
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| (noun) private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance | Synonyms: box |
| lysogenicity | (noun) the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material | Synonyms: lysogeny |
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| lysogenisation | (noun) the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome | Synonyms: lysogenization |
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