| generally | (adverb) without regard to specific details or exceptions | Synonyms: broadly, broadly speaking, loosely |
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| (adverb) without distinction of one from others | Synonyms: in general, in the main |
| (adverb) usually; as a rule | Synonyms: by and large, more often than not, mostly |
| generalship | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalcy |
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| (noun) the leadership ability of a military general | - |
| generate | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, get, mother, sire |
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| (verb) produce, create | Synonyms: bring forth |
| (verb) produce (energy) | - |
| (verb) give or supply | Synonyms: give, render, return, yield |
| generation | (noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | Synonyms: multiplication, propagation |
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| (noun) the production of heat or electricity | - |
| (noun) a coming into being | Synonyms: genesis |
| (noun) group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent | - |
| (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, contemporaries |
| (noun) the normal time between successive generations | - |
| (noun) a stage of technological development or innovation | - |
| generational | (adjective) of or relating to a generation | - |
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| generative | (adjective) having the ability to produce or originate | Synonyms: productive |
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| (adjective) producing new life or offspring | Synonyms: procreative, reproductive |
| generator | (noun) engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas | - |
| (noun) an electronic device for producing a signal voltage | - |
| (noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: author, source |
| generic | (adjective) relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus | - |
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| (adjective) applicable to an entire class or group | - |
| (adjective) (of drugs) not protected by trademark | - |
| (noun) any product that can be sold without a brand name | - |
| (noun) wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.) | Synonyms: generic wine |
| generically | (adverb) as sharing a common genus | - |
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| (adverb) without a trademark or brand name | - |
| generosity | (noun) acting generously | Synonyms: unselfishness |
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| (noun) the trait of being willing to give your money or time | Synonyms: generousness |
| generous | (adjective) willing to give and share unstintingly | - |
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| (adjective) not petty in character and mind | - |
| (adjective) more than is usual or necessary | - |
| generously | (adverb) in a generous manner | Synonyms: liberally, munificently |
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| generousness | (noun) the trait of being willing to give your money or time | Synonyms: generosity |
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| genesis | (noun) a coming into being | Synonyms: generation |
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| genet | (noun) agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail | Synonyms: Genetta genetta |
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| genetic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of genetics | Synonyms: genetical |
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| (adjective) pertaining to or referring to origin | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or produced by or being a gene | Synonyms: genetical, genic |
| (adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: familial, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted |
| genetical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of genetics | Synonyms: genetic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or produced by or being a gene | Synonyms: genetic, genic |
| genetically | (adverb) by genetic mechanisms | - |
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| geneticism | (noun) the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically | - |
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| geneticist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in genetics | - |
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| genetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | Synonyms: genetic science |
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| geneva | (noun) gin made in the Netherlands | Synonyms: Holland gin, Hollands |
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| genial | (adjective) of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw | Synonyms: mental |
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| (adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: affable, amiable, cordial |
| (adjective) agreeable, conducive to comfort | Synonyms: kind |
| geniality | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie |
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| genially | (adverb) in an affable manner | Synonyms: affably, amiably |
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| genic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by or being a gene | Synonyms: genetic, genetical |
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| geniculate | (adjective) bent at a sharp angle | - |
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| genie | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jinni |
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| genip | (noun) round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes | Synonyms: Spanish lime |
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| (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
| genipa | (noun) any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind | - |
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| genipap | (noun) a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind | Synonyms: genipap fruit |
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| genital | (adjective) of or relating to the external sex organs | Synonyms: venereal |
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| genitalia | (noun) external sex organ | Synonyms: crotch, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates |
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| genitals | (noun) external sex organ | Synonyms: crotch, genital organ, genitalia, private parts, privates |
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| genitive | (adjective) serving to express or indicate possession | Synonyms: possessive |
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| (noun) the case expressing ownership | Synonyms: genitive case, possessive, possessive case |
| genitor | (noun) a natural father or mother | - |
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| genitourinary | (adjective) of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions | Synonyms: GU |
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| genius | (noun) exceptional creative ability | Synonyms: wizardry |
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| (noun) a natural talent | Synonyms: flair |
| (noun) unusual mental ability | Synonyms: brilliance |
| (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, brainiac, Einstein, mastermind |
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| genlisea | (noun) rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs | - |
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| genocide | (noun) systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | Synonyms: race murder, racial extermination |
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| genoise | (noun) rich and delicate Italian sponge cake | - |
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| genome | (noun) the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism | - |
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| genomics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) | - |
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| genotype | (noun) the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism | Synonyms: genetic constitution |
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| (noun) a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution | - |
| genotypic | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a genotype | Synonyms: genotypical |
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| genotypical | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a genotype | Synonyms: genotypic |
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| genre | (noun) a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique | - |
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| (noun) a kind of literary or artistic work | - |
| (noun) a style of expressing yourself in writing | Synonyms: literary genre, writing style |
| gens | (noun) family based on male descent | Synonyms: name |
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| gent | (noun) informal abbreviation of `gentleman' | - |
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| (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, lad |
| gentamicin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract | Synonyms: Garamycin |
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| genteel | (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, polite |
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| genteelly | (adverb) in a genteel manner | - |
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| genteelness | (noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | Synonyms: breeding, gentility |
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| gentian | (noun) any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis | - |
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| gentianella | (noun) low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers | Synonyms: Gentiana acaulis |
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| gentile | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples | - |
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| (noun) a Christian as contrasted with a Jew | Synonyms: goy, non-Jew |
| (noun) a person who does not acknowledge your god | Synonyms: heathen, infidel, pagan |
| (noun) a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus | - |
| (noun) a Christian | - |
| gentility | (noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | Synonyms: breeding, genteelness |
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| gentle | (adjective) marked by moderate steepness | Synonyms: easy |
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| (adjective) having little impact | Synonyms: easy, soft |
| (adjective) soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe | Synonyms: soft |
| (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, blue, patrician |
| (adjective) quiet and soothing | - |
| (adjective) easily handled or managed | Synonyms: docile |
| (adjective) having or showing a kindly or tender nature | - |
| (verb) stroke soothingly | - |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| (verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: ennoble, entitle |
| gentlefolk | (noun) people of good family and breeding and high social status | - |
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| gentleman | (noun) a man of refinement | - |
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| (noun) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | Synonyms: gentleman's gentleman, man, valet, valet de chambre |
| gentlemanlike | (adjective) befitting a man of good breeding | Synonyms: gentlemanly |
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| gentlemanliness | (noun) Gentlemanly behaviour, characteristics of or pertaining to being a gentleman. | - |
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| gentlemanly | (adjective) befitting a man of good breeding | Synonyms: gentlemanlike |
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| gentleness | (noun) acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered | Synonyms: mildness, softness |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual | Synonyms: gradualness |
| gentlewoman | (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: dame, lady, ma'am, madam |
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| gently | (adverb) gradually | - |
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| (adverb) in a gentle manner | Synonyms: mildly |
| (adverb) with little weight or force | Synonyms: lightly, softly |
| gentrification | (noun) the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents) | - |
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| gentrify | (verb) renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations | - |
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| gentry | (noun) the most powerful members of a society | Synonyms: aristocracy |
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| genu | (noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella | Synonyms: articulatio genus, human knee, knee, knee joint |
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| genuflect | (verb) bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image | - |
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| (verb) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | Synonyms: kowtow, scrape |
| genuflection | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflexion |
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| genuflexion | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflection |
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| genuine | (adjective) not fake or counterfeit | Synonyms: echt |
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| (adjective) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed | Synonyms: true, unfeigned |
| (adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | Synonyms: actual, literal, real |
| genuinely | (adverb) in accordance with truth or fact or reality | Synonyms: really, truly |
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| (adverb) genuinely; with authority | Synonyms: authentically |
| genuineness | (noun) undisputed credibility | Synonyms: authenticity, legitimacy |
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| (noun) the state of being genuine | - |
| genus | (noun) a general kind of something | - |
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| (noun) (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species | - |
| 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 | - |
| glycogenic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving glycogen | - |
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| 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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| haematogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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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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| hallucinogenic | (adjective) capable of producing hallucinations | - |
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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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| 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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| hematogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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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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| heterogeneous | (adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | Synonyms: heterogenous |
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| (adjective) originating outside the body | Synonyms: heterogenous |
| 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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| heterogenous | (adjective) originating outside the body | Synonyms: heterogeneous |
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| (adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | Synonyms: heterogeneous |
| 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 | - |
| homogeneous | (adjective) all of the same or similar kind or nature | Synonyms: homogenous |
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| homogeneously | (adverb) all similarly | - |
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