| geodesic | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesical, geodetic |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere) | Synonyms: geodesic line |
| geodesical | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesic, geodetic |
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| geodesy | (noun) the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points | - |
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| geodetic | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesic, geodesical |
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| geoduck | (noun) a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell | - |
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| geographer | (noun) an expert on geography | - |
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| geographic | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographical |
| geographical | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographic |
| geographically | (adverb) with respect to geography | - |
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| geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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| geography | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geographics |
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| geologic | (adjective) of or relating to or based on geology | Synonyms: geological |
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| geological | (adjective) of or relating to or based on geology | Synonyms: geologic |
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| geologically | (adverb) with respect to geology | - |
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| geologist | (noun) a specialist in geology | - |
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| geology | (noun) a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | - |
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| geomancer | (noun) one who practices geomancy | - |
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| geomancy | (noun) divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another) | - |
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| geometer | (noun) a mathematician specializing in geometry | Synonyms: geometrician |
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| geometric | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometrical |
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| (adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometrical |
| geometrical | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometric |
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| (adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometric |
| geometrically | (adverb) in a geometric fashion | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to geometry | - |
| geometrician | (noun) a mathematician specializing in geometry | Synonyms: geometer |
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| geometrid | (noun) slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms | Synonyms: geometrid moth |
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| geometry | (noun) the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces | - |
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| geomorphologic | (adjective) pertaining to geological structure | Synonyms: geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural |
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| geomorphological | (adjective) pertaining to geological structure | Synonyms: geomorphologic, morphologic, morphological, structural |
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| geomorphology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | Synonyms: morphology |
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| geophagia | (noun) eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior | Synonyms: geophagy |
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| geophagy | (noun) eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior | Synonyms: geophagia |
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| geophysical | (adjective) of or concerned with geophysics | - |
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| geophysicist | (noun) a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth | - |
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| geophysics | (noun) geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth | Synonyms: geophysical science |
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| geophyte | (noun) a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms | - |
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| geophytic | (adjective) of or relating to geophytes | - |
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| geopolitical | (adjective) of or relating to geopolitics | - |
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| geopolitics | (noun) the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state | - |
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| geordie | (noun) the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | - |
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| georgette | (noun) a thin silk dress material | - |
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| geosphere | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | Synonyms: lithosphere |
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| geostationary | (adjective) of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth | - |
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| geostrategic | (adjective) of or relating to geostrategy | - |
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| geostrategy | (noun) the branch of geopolitics dealing with strategy | - |
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| geosynchronous | (adjective) of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth) | - |
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| geothermal | (adjective) of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth | Synonyms: geothermic |
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| geothermally | (adverb) by means of heat from the interior of the earth | - |
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| geothermic | (adjective) of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth | Synonyms: geothermal |
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| geotropism | (noun) an orienting response to gravity | - |
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| geranium | (noun) any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae | - |
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| gerardia | (noun) any plant of the genus Gerardia | - |
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| gerbil | (noun) small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping | Synonyms: gerbille |
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| gerbille | (noun) small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping | Synonyms: gerbil |
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| gerenuk | (noun) slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns | Synonyms: Litocranius walleri |
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| gerfalcon | (noun) large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases | Synonyms: Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon |
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| geriatric | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing geriatrics | Synonyms: gerontological |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the aged | - |
| geriatrician | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: gerontologist |
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| geriatrics | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: gerontology |
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| germ | (noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | Synonyms: bug, microbe |
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| (noun) a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism | - |
| (noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work | Synonyms: seed, source |
| germander | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Teucrium | - |
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| germane | (adjective) relevant and appropriate | - |
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| germaneness | (noun) pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand | - |
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| germanite | (noun) a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide | - |
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| germanium | (noun) a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite | Synonyms: atomic number 32, Ge |
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| germfree | (adjective) free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile | - |
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| germicidal | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, disinfectant |
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| germicide | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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| germinal | (adjective) containing seeds of later development | Synonyms: originative, seminal |
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| germinate | (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud |
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| (verb) cause to grow or sprout | - |
| (verb) work out | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| germination | (noun) the origin of some development | - |
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| (noun) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow | Synonyms: sprouting |
| germy | (adjective) full of germs or pathological microorganisms | - |
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| gerontocracy | (noun) a political system governed by old men | - |
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| gerontological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing geriatrics | Synonyms: geriatric |
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| gerontologist | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: geriatrician |
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| gerontology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: geriatrics |
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| gerrymander | (noun) an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) | - |
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| (verb) divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts | - |
| gerund | (noun) a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun) | - |
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| gerundial | (adjective) relating to or like a gerund | - |
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| gesneria | (noun) any plant of the genus Gesneria | - |
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| gesneriad | (noun) any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia | - |
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| gesso | (noun) gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) | - |
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| gestalt | (noun) a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | - |
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| gestate | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize |
| gestation | (noun) the conception and development of an idea or plan | - |
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| (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: maternity, pregnancy |
| (noun) the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) | Synonyms: gestation period |
| gestational | (adjective) of or relating to gestation | - |
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| gesticulate | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesture, motion |
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| gesticulating | (adjective) making gestures while speaking | - |
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| gesticulation | (noun) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion | - |
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| gestural | (adjective) being other than verbal communication | Synonyms: nonverbal |
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| (adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: sign-language, sign, signed |
| gesture | (noun) motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | - |
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| (noun) something done as an indication of intention | - |
| (noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: motion |
| (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, motion |
| get | (noun) a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent | - |
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| (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: contract, take |
| (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, develop, grow, produce |
| (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire |
| (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: have, suffer, sustain |
| (verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition | Synonyms: become, go |
| (verb) give certain properties to something | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition | Synonyms: have, let |
| (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract) | Synonyms: find, incur, obtain, receive |
| (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
| (verb) reach by calculation | - |
| (verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: cause, have, induce, make, stimulate |
| (verb) communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone | - |
| (verb) move into a desired direction of discourse | Synonyms: aim, drive |
| (verb) take vengeance on or get even | Synonyms: fix, pay back, pay off |
| (verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: arrest, catch |
| (verb) go or come after and bring or take back | Synonyms: bring, convey, fetch |
| (verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: capture, catch |
| (verb) reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) overcome or destroy | - |
| (verb) earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | Synonyms: draw |
| (verb) apprehend and reproduce accurately | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) evoke an emotional response | - |
| (verb) irritate | Synonyms: get under one's skin |
| (verb) reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress | Synonyms: arrive, come |
| (verb) reach and board | - |
| (verb) leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form | Synonyms: bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, scram |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: experience, have, receive |
| (verb) suffer from the receipt of | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) perceive by hearing | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) receive as a retribution or punishment | Synonyms: receive |
| (verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: acquire |
| (verb) achieve a point or goal | Synonyms: have, make |
| (verb) purchase | - |
| (verb) acquire as a result of some effort or action | - |
| geta | (noun) footwear usually with wooden soles | Synonyms: clog, patten, sabot |
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| getable | (adjective) capable of being obtained | Synonyms: gettable, obtainable, procurable |
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| getatable | (adjective) capable of being reached or attained | Synonyms: come-at-able, get-at-able |
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| getaway | (noun) a rapid escape (as by criminals) | Synonyms: lam |
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| (noun) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | Synonyms: pickup |
| gettable | (adjective) capable of being obtained | Synonyms: getable, obtainable, procurable |
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| getting | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: acquiring |
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| getup | (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: outfit, rig, turnout |
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| gewgaw | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, fallal, gaud, novelty, trinket |
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| geyser | (noun) a spring that discharges hot water and steam | - |
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| (verb) to overflow like a geyser | - |
| gharry | (noun) a horse-drawn carriage in India | - |
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