| 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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