14-letter words containing e
- general public — people in general
- general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
- generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
- generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
- generating set — a generator
- generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
- generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generic markup — (text) In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
- genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
- genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
- genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
- genie services — GE Information Services
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
- genre painting — a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
- gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and marsh pink.
- gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
- gentoo penguin — a penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands.
- gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- genuine assets — the tangible and intangible assets that make an organization unique, including things such as exclusive customer relationships, etc
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
- geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- geoengineering — The deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth’s climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.
- geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
- geometric mean — the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers: The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
- geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
- geometrization — the application of geometrical concepts to a different field
- geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
- geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
- george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
- george hw bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- george v coast — a coastal region in Antarctica, along the Indian Ocean coast.
- georges cuvier — Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
- geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- geothermometer — a thermometer for measuring temperatures below the surface of the earth
- gerald sussman — (person) (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
- german measles — rubella.
- german speaker — a person who speaks German
- germanomethane — (chemistry) germanium tetrahydride.
- gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.