8-letter words containing ge
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- geniture — birth; generation.
- genius's — an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- geniuses — an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- genizoth — Plural form of genizah.
- gennaker — a type of sail used for downwind sailing
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- genogram — a graphic representation of the personalities and interplay of generations within a family, used to identify repetitive patterns of behavior; a psychological family tree.
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- genotype — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- genseric — a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.
- gentians — Plural form of gentian.
- gentiles — Plural form of gentile.
- gentilic — Tribal or national.
- gentlest — kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- gentling — Present participle of gentle.
- gentrice — gentility; high birth.
- gentries — Plural form of gentry.
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geocache — A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geocoded — Simple past tense and past participle of geocode.
- geodesic — Also, geodesical. pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces, in which geodesic lines take the place of the straight lines of plane geometry.
- geodetic — pertaining to geodesy.
- geoducks — Plural form of geoduck.
- geoffrey — a male given name: from Germanic, meaning “divine peace.”.
- geoglyph — A large-scale drawing made on the ground by scratching or arranging lines of stones etc.
- geognost — a student of, or expert in, geognosy
- geognosy — Archaic. a science dealing with the constituent parts of the earth, its envelope of air and water, its crust, and the condition of its interior.
- geogonic — relating to geogony
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geologer — (dated) A geologist.
- geologic — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geometer — geometrician.
- geometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
- geomyoid — relating to burrowing rodents of the genus Geomys
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.
- geophone — a device that is placed on or in the ground and used to detect seismic waves.
- geophyte — a plant propagated by means of underground buds.
- geoponic — of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- geoprobe — a probing device used for sampling soil
- georgann — a female given name.
- george 3 — (operating system) The operating system for the ICL 1900 mainframe. Lots of two-letter commands.
- george i — 1660–1727, king of England 1714–27.
- george v — 1865–1936, king of England 1910–36 (son of Edward VII).
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgics — Plural form of georgic.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.