7-letter words containing gen
- genizah — A storeroom located in or by a synagogue where are kept sacred Hebrew books that cannot be used (through damage or heretical teachings), but which cannot be discarded because they contain God's name.
- genlock — a method of synchronizing cameras by using an external signal
- gennaro — San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- genoese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
- genoise — a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- genomes — Plural form of genome.
- genomic — a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- genroku — a period of Japanese cultural history, c1675–1725, characterized by depiction of everyday secular activities of urban dwellers in fiction and woodblock prints.
- genseng — ginseng.
- genteel — belonging or suited to polite society.
- gentian — any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe. Compare gentian family.
- gentile — of or relating to any people not Jewish.
- gentled — Simple past tense and past participle of gentle.
- gentler — kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- gentles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gentle.
- genuine — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- genuses — Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- halogen — any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals.
- humogen — a plant fertilizer
- huygens — Christian [kris-chuh n;; Dutch kris-tee-ahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Dutch ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1629–95, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
- hygenic — Misspelling of hygienic.
- imogene — a female given name.
- indigen — An indigene or native.
- ingenue — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- ingenui — (legal) In civil law, a class of freemen who were born free. They were distinguished from the class known as liberti or libertini who, born slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom.
- ionogen — any substance capable of producing ions, as an electrolyte.
- ir gene — a gene controlling the magnitude of the immune response to a particular antigen.
- isogeny — The condition of being isogenous.
- kerogen — the bituminous matter in oil shale, from which shale oil is obtained by heating and distillation.
- legends — A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
- loxygen — liquid oxygen
- lucigen — a lamp that burns oil mixed with hot air
- lysogen — a bacterial cell or strain that has been infected with a temperate virus, one that does not cause destruction of the cell.
- magenta — a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.
- margent — margin.
- mingent — Discharging urine.
- mitogen — any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- mucigen — (physiology) A substance formed in mucous epithelial cells that gives rise to mucin.
- mutagen — a substance or preparation capable of inducing mutation.
- neogene — noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era. Compare Paleogene.
- nextgen — Alternative form of next-gen.
- oncogen — a substance which causes tumours to form
- orogens — an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- orogeny — A process in which a section of the earth's crust is folded and deformed by lateral compression to form a mountain range.
- pangene — a hypothetical particle of protoplasm
- pirogen — (used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- progeny — a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
- pungent — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
- pyrogen — a substance, as a thermostable bacterial toxin, that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal.
- reagent — a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.