13-letter words containing gen
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- eigenfunction — Each of a set of independent functions that are the solutions to a given differential equation.
- embryogenetic — embryogenic
- emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
- epigeneticist — a person who studies epigenetics
- epileptogenic — causing an epileptic attack
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- estate agency — business that sells property
- falcon-gentle — the female peregrine falcon.
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- gametogenesis — the development of gametes.
- gender bender — Informal. one, as a cross-dresser, that blurs differences between the sexes.
- gender binary — a classification system consisting of two genders, male and female.
- gender mender — (hardware) (Or "gender bender", "gender blender", "sex changer", and even "homosexual adaptor") A cable connector shell with either two male or two female connectors on it, used to correct the mismatches that result when some loser didn't understand the EIA-232C specification and the distinction between DTE and DCE. Used especially for EIA-232C parts in either the original D-25 or the IBM PC's D-9 connector. There appears to be some confusion as to whether a "male homosexual adaptor" has pins on both sides (is doubly male) or sockets on both sides (connects two males).
- gender-bender — Informal. one, as a cross-dresser, that blurs differences between the sexes.
- gene sequence — the arrangement of the nucleotides of a particular gene
- gene splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- gene transfer — Biotechnology. the insertion of copies of a gene into living cells in order to induce synthesis of the gene's product: the desired gene may be microinjected directly into the cell or it may be inserted into the core of a virus by gene splicing and the virus allowed to infect the cell for replication of the gene in the cell's DNA.
- gene-splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- general costs — the general expenses of running a business
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- general magic — A software company based in Mountain View, California. Products released in 1994 after four years in development include: Telescript - a communications-oriented programming language; Magic Cap - an OOPS designed for PDAs; and a new, third generation GUI. Motorola's Envoy, due for release in the third quarter of 1994, will use Magic Cap as its OS. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols. Competitors for Magic Cap include Microsoft's Windows for Pens/Winpad, PenPoint, Apple Computer's Newton Intelligence and GEOS by GeoWorks.
- general order — any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
- general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
- general store — a store, usually in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, or hardware, but is not divided into departments.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
- generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
- generalizable — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- generation xl — overweight children or young adults of the generation that spends a great deal of time on sedentary pursuits such as surfing the internet and playing computer games
- generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
- genetic drift — random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool, usually of small populations.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
- genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
- genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- gentle breeze — a wind of 8–12 miles per hour (4–5 m/sec).
- gentle-person — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.