8-letter words starting with ge
- 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.
- geotherm — a line or surface within or on the earth connecting points of equal temperature
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- gerardia — any plant of the genus Gerardia
- gerberas — Plural form of gerbera.
- germaine — a female given name.
- germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- germanic — of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
- germano- — German, German and
- germfree — free of germs; sterile: This kind of research should be done in a germfree laboratory.
- germiest — Superlative form of germy.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- germless — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- germline — Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.
- geronimo — (Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- gerontic — geriatric.
- geronto- — indicating old age
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- gertrude — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “strength.”.
- geschrei — a yell; shout.
- gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
- gestalts — Plural form of gestalt.
- gestated — Simple past tense and past participle of gestate.
- gestates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gestate.
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gestured — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gestures — Make a gesture.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- get busy — hurry to do sth
- get down — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get even — level; flat; without surface irregularities; smooth: an even road.
- get into — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get laid — have sex
- get lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- get onto — discuss
- get over — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get real — Be realistic
- get sick — fall ill, become unwell