gelid
1: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" [syn: {arctic}, {frigid}, {glacial}, {icy}, {polar}]
gelidity
1: coldness due to a cold environment [syn: {chill}, {iciness}]
gelignite
1: a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate [syn: {gelly}]
Gell-Mann
1: United States physicist noted for his studies of subatomic particles (born in 1929) [syn: {Murray Gell-Mann}]
gelly
1: a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate [syn: {gelignite}]
Gelnn Theodore Seaborg
1: United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999) [syn: {Seaborg}, {Glenn T. Seaborg}]
Gelsemium
1: evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia [syn: {genus Gelsemium}]
Gelsemium sempervirens
1: poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers [syn: {yellow jasmine}, {yellow jessamine}, {Carolina jasmine}, {evening trumpet flower}]
gem
1: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: {gemstone}, {stone}] 2: art highly pri...
gem clip
1: a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together; "the paper clip was invented in 1900" [syn: {paper clip}, {paperclip}]
gem cutter
1: one who cuts and shapes precious stones
Gem State
1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: {Idaho}, {ID}]
Gemara
1: the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna
gemfibrozil
1: medication (trade name Lopid) used to lower the levels of triglyceride in the blood [syn: {Lopid}]
geminate
1: a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate" v 1: form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the m...
gemination
1: the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) 2: the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful" [syn: {duplication}]
Gemini
1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini [syn: {Twin}] 2: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic 3: the third sign of the z...
Gemini program
1: a program of space flights undertaken by US in 1965 and 1966; "under the Gemini program each crew had two astronauts"
Gemini the Twins
1: the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20 [syn: {Gemini}, {Twins}]
gemma
1: small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual [also: {gemmae} (pl)]
gemmation
1: asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual [syn: {pullulation}]
Gemonil
1: anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy [syn: {metharbital}]
gempylid
1: snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
Gempylidae
1: snake mackerels [syn: {family Gempylidae}]
Gempylus
1: type genus of the Gempylidae [syn: {genus Gempylus}]
Gempylus serpens
1: predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth [syn: {snake mackerel}]
gemsbok
1: large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks [syn: {gemsbuck}, {Oryx gazella}] [also: {gemboks} (pl)]
gemsbuck
1: large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks [syn: {gemsbok}, {Oryx gazella}] [also: {gembucks} (pl)]
gemstone
1: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: {gem}, {stone}]
gen
1: informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers"
gen X
1: the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s) [syn: {generation X}]
gendarmerie
1: French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively [syn: {gendarmery}]
gendarmery
1: French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively [syn: {gendarmerie}]
gender
1: a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually...
gender agreement
1: agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction
gender identity
1: your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female; awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence
gender role
1: the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness; "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity"
gene
1: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a...
gene chip
1: a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested [syn: {DNA chip}]
gene expression
1: conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein
Gene Kelly
1: United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996) [syn: {Kelly}, {Eugene Curran Kelly}]
gene linkage
1: (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) [syn: {li...
gene mutation
1: a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene [syn: {point mutation}]
Gene Sarazen
1: United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999) [syn: {Sarazen}]
Gene Tunney
1: United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978) [syn: {Tunney}, {James Joseph Tunney}]
gene-splicing
1: the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism [syn: {genetic engineering}, {recombinant DNA technology...
genealogic
1: of or relating to genealogy; "genealogical records" [syn: {genealogical}]
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genealogical
1: of or relating to genealogy; "genealogical records" [syn: {genealogic}]
genealogically
1: in a genealogical manner; "he charted his family tree genealogically"
genealogy
1: successive generations of kin [syn: {family tree}]
general
1: applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader" [ant: {specific}] 2:...
general agent
1: someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal [syn: {universal agent}] [ant: {special agent}] 2: an agent who sells insurance [syn: {insurance broker}, {insurance agent}, ...
general anaesthesia
1: a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) [syn: {general anesthesia}]
general anaesthetic
1: an anesthetic that anesthetizes entire body and causes loss of consciousness [syn: {general anesthetic}]
general anatomy
1: the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals [syn: {anatomy}]
general anesthesia
1: a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) [syn: {general anaesthesia}]
general anesthetic
1: an anesthetic that anesthetizes entire body and causes loss of consciousness [syn: {general anaesthetic}]
General Assembly
1: the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations 2: persons who make or amend or repeal laws [syn: {legislature}, {legislative assembly}, {law-makers}]
General Baptist
1: group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) [syn: {Arminian Baptist}]
General Charles de Gaulle
1: French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) [syn: {de Gaulle}, {General de Gaulle}, {Charles de Gaulle}, {C...
General Custer
1: United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) [syn: {Custer}, {George Armstrong Custer}]
general damages
1: (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated [syn: {actual damages}, {compensatory damages}]
General de Gaulle
1: French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) [syn: {de Gaulle}, {Charles de Gaulle}, {General Charles de Gau...
general delivery
1: a part of the post office that handles mail for persons who call for it [syn: {poste restante}]
general election
1: a national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies
general headquarters
1: military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces [syn: {command post}, {GHQ}]
general ledger
1: the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts)
general lien
1: a lien on all the property owned by a debtor and not just a specific property
general medicine
1: the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) [syn: {internal medicine}]
general officer
1: officers in the army or air force or marines above the rank of colonel
general relativity
1: a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) [syn: {general theory of relativity}, {general relativity theory}, {Einstein's general theory of re...
general relativity theory
1: a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) [syn: {general relativity}, {general theory of relativity}, {Einstein's general theory of relativit...
General Security Services
1: the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency; "the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline" [syn: {Shin Bet}]
General Services Administration
1: a central management agency thata sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management [syn: {GSA}]
general staff
1: military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy
general store
1: a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise [syn: {country store}, {trading post}]
general theory of relativity
1: a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) [syn: {general relativity}, {general relativity theory}, {Einstein's general theory of relativity}]
general verdict
1: an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact [ant: {special verdict}]
general-purpose bomb
1: a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect [syn: {GP bomb}]
generalisation
1: an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: {generalization}, {generality}] 2: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instanc...
generalise
1: speak or write in generalities [syn: {generalize}] [ant: {specify}] 2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: {generalize}, {extrapolate}, {infer}] 3: cater to popular taste to make ...
generalised
1: not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal" [syn: {generalized}] 2: spread throughout a body or system; "g...
generalissimo
1: the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief" [syn: {commander in chief}]
generalist
1: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a statistician has to be something of a generalist" [syn: {Renaissance man}] [ant: ...
generality
1: an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: {generalization}, {generalisation}] 2: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability [ant: {p...
generalization
1: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances [syn: {abstraction}, {generalisation}] 2: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: {genera...
generalize
1: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: {generalise}, {extrapolate}, {infer}] 2: speak or write in generalities [syn: {generalise}] [ant: {specify}] 3: cater to popular taste to make ...
generalized
1: not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal" [syn: {generalised}] 2: made general; widely prevalent; "a pro...
generalized anxiety disorder
1: an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six mo...
generalized epilepsy
1: epilepsy in which the attack involves loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking [syn: {grand mal epilepsy}]
generalized seizure
1: a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body [syn: {grand mal}, {epilepsia major}]
generally
1: usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here" [syn: {by and large}, {more often than not}, {mostly}] 2: without distinction of one from others; "he is interested in snakes in general...
generally accepted accounting practices
1: a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures [syn: {GAAP}]
generalship
1: the leadership ability of a military general 2: the office of general
generate
1: bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office" [syn: {bring forth}] 2: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "...
generation
1: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age [syn: {coevals}, {contemporaries}] 2: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descen...
generation X
1: the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s) [syn: {gen X}]
generative
1: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: {productive}] [ant: {consumptive}] 2: producing new life or offspring; "tXsXwhe reproductive potential of a...
generator
1: an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas 2: engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction 3: someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "...
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