English dictionary: words starting with gen

Meanings of Gen:

noun

Information.

Usage examples:

You've got more gen on him than we have

verb

Find out about.

Usage examples:

We genned up on the agencies that had done the work

combining form

Denoting a substance that produces something.

Usage examples:

Oxygen

abbreviation

General.

Usage examples:

Gen. eisenhower

Meanings of Gen-up:

phrasal verb

To find out as much information as possible

Usage examples:

Gen up on derek genned up on the country's history before going there.

Meanings of Gena:

noun

The lateral part of the head of an insect or other arthropod below the level of the eyes.

Usage examples:

In summary, it is not only essential for determining the anterior border to the progression furrow …

Meanings of Genae:

noun

The lateral part of the head of an insect or other arthropod below the level of the eyes.

Usage examples:

In summary, it is not only essential for determining the anterior border to the progression furrow …

Meanings of Gendarme:

noun

A paramilitary police officer in france and other french-speaking countries.

Usage examples:

He was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station

Meanings of Gendarmerie:

noun

A force of gendarmes.

Usage examples:

Criminals are usually delivered to the police or the gendarmerie, a military police with a reputati…

Meanings of Gendarmes:

noun

A paramilitary police officer in france and other french-speaking countries.

Usage examples:

He was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station

Meanings of Gender:

noun

Either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. the term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.

Usage examples:

A condition that affects people of both genders

Meanings of Gendered:

adjective

Relating or specific to people of one particular gender.

Usage examples:

Gendered occupations

Meanings of Gendering:

noun

The assigning or attributing of a gender to someone or something; division, classification, or differentiation according to gender.

Meanings of Genders:

noun

Either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. the term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.

Usage examples:

A condition that affects people of both genders

Meanings of Gene:

noun

(in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Usage examples:

Playing tennis is in my genes

Meanings of Genealogical:

adjective

Relating to the study or tracing of lines of family descent.

Usage examples:

Genealogical research

Meanings of Genealogically:

adverb

In a way that is related to the history of the past and present members of a family or families

Usage examples:

They are all related genealogically., society will become more genealogically diverse.

Meanings of Genealogies:

noun

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.

Usage examples:

The genealogies of the kings of mercia

Meanings of Genealogist:

noun

A person who traces or studies lines of family descent.

Usage examples:

According to a genealogist, she is the queen's 18th cousin

Meanings of Genealogists:

noun

A person who traces or studies lines of family descent.

Usage examples:

According to a genealogist, she is the queen's 18th cousin

Meanings of Genealogize:

verb

Trace lines of family descent.

Meanings of Genealogy:

noun

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.

Usage examples:

The genealogies of the kings of mercia

Meanings of Genecology:

noun

The study of variation and genetic differences within a (plant) species in relation to the environment.

Meanings of Genera:

noun

A principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized latin name, e.g. leo.

Usage examples:

The identification of two named genera in a single organism presents a taxonomic dilemma.

Pl of genus

Meanings of Generability:

noun

The capacity for generating or being generated; the fact or quality of being generable.

Meanings of General:

adjective

Affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread.

Usage examples:

Books of general interest

noun

A commander of an army, or an army officer of very high rank.

Usage examples:

The most stable connection is that between the military commander and generals and officers directl…

Meanings of General-election:

noun

A national or state election, not a local one

Meanings of General-public:

noun

Ordinary people, especially people who are not members of a particular organization or who do not have any special type of knowledge

Usage examples:

Corporate credit unions trade within the credit-union system and don't do business with the general…