Word origins

• funicleSynonym of funiculus.
• funiculusAny of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
• funiformResembling a rope or cord.
• funiliformtough and flexible like a cord
• funisA cord or a cord-like structure.
• furaciousProne to stealing; thieving.
• furacityThe habit of, or addiction to, theft; thievery.
• furciferousrascally; scandalous
• furciformfork-shaped
• furculaA forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
• furculumfurcula (wishbone of birds)
• furfura particle of dandruff
• furfuraceousMade of bran.
• furfurationThe falling of dandruff from the head.
• furfurousMade of, or resembling, bran
• furibundalFull of rage.
• furuncleA boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
• fuscationA darkening; obscurity; obfuscation.
• fuscinA brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
• fuscousOf a dark, brownish-grey color; dark-hued, dusky, swarthy.
• fusidicOf or pertaining to fusidic acid or its derivatives.
• fusileThat can be melted; meltable
• fusoidSynonym of fusiform.
• fusorA coin melter.
• fustigateTo hit someone with a club.
• fusureAct of fusing; fusion.
• GabaeAn ancient Zoroastrian city in Persia, in modern Iran; modern Isfahan.
• GaditanOf or pertaining to Cadiz in Spain.
• GaditanianOf, from or relating to the city of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.
• GaetuliAn ancient Berber tribe inhabiting Gaetulia.
• GaetuliaAn ancient district covering the large desert region south of the Atlas Mountains, bordering the Sahara. Other documents place it in pre-Roman times along the Mediterranean coasts of what is now Algeria and Tunisia, and north of the Atlas.
• gagateAgate.
• GaisericA male given name from Latin, of historical usage, notably borne by a Vandalic King who ruled over North Africa.
• galatroxAn acidic galectin from Bothrops atrox snake venom
• galbulusA fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses
• galeaspidAny of the extinct class †Galeaspida of jawless fish.
• galeateOf or relating to a galea.
• galeenyA guinea fowl.
• galenyA guinea fowl.
• galeriteA cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus †Galerites.
• galinstanAn alloy of gallium, indium and tin which is liquid at room temperature.
• Gallia BelgicaAn ancient province of the Roman Empire, existing from 22 BCE to the 5th century CE and located in modern northeast France, most of Belgium and Luxembourg, and parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
• Gallia CountyOne of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Gallipolis.
• Gallia Lugdunensisa province of the Roman Empire located in what is now northern France.
• Gallia Narbonensisa province of the Roman Empire located in what is now southern France.
• GallicanRelating to Gaul or France; Gallic; French.
• gallicizeSynonym of frenchify, to make French or more French-like.
• gallidAffecting chickens; applied to certain alphaherpesviruses.
• GallimaniaSynonym of Gallophilia.
• gallinaceousRelated to the genus Gallus, poultry; notably said of the order Galliformes.
• GallovidianOf or relating to Galloway, Scotland.
• gargarisma gargle; a liquid used to gargle with.
• gargarizeTo gargle (rinse or wash mouth and throat).
• garumA fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.
• GarumnianRelated to, or from, the region of the river Garonne.
• garum sociorumA highly esteemed variety of garum from Cartagena and Gades in Hispania Baetica.
• Gaudete SundayThe third Sunday in Advent
• Gaugamelaa village in Assyria, where in 331 BC Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
• GawelA surname.
• GedrosiaThe Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to contemporary Makran.
• GeisericA male given name from Latin. Mainly Historical. Name of a Vandalic King who ruled over North Africa.
• gelableCapable of being congealed, or converted into jelly.
• GelasiusA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Pope Gelasius I and Pope Gelasius II.
• geleptYoung and weakly developed soils that form in very cold climates where permafrost is present near the surface and that show minimal horizon formation due to limited biological activity and cryoturbation.
• gelidVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
• gelisolA kind of soil found in cold climates, containing permafrost near the surface.
• GeloniA tribe of Scythia settled near the river Borysthenes
• gelotologistA person who studies humour and laughter
• gemelliparousProducing twins
• geminalDescribing identical atoms or groups attached to the same atom in a molecule
• geminationA doubling.
• geminatio vocaliumThe process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.
• geminiflorousHaving the flowers arranged in pairs.
• geminiformHaving a structure consisting of two identical parts.
• geminologyThe study of twins; gemellology.
• geminousdouble; appearing or growing in pairs
• gemmaceousRelating to, or containing, gemmae.
• gemmateHaving buds; reproducing by buds.
• gemmeousResembling or relating to gems.
• gemmiferousProducing gemmae or buds.
• gemmificationThe production of a bud or gem.
• gemmologyThe branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.
• gemmotherapyThe use of remedies made from the embryonic tissue of various trees and shrubs, or other meristematic parts
• GemonianOf or relating to the Gemonian Stairs, a flight of steps used as a place of execution in Ancient Rome.
• genalOf or relating to the cheeks
• generantgenerative; producing
• generatrixA curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
• generificationThe process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
• genethliacOf or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth
• gen. et sp. nov.new genus and species
• geniculationThe act of kneeling.
• geniculo-Of the structure of a knee.
• geniculumA small genu, or angular knee-like structure, especially (anatomy) a sharp knee-like bend in a small structure or organ.
• genitive absolutein Ancient Greek, more frequent than the accusative absolute and the nominative absolute
• genitrixThe biological mother of a child.
• genius familiaeA spirit presiding over or guarding a family or household.
• genius hominisThe tutelary deity or spirit watching over a particular person.
• genius lociThe minor deity or spirit watching over a particular place.
• genius locorumA single spirit or minor deity (genius) which watches over several places, rather than only one.
• GensericA male given name of mainly historical use, borne by a king of the Vandals.