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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 genticide The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide. gentilic Tribal or national. gentilicious Synonym of gentilicial. genuflection The act of genuflecting. genu valgum The condition in which the knees are abnormally close together and the ankles far apart. geomantic Of or relating to geomancy. geometrical pace A unit of measure used in the 16th century, defined as "five feet" or "five geometrical feet". georgic A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc. Georgium Sidus The planet Uranus. Gepid A member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths. Gepidae The Gepids, an East Germanic people. Gerasa An ancient city of the Decapolis, now Jerash in Jordan Gerasena The country of the Gerasenes. gerent A manager. Gergovia The chief oppidum (fortified town) of the Arverni. Gerlachus Saint Gerlach; a Dutch saint Gerlachus (“Sankt Gerlach”) germano- Related to germane. German Sea North Sea germinative Of or pertaining to germination -gerous Bearing or producing. gerundive A verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle. gestant Having within; laden; burdened; or pregnant, gestating. gestatory gestational (pertaining to gestation or pregnancy) gesticulate To make gestures or motions, as in speaking. gesticulator One who gesticulates Getae A Dacian tribe inhabiting the regions of the lower Danube. get thee behind me Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs. gibbose humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations gigantean giant-like; gigantic, mighty. giganticide The killing of a giant. gigerium The gizzard of some birds. gill trama The internal flesh of a mushroom gill. give about to distribute or circulate something glabrity smoothness or baldness. glaciate To cover with ice or a glacier. glacify To become icy; to freeze into ice or ice crystals. gladiatory gladiatorial gladiatrix gladiator (female) gladiature swordplay; gladiatorial contest glaebule Any structure, in soil, whose morphology is different from the surrounding matrix glandiferous Bearing acorns or other similar nuts. glandule A small gland or secreting vessel. glanduliferous Bearing glandules. glans clitoridis The clitoral glans gleba The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi. gliran Relating to or resembling animals of the clade Glires. glirarium A terracotta pot used in Roman times to breed dormice for consumption as food. gliriform Relating to or resembling animals of the clade Gliriformes. glirine Relating to animals the Linnaean order Glires. globate Having the form of a globe; spherical. globosity A spherical or globose shape. globus cruciger A globe topped by a cross, used as a symbol of royal power. globus hystericus Globus (lump in the throat) when believed (by the speaker or writer) to be psychosomatic (hysterical). globus pallidus The inner part of the lenticular nucleus of the brain. glome One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot. glomelliferic acid A depside with the molecular formula C₂₅H₃₀O₈. glomerate To gather or curl into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass. glomeration The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass glomerous Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. glomerule A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood. glomuliferous Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences. gloriation A boast; a triumphing. glorificate To glorify. gloriole halo glossarium Synonym of gloss and glossary, particularly (historical) in medieval contexts. glossatrix A specifically female glossator. glossic A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but always using one symbol to represent one sound. glottidean Of or relating to the glottis; glottal. gluteus maximus The largest of the muscles of each buttock. glutinaceous Synonym of glutinous. glutinate To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. glutination A gluing together; a joining together with, or as though with, glue. glutinative Having the quality of cementing or binding together; agglutinative glutition The act or process of swallowing. gnomonic Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations. Gobryas Any of several notable ancient Persian noblemen goety witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy. Golden Gate The strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. golden mean A position of balance between excess and deficiency. gonarcus An arched structure that is a principal feature of the male genitalia of some insects. gongylus A round deciduous body connected with the reproduction of certain seaweeds. Gordias The name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia, the best-known of which was reputedly the founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary Gordian knot, and the father of the legendary king Midas. Gordium An ancient city in Phrygia, modern day Turkey. gossypiboma A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery. Gotarzes the name of two Parthian kings governed noun Synonym of nomen rectum. governing noun Synonym of nomen regens. gradatim Step by step; gradually and methodically. -grade Describes a specified way of walking or locomotion, especially according to the limbs or organs utilized. Græcaster An obscure, insignificant Greek; a Greekling. graffitus A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense. Graioceli An ancient tribe. grallatorial Of or pertaining to wading birds. graminaceous Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass. gramine A naturally occurring indole alkaloid present in several plant species. gramineous Of or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae). graminifolious Bearing leaves that resemble blades of grass. graminivore An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses. graminivory The condition of being graminivorous graminologist One who studies graminology.