<B>Gem State,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Idaho. </DL>
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<B>gemstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished to make a gem. </DL>
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<B>gemutlich, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) comfortable and contented; congenial; cozy. </DL>
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<B>Gemutlichkeit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) an atmosphere of comfort and kindliness; coziness. <BR> <I>Ex. Home was an island of Gemutlichkeit, snug and secure (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>gen, </B>noun, verb, <B>genned,</B> <B>genning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) <DD><I>noun </I> inside information; low-down. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to give inside information to. </DL>
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<B>-gen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>something produced or growing, as in <I>acrogen.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something that produces, as in <I>allergen, nitrogen.</I> </DL>
<B>gena, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) the cheek, or any part of the head resembling a cheek. </DL>
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<B>genappe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a worsted yarn used especially in manufacturing braids and fringes. Its smoothness allows combination with silk. </DL>
<B>gendarme, </B>noun, pl. <B>-darmes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a policeman in France and several other European countries who has had military training. <BR> <I>Ex. A reformed jewel thief finds the gendarmes looking his way after a series of thefts break out in Cannes (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any policeman. <DD><B> 3. </B>an outcropping of rock on a mountain. </DL>
<B>gendarmery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the police force of France or of several other European countries. <DD><B> 2. </B>any police force. </DL>
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<B>gender, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the grouping of nouns into certain classes, such as masculine, feminine, and neuter. In English, except in pronouns (<I>him--her--it</I>) and a few nouns, now out of fashion, with endings such as <I>-ess</I> (<I>actress</I>), gender is now indicated only by the meaning of the word. <BR> <I>Ex. man--woman, nephew--niece, rooster--hen.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>one of such classes. (Abbr:) gen. <DD><B> 3. </B>sex. <BR> <I>Ex. the female gender.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the social character of being male or female. <BR> <I>Ex. A senior ... encouraged me to consider sociology, too, since I had become active in gender interests and relations on campus (Bryn Mawr Now).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) kind; sort; class. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Archaic.) to produce (offspring); procreate. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Archaic.) to be produced. </DL>
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<B>gendered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> divided according to sex. <BR> <I>Ex. Women don't want to exchange places with men. We wanted better places, in a kinder, gentler, less rigidly gendered world (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>gender gap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a credibility gap involving only women or only men, but not both. <BR> <I>Ex. The White House is opening the loophole to help close the "gender gap"--poll data that show women are disproportionately dubious about administration policies (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>gene, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a minute part of a chromosome that influences inheritance and development of some character; factor. Genes consist essentially of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and are divisible into functional units. The genes from the parents determine what kind of a plant or animal will develop from a fertilized cell. <BR> <I>Ex. Located in the bands are the genes, ... biological units that control specific chemical processes within the cell (Earl Ubell).</I> </DL>
<B>genealogical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with genealogy. A genealogical chart is called a family tree. adv. <B>genealogically.</B> </DL>
<B>genealogist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies, or traces, genealogies. </DL>
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<B>genealogize, </B>verb, <B>-gized,</B> <B>-gizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to draw up a genealogy of. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to trace descent; draw up genealogies. </DL>
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<B>genealogy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an account of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor or ancestors. <DD><B> 2. </B>the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; pedigree; lineage. (SYN) ancestry. <DD><B> 3. </B>the making or investigation of accounts of descent; study of pedigrees. </DL>
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<B>gene deletion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the loss of a gene or genes from the genetic inventory of a cell or animal. </DL>
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<B>gene flow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the diffusion of genes as a result of crossing with an unrelated group and from subsequent crossing within the hybrid group. <BR> <I>Ex. The farmers and herdsmen ... crowded each other along their frontiers, thus increasing the amount of mixture and the gene flow between populations (C. S. Coon).</I> </DL>
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<B>gene frequency,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the degree to which a particular gene is present in the chromosomes of a group. </DL>
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<B>gene gun,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a device for injecting genetic material into cells. <BR> <I>Ex. Genes can be transferred into plant cells with ... a "gene gun" that shoots DNA into leaves (Sandra Blakeslee).</I> </DL>
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<B>gene insertion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the insertion of missing genes in the genetic inventory of a cell or animal. </DL>
<A NAME="genelike">
<B>genelike, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling a gene; like that of a gene. </DL>
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<B>gene mapping,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the process of determining the arrangement of the genes of a chromosome. <BR> <I>Ex. Gene mapping may ... actually promise to correct many genetic disorders. If, for example, a defective gene could be removed and another gene inserted in its place on the map of human chromosomes, many genetic disorders could be prevented (Dalma Heyn).</I> </DL>
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<B>gene mutation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sudden or dramatic change in the inherited characteristics of an organism, caused presumably by a chemical change in normal genes rather than by changes in chromosome structure. <BR> <I>Ex. radioactive fallout which could produce ... gene mutation affecting unborn generations (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>gene pool,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> all of the genes contained in the genetic makeup of a species. <BR> <I>Ex. ... genetic stocks, or gene pools, have been carefully studied (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="genera">
<B>genera, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>genus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="generable">
<B>generable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be generated or produced. </DL>
