The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
gentamicin
gentamicin
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating severe systemic bacterial infections (as of the urinary tract); (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol.
genteelism
genteelism
noun
(countable) A nicer word used instead of a vulgar or distasteful word
Genteel behaviour.
gentiledom
gentiledom
noun
The realm or sphere of non-Jewish people.
geochemist
geochemist
noun
(chemistry, geology) A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry
geometries
geometries
noun
plural of geometry
geometrina
geometrine
geometrine
noun
Any moth of the subfamily Geometrinae
geometrise
geometrise
verb
Alternative form of geometrize
geometrize
geometrize
verb
(intransitive) To study or use geometry.
(transitive) To convert to geometrical form.
geometroid
geometroid
noun
Any moth of the superfamily Geometroidea.
geothermic
geothermic
adj
geothermal
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
germinated
germinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of germinate
germinates
germinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate
germinator
germinator
noun
A container in which plants may be germinated
geronomite
giacometti
gigglement
gigglement
noun
A state of giggling; laughter.
gimleteyed
gismondite
gismondite
noun
Alternative form of gismondine
gitanemuck
glathsheim
glimmerite
glimmerite
noun
(geology) An igneous rock consisting almost entirely of dark mica
gliomatous
gliomatous
adj
Affected with, or of the nature of, glioma.
glutaminic
glutaminic
adj
Related to, or derived from glutamine
gluttonism
gluttonism
noun
The state of being a glutton.
gnathidium
gnathidium
noun
(zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.
gnathonism
gnosticism
gnosticism
noun
Alternative form of Gnosticism
goldsmiths
goldsmiths
noun
plural of goldsmith
goniometer
goniometer
noun
(medicine) An arthrometer (device for measuring the arc or range of mobility of a joint).
A device used to measure the angles of crystals.
A device used to measure the angles of joints commonly used in orthopedics and physical therapy.
A radio direction finder.
goniometry
goniometry
noun
measurement of angles
gourmetism
gourmetism
noun
The habits and attitudes of gourmets; a love of fine food.
grammatics
grammatics
noun
metagrammar
grammatist
grammatist
noun
(historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
A grammarian.
grammatite
grammatite
noun
(mineralogy) tremolite
gravimeter
gravimeter
noun
(physics) A hydrometer.
(physics) An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
gravimetry
gravimetry
noun
The measurement of gravity (the strength of the gravitational field).
The measurement of specific gravity; hydrometry.
gristmills
gristmills
noun
plural of gristmill
gromatical
grotianism
guestimate
guestimate
noun
Alternative spelling of guesstimate
gymnasiast
gymnasiast
noun
One who attends the kind of school called a gymnasium.
gymnastics
gymnastics
noun
A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
gymnotidae
gynostemia
gynostemia
noun
plural of gynostemium
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
hamrongite
hamstrings
hamstrings
noun
plural of hamstring
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamstring
heatmaking
hedgesmith
hegemonist
hegemonist
noun
A person, organisation or country that practices hegemony.
hemizygote
hemizygote
noun
(biology) A hemizygous individual
hemologist
hempstring
hermitages
hermitages
noun
plural of hermitage
highermost
highermost
adj
Uppermost; in the highest position.
histograms
histograms
noun
plural of histogram
homologist
hypostigma
iamatology
iamatology
noun
(obsolete) The science of remedies, or of therapeutics.
ignorement
ignorement
noun
(archaic) The act of ignoring something.
imaginated
imaginator
immantling
immantling
verb
present participle of immantle
immigrants
immigrants
noun
plural of immigrant
immigrated
immigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of immigrate
immigrates
immigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immigrate
immigrator
immigrator
noun
An immigrant.
immolating
immolating
verb
present participle of immolate
impainting
impainting
verb
present participle of impaint
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
implanting
implanting
verb
present participle of implant
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinting
imprinting
noun
(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.
verb
present participle of imprint
impugnment
impugnment
noun
The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned.
ingeminate
ingeminate
adj
redoubled
reiterated
verb
(transitive) To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
ingulfment
ingulfment
noun
Archaic form of engulfment.
insignment
insignment
noun
(obsolete) A token, mark, or explanation.
integument
integument
noun
(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
(botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
A shell or other outer protective layer.
intimating
intimating
verb
present participle of intimate
isogametic
isogametic
adj
Pertaining to, or exhibiting isogamy
jiggermast
jiggermast
noun
(nautical) The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
kentigerma
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmatgar
khitmatgar
noun
(British India, South Asia) A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table.
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
lambasting
lambasting
noun
A beating or thrashing.
A harsh reprimand.
verb
present participle of lambast
present participle of lambaste
laminating
laminating
verb
present participle of laminate
latecoming
latecoming
adj
Arriving late.
leamington
leamington
Proper noun
Royal Leamington Spa, a health resort in Warwickshire, England
A small town in Ontario, Canada
A town in Utah
legitimacy
legitimacy
noun
Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
legitimate
legitimate
adj
Authentic, real, genuine.
Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
Relating to hereditary rights.
noun
A person born to a legally married couple.
verb
(transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
legitimise
legitimise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize.
legitimism
legitimism
noun
The principles or plans of legitimists.
legitimist
legitimist
adj
related to the principles of legitimism
noun
(by extension) Any proponent for the rule of a legitimate sovereign.
(historical) A French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.
A Carlist
legitimity
legitimity
noun
Misspelling of legitimacy.
legitimize
legitimize
verb
(transitive) To make legitimate.
ligamental
ligamental
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a ligament
ligamentta
ligamentum
lighterman
lighterman
noun
(nautical) One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter.
lightermen
lightermen
noun
plural of lighterman
ligusticum
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
limelights
limelights
noun
plural of limelight
lingtowman
lithomarge
lithomarge
noun
kaolinite
locomoting
locomoting
verb
present participle of locomote
logarithms
logarithms
noun
plural of logarithm
logometric
logometric
adj
(chemistry) Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric.
(mathematics) Of or relating to a system of logarithms constructed to suit a system of ratios and measures.
longimetry
longimetry
noun
The measurement of length.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
macerating
macerating
verb
present participle of macerate
maculating
maculating
verb
present participle of maculate
magazinist
magazinist
noun
One who writes in a magazine.
magestical
magiristic
magistracy
magistracy
noun
The collective body of magistrates.
The dignity or office of a magistrate.
magistrand
magistrand
noun
A student in the fourth year of a Masters degree.
magistrant
magistrate
magistrate
noun
(Quebec) A master's degree.
(historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
(historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
(law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
magnetical
magnetical
adj
(obsolete) magnetic
magnetised
magnetised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magnetise
magnetiser
magnetiser
noun
Alternative form of magnetizer
magnetisms
magnetisms
noun
plural of magnetism
magnetites
magnetites
noun
plural of magnetite
magnetitic
magnetitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral magnetite.
magnetized
magnetized
adj
That has been made magnetic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magnetize
magnetizer
magnetizer
noun
(now historical) A practitioner of animal magnetism; a hypnotist.
Someone or something that imparts magnetism.
magnetizes
magnetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of magnetize
magnificat
magnitudes
magnitudes
noun
plural of magnitude
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
malignment
malignment
noun
The act of maligning something.
malleating
malleating
verb
present participle of malleate
mangalitza
manganetic
manganetic
adj
(obsolete) manganiferous (containing manganese)
manhunting
manhunting
noun
Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
mannington
margaritae
margaritic
margaritic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to margaritic acid of its derivatives
margenting
margenting
verb
present participle of margent
margherita
margherita
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Margherita
marginated
marginated
adj
Having a distinct margin.
marguerita
marguerite
marguerite
noun
A shrub with daisy-like flowers, Argyranthemum frutescens