| George Foreman |
U.S. heavyweight boxer who twice won the World Heavyweight Championship (b. 1949). |
| George Herman Ruth |
see "Babe Ruth." |
| George Orwell |
an English author; Eric Blair (b.1903--d.1950). |
| Georgetown |
the capital of Guyana. |
| georgette |
a sheer fabric of silk or rayon crepe with a dull, slightly crinkled surface. |
| George Washington |
the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the U.S. War of Independence and the first President of the United States (1789-1797). During his presidency, Washington focused on bringing a spirit of unity to the newly formed nation, creating a new capital, and expanding U.S. territory westward (b.1732--d.1799). |
| Georgia |
a Near Eastern country between Turkey and Russia; formerly a republic of the Soviet Union. [2 definitions] |
| Georgian |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the period of British history from the reign of George I through that of George IV, or the style, as of architecture, of that period. [6 definitions] |
| Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
a German philosopher (b.1770--d.1831). |
| geostatic |
of or pertaining to the pressure that surface rock exerts. [2 definitions] |
| geostationary |
of or pertaining to a satellite or spacecraft that travels around the earth's equator at a speed equal to the earth's rotation so as to maintain a constant relation to points on the earth's surface. |
| geotaxis |
the movement of a freely moving organism toward or against gravitational pull. |
| geothermal |
of or concerning the heat produced internally by the earth. |
| geothermal energy |
heat energy produced in the interior of the earth, or energy derived from earth's heat. |
| geotropism |
movement or growth of a living organism in response to gravity, such as the downward growth of plant roots. |
| gephyrophobia |
an abnormal fear of crossing bridges. |
| ger. |
abbreviation of "gerund," in English, a form derived from a verb by the addition of the suffix "-ing" that functions as a noun. |
| geranium |
any of various garden plants that have roundish divided leaves and bear showy clusters of red, pink, or white blossoms. |
| gerbil |
any of a variety of small African and Asian burrowing rodents often kept as pets. |
| gerfalcon |
variant of gyrfalcon. |
| geriatric |
of or concerning geriatrics. [2 definitions] |