| Germany |
a central European country, reunited in 1990, bordered by the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. |
| germ cell |
a cell whose principal function is reproduction; egg or sperm cell. |
| germicide |
a substance capable of killing or used to kill germs. |
| germinal |
of, concerning, or like a germ or germ cell. [2 definitions] |
| germinate |
to start or cause to start a process of growth or development; sprout. |
| germ layer |
any of the three primary cell layers in an embryo which differentiate into various body parts as the fetus develops. |
| germ plasm |
the protoplasm of the germ cells containing chromosomes. |
| germ warfare |
the deliberate contamination of an enemy's territory with disease germs. |
| gerontocracy |
government by a group of elders. [2 definitions] |
| gerontology |
the science concerned with the physical and emotional changes associated with aging. (See geriatrics.) |
| Gerry Jackson |
founder and station manager of SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe's only independent radio station, which is broadcast from London, England. |
| gerrymander |
the manipulation, or the result of the manipulation, of the boundaries of election districts so as to favor a particular political party. [2 definitions] |
| gerund |
in English, a form derived from a verb by the addition of the suffix "-ing" that functions as a noun. |
| gestalt |
in psychology, a cognitive pattern that is whole and unified and cannot be predicted or inferred from its individual elements, even when they are considered together. |
| Gestalt psychology |
a psychological theory that holds that experience is composed of gestalts and that an organism's response to a situation cannot be analyzed as a sum of its elements. |
| Gestapo |
the terrorist secret police force of Germany during the Nazi regime. |
| gestate |
to carry in the uterus following conception. [3 definitions] |
| gestation |
the time that an organism spends developing in a womb, egg, or the like before being born. [2 definitions] |
| gesticulate |
to make hand movements, esp. so as to be more emphatic or expressive while speaking. [2 definitions] |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. [2 definitions] |
| gesture |
a movement of one's body, limbs, or face that expresses emotion or feeling or reinforces speech. [4 definitions] |