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- English Word Geest Definition Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.
- English Word Geet Definition Jet.
- English Word Geez Definition The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.
- English Word Gehenna Definition The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.
- English Word Geic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.
- English Word Gein Definition See Humin.
- English Word Geissler tube Definition A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.
- English Word Geitonogamy Definition Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.
- English Word Gelable Definition Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.
- English Word Gelada Definition A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male.
- English Word Gelastic Definition Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing.
- English Word Gelatification Definition The formation of gelatin.
- English Word Gelatigenous Definition Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues.
- English Word Gelatin Definition Alt. of Gelatine
- English Word Gelatinate Definition To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly.
- English Word Gelatinate Definition To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly.
- English Word Gelatinated Definition of Gelatinate
- English Word Gelatinating Definition of Gelatinate
- English Word Gelatination Definition The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.
- English Word Gelatine Definition Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.
- English Word Gelatine Definition Same as Gelatin.
- English Word Gelatiniferous Definition Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- English Word Gelatiniform Definition Having the form of gelatin.
- English Word Gelatinization Definition Same as Gelatination.
- English Word Gelatinize Definition To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t.
- English Word Gelatinize Definition To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.
- English Word Gelatinize Definition Same as Gelatinate, v. i.
- English Word Gelatinous Definition Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
- English Word Gelation Definition The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.
- English Word Geld Definition Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.