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- English Word Geometry Definition That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space.
- English Word Geometry Definition A treatise on this science.
- English Word Geophagism Definition The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt.
- English Word Geophagist Definition One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc.
- English Word Geophagous Definition Earth-eating.
- English Word Geophila Definition The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.
- English Word Geoponic Definition Alt. of Geoponical
- English Word Geoponical Definition Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.
- English Word Geoponics Definition The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture.
- English Word Georama Definition A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside.
- English Word Geordie Definition A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.
- English Word George Definition A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter.
- English Word George Definition A kind of brown loaf.
- English Word George noble Definition A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.
- English Word Georgian Definition Of or pertaining to Georgia, in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States.
- English Word Georgian Definition Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan; as, the Georgian era.
- English Word Georgian Definition A native of, or dweller in, Georgia.
- English Word Georgic Definition A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.
- English Word Georgic Definition Alt. of Georgical
- English Word Georgical Definition Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.
- English Word Georgium Sidus Definition The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel.
- English Word Geoscopy Definition Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection.
- English Word Geoselenic Definition Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena.
- English Word Geostatic Definition Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.
- English Word Geosynclinal Definition the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal.
- English Word Geothermometer Definition A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
- English Word Geotic Definition Belonging to earth; terrestrial.
- English Word Geotropic Definition Relating to, or showing, geotropism.
- English Word Geotropism Definition A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.
- English Word Gephyrea Definition An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae.