2-Letter Words Starting with G

The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women.

Gyrfalcon

Parts of some compasses

Cosy gropes possible with these navigational aids!

Providing stability through spin

Giving stability through high-speed rotation

Cog so pricy to fix, spinning as a ship's navigational aid, say (wordplay)

Any of a group of glycosides that yield galactose on hydrolysis.

Galactosyl

GALLICIZE To conform to the French mode or idiom.

GAMETIC pertaining to a {gamete=n}

Gametocyte

The formation or production of gametes.

Gasconader

GASCONADE A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.

Pl. gastrectomies Surgical excision of part or all of the stomach.

Relating to food

Very big on Greek's starter of fine food

Relating to the art of good food

An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

""Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.""

""Any of various minute aquatic animals of the phylum Gastrotricha, having a wormlike, ciliated body.""

A large upward fold of the earth's crust.

Gearchange

A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space.

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""With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied. as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied.""

GENERIC a type of drug

Doubtful apology scientific meddler makes for growth in experiments

Geneticist

Same as Geniculate. Geniculate.

GENOTYPIC

Gentamicin

Genuflect

The chemistry of the composition and alterations of the solid matter of the earth or a celestial body.

Geochemist

Relating to earth's field

Branch of geology dealing with the earth's field

Consisting of simple figures

Featuring regular shapes

Characterised by lines and regular shapes

""Of or pertaining to geophysics; as, geophysical sciences.as, geophysical sciences.""

Hitler's favorite science

Study for an economist.

Prof. Haushofer's gift to nazism.

Geoscience

Of or relating to the pseudo force caused by the earth's rotation.

""A usually elongate, basinlike depression along the edge of a continent, in which a thick sequence of sediments and volcanic deposits has accumulated.""

""Of or relating to the shape, structure, and arrangement of the rock masses resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust.""

Pl. gerontocracies Government based on rule by elders.

English word

Express by movement rather than words

Express oneself by hand movements, etc

Make vigorous hand movements

Nonsense

Gimmickry

Botany Almost glabrous or becoming glabrous with age or maturity: glabrate stems.

Glaciation

Glauconite

GLAUCONITE The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand. Greensand.

English word

Supplement that helps slow cartilage loss in arthritis

Dietary supplement that could make you go masculine

English word

English word

""GLYCERINE An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.""

Glycolipid

English word

Glycosuria

GLYCOSYL a radical derived from glucose

Man at home in D.C. (wordplay)

Tiny insect-eating bird

Insect-eating bird

Gnosticism

GNOTOBIOTE

Goatsucker

They may not be related by blood

GOITROGEN any substance (like thiouracil or thiourea) that induces the formation of a goiter.

Goldbrick

Birds with yellow plumage

Small birds

Songbirds

English word

""A florid, ornate literary style, often employing elaborate puns and conceits.""

""An optical instrument for measuring crystal angles, as between crystal faces.""

Like some flexible lamps

Flexible, like some lamp shafts

Like some lamps

GOTHICIZE To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

Governance

Graceful

Without poise

GRACILE gracefully slender

Gracility

Gramicidin

Relating to, eg, syntax

Relating to the rules of language

Type of error made often

Grandniece

Granduncle

""A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.""

GRANOPHYRE

Any of a group of white blood cells having granules in the cytoplasm.

In a vividly descriptive manner

""GRAPHIC a painting, print, illustration or diagram""

Grapholect

Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.

""GRECIANIZE To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.""

Grecianize

""One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.""

Fruit and veg merchant

A certain storekeeper.

Muslim month of fasting

""Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.""

Gridlock

""Grouchier , grouchiest Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.""

""(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Usually derogatory a small group within a political party or movement [from French: small group]""

The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women; same as gynecology.gynecology.

""Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy.""

""The branch of medicine dealing with health care for women, especially the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs.""

""Parthenogenesis in which the egg is activated by sperm, but without fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei.""

Navigation device

Excessive flow of milk from the breasts during lactation.

""An inherited metabolic disorder characterized by the deficiency of an enzyme that is necessary for the metabolism of galactose. The disorder results in elevated levels of galactose in the blood and, if untreated, can lead to mental retardation and eye and liver abnormalities.""

""GALACTOSE A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper). C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).""

Galactoside

Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

Galvanical

""An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity.""

""GAMETOPHYTE In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the alg\'91, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.""

The act or process of converting into gas.

""Pl. gastrocnemii (-m - ) The largest, most prominent muscle of the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot and bends the knee.""

Gastroscope

Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.

Gastrotrich

Gaucheness

Geanticline

Gegenschein

""Pl -schaften (German) [-ʃaftən] (Sociology) (often capital) a social group united by common beliefs, family ties, etc. Compare gesellschaft [German, literally: community]""

Concerned with tracing a tree (wordplay)

Upset college again concerning family history

GENERATE to bring into existence

Genuflect

Reverential bending of knee

Knee-bending

GEOBOTANIC

""The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth.""

Of the earth.

In a geological manner.

One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.

An earth scientist

Relating to the effect of physical features on international relations

""Any one of the sciences, such as geology or geochemistry, that deals with the earth.""

Pl. geostrategies The branch of geopolitics that deals with strategy.

""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. geanticlinal.""

Geosyncline

GEOTECHNIC

Decrease in the number of people named Gerald (wordplay)

An antique cabinet (wordplay)

Senior government (wordplay)

Gerontocrat

Old Age

""Pl -schaften (German) [-ʃaftən] (Sociology) (often capital) a social group held together by practical concerns, formal and impersonal relationships, etc. Compare gemeinschaft [German, literally: society]""

""GESTICULATE To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.""

Gesticulate

One who gesticulates.

GIGANTIC {huge=adj}

Pl. gingivectomies Surgical removal of gum tissue.

Glaciology

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GLAUCOUS bluish green

One gets hammered, making a noise!

Bell-like instrument

Percussion instrument with metal bars

Glucokinase

Glucosamine

Glucosidase

Glucuronide

GLYCERINATE

Glycerinate

GLYCOGEN a carbohydrate

""The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.""

English word

Any of a group of conjugated proteins having a carbohydrate as the nonprotein component.

Glycosidase

GLYCOSYLATE

Glycosylate

Gnatcatcher

Goldbrick

Acting on or stimulating the gonads: a gonadotropic hormone.

Graceful

GRACEFUL having beauty of form or movement

Indulgent, elegant, courtesy

Granulocyte

GRANULOCYTE

""GRECIANIZE To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.""

""GREENBACKER One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.""

""GREENBACK One of the legal tender notes of the United States; first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.""

Seeing French dicky birds

Ecofriendly fellow cautiously moves birds

Produce sellers, in Britain or Australia

GREENGROCER A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

Greenockite

Groupuscule

Pl. gynecocracies or gynocracies Government by women.

Gynecology

""The branch of medicine dealing with health care for women, especially the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs.""

Abnormal enlargement of the breasts in a male.

""Of, relating to, or resulting from the magnetic properties of a spinning, electrically charged particle.""

Galactorrhea

An amino derivative of galactose commonly found in glycolipids.

Galactosemia

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a galactoside.

GALLICIZE To conform to the French mode or idiom.

Relating to measuring small currents

Galvanoscope

Gasification

Gastrectomy

The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.

Grand, having immensity of good food

To do with fine eating

Relating to the art of good eating

Gastroscopy

GASTROSCOPE An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

Gemeinschaft

Kindness; comfort (German)

Coziness, as of a German resort

Genericness

Genotypical

""GENUFLECTION The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.""

Geochemical

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