Words starting with g

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

g means: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet

g means: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

g means: a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

g means: a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

g means: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

g means: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

g means: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

g means: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

g means: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine

g clef means: a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

behavior modification means: psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior

brown creeper means: a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill

flow off means: flow off or away gradually

genus centaurea means: knapweed; star thistle

hitherto means: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

margaret sanger means: United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)

punicaceae means: one species: pomegranates

raceabout means: a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail

restful means: affording physical or mental rest

safari park means: an area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through

sodoku means: the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East

sonora means: ground snakes

stalin means: Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)

strictness means: uncompromising resolution

strictness means: conscientious attention to rules and details

strophanthus means: any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds

time to come means: the time yet to come

transpolar means: extending across or crossing either pole

unwomanly means: not womanly

waxlike means: having the paleness of wax