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Genie
Genie is the English language term for the Arabic language ?? . In Arabic mythology and in Islam, a jinni is a member of the jinn , a race of creatures. The word "jinn" literally means anything which has the connotation of concealment, invisibility, solitude and remoteness.


Genipa
Genipa Carolus Linnaeus, or Genip-tree, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. These are shrubs and medium-sized trees, native to tropical regions of the Americas, the West Indies, tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, China and New Caledonia.


Genipa americana
Genipa americana is a species of Genipa, native to northern South America, the Caribbean and southern Mexico, growing in rainforests. It is a small tree growing to 15 m tall. The leaf are opposite, lanceolate to oblong, 20-35 cm long and 10-19 cm broad, glossy dark green, with an entire margin.


Genital wart
Genital warts is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection. Caused by some variants of the Human papillomavirus, typically HPV 6 and HPV 11, it is spread during oral sex, genital, or anal sex with an infected partner. Genital warts are the most easily recognized sign of genital HPV infection.


Genius
A genius is a person with distinguished mental abilities. This can manifest either as a foremost intellect, or as an outstanding creativity talent. The term also applies to one who is a polymath, or someone skilled in many mental areas. The term specifically applies to mental rather than athletic skills, although it is also colloquially used to denote the possession of a superior talent in any field; e.g., Maradona may be said to have a genius for football , or Winston Churchill for Statesman


Genlisea
Genlisea, is a genus of approximately 21 species of carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. Occurring in tropical Africa, Madagascar and Brazil, Genlisea is unique in the plant kingdom for specializing in protozoa and for attracting its prey chemically.


Genoa
Genoa is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of ca. 620,000 and the urban area has a population of ca. 890,000. Genua was a city of the ancient Ligures.


Genre
A genre is a division of a particular Art#Art_forms or utterance according to criteria particular to that form. In all art forms, genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions.


Gentamicin
Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic, and can treat many different types of bacteriuml infections, particularly Gram-negative infection. However, gentamicin is not used for Neisseria gonorrheae, Neisseria meningitidis or Legionella pneumophila infections.


Gentian
Gentian is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family , tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. This a large genus, with about 400 species. This is a cosmopolitan genus, occurring in alpine habitats of temperate regions of Asia, Europe and the Americas.


Gentian violet
Gentian violet is an antifungal drug. Typically prepared as a weak solution in water, it is painted on skin or gums to treat or prevent mycosis. Gentian violet does not require a doctor's prescription, but is not easily found in drug stores. Tampons treated with gentian violet are sometimes used for vaginal applications.


Gentiana acaulis
Gentiana acaulis is a small gentian native to central and southern Europe from Spain east to the Balkans, growing especially in mountainous regions, such as the Alps, Cevennes and the Pyrenees, at heights of 800 to 3,000 m. It is a perennial plant, growing on acidic soils.


Gentiana andrewsii
The closed bottle gentian is considered a threatened species by the USDA in New England states, New York, and Maryland. It grows in wet meadows, late blooming flowers are closed 1 to 1 1/2 inches, violet blue in groups of 6. Plants can attain a height of two feet, if conditions allow.¹ ¹ ²


Gentiana lutea
Gentiana lutea is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 1-2 m tall, with broad lanceolate to elliptic leaf 10-30 cm long and 4-12 cm broad.


Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae, or the Gentian family, is a family of flowering plants in about 70-80 genera and between 900-1200 species. Flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual with fused sepals, petals and epipetalous stamens alternate with the corolla lobes. There is a glandular disk at the base of the gynoecium, and flowers have parietal placentation.


Genuine
Genuine is the debut album of Christianity teen pop singer Stacie Orrico, released in 2000 on Forefront Records. Stacie set a record in first week sales for a Christian female debut selling 13,000 copies. The album had six hit singles on Christian charts and radio. The song "Don't Look At Me" was featured on '.


Geochelone
Geochelone is a genus of tortoises. Geochelone Tortoises, which are also known as geoclelone tortoises or typical tortoises, can be found in Africa, Americas, Asia, and several Oceania islands. They primarily eat plants. Measured by the length of their Animal shell, the species in this genus are some of the largest turtles in the world, especially the Galįpagos tortoise, which can get as long as 6 feet.


Geococcyx
The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North America and Central America. These two species are the ground foraging cuckoos. * Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus * Lesser Roadrunner, Geococcyx velox


Geode
Geodes are Geology Rock formations which occur in Sedimentary rocks and certain volcanic rocks. Geodes are essentially rock cavities or vugs with internal crystal formations or concentric banding. The exterior of the most common geodes is generally limestone or a related rock, while the interior contains quartz crystals and/or chalcedony deposits.


Geodesic dome
A geodesic dome is an almost spherical structure based on a network of strut arranged on great circles lying approximately on the surface of a sphere. The geodesics intersect to form triangular elements that have local triangular rigidity and yet also distribute the stress across the entire structure.


Geodesy
Geodesy , also called geodetics, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena in three-dimensional, time-varying space.


Geoduck
The geoduck, Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa, is a species of large saltwater clam, also known as the king clam or elephant trunk clam. The name is derived from a Nisqually Native Americans in the United States word meaning "dig deep", and its phonemically counterintuitive spelling is likely the result of poor Transcription.


Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was an England English literature, English poetry, philosopher, Bureaucracy , and diplomat. He is often referred to as the Father of English Literature. Although he wrote many works he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales.


Geographer
A geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's physical natural environment and human habitat. Geographers identify, analyse and interpret the distribution and arrangement of features on the earth's surface. Though geographers are historically known as people who make maps, mapmaking is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography.


Geography
Geography is the study of the Earth's features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity . There are at least four traditional views on geography among geographers where emphasis is on the spatial analysis of natural and human phenomena , on area studies , on man-land relationship.


Geology
Geology anetary geology]] refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the solar system. However, specialised terms such as selenology , areology , etc., are also in use. The word "geology" was first used by Jean-Andr Deluc in the year 1778 and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bndict de Saussure in the year 1779.


Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers. In modern times, geometric concepts have been generalized to a high level of abstraction and complexity, and have been subjected to the methods of calculus and abstract algebra, so that many modern branches of the field are barely recognizable as the descendants of early geometry.


Geomorphology
Geomorphology is the study of landforms, including their origin and evolution, and the processes that shape them. The underlying question is: Why do landscapes look the way they do? The term is derived from the Greek ??, ge, meaning Earth, and ??f?, morf, meaning form. Geomorphologists seek to understand landform history and dynamics, and predict future changes through a combination of field observation, physical experiment, and numerical mathematical model.


Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann was a Germany Baroque music composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University of Leipzig. The most prolific composer in history, he was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach and a lifelong friend of George Frideric Handel.


Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel [] was a German people philosopher born in Stuttgart, Wrttemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. His influence has been widespread on writers of widely varying positions, including both his admirers , and his detractors . His great achievement was to introduce for the first time in philosophy the idea that History and the concrete are important in getting out of the circle of philosophia perennis, i.e., the perennial problems of philosophy.


George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Promoted at an early age to brigadier general, he was a flamboyant and aggressive commander during numerous Civil War battles, known for his personal bravery in leading charges against opposing cavalry.


George Balanchine
George Balanchine is one of the 20th Century's foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of United States ballet. His work formed a bridge between classical and modern ballet.


George Berkeley
George Berkeley , also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Ireland philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of what has come to be called subjective idealism, summed up in his dictum, "Esse est percipi" . The theory states that individuals can only directly know sensations and ideas of objects, not abstractions such as "matter".


George Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw was an Anglo-Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1938 for Pygmalion . After those of William Shakespeare, Shaw's plays are among the most widely produced in English language theatre.


George Burns
For other people named Burns, see Burns.For the Jewish philosopher and Sionist figure, see Nathan Birnbaum. George Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum, was an United States comedy and actor, arguably the greatest double act of 20th century American comedy.


George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott was a film and stage actor, film director, and Film producer. He was best known for his dramatic portrayal of General George S. Patton in the Academy Awards winning movie, Patton as well as for his flamboyant portrayal of General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.


George Dewey
George Dewey was an admiral of the United States Navy, best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. He is also the only person in the history of the United States to attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the senior-most rank in the United States Navy.


George du Maurier
George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a British author who was born in Paris, France. He studied art in Paris, and moved to Antwerp, Belgium, where he lost vision in his left eye. He consulted an oculist in Dsseldorf, Germany, where he met his future wife, Emma Wightwick.


George Eastman
George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Co. and invented photographic film, which brought photography to the common man. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the film stock in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Lon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumire Brothers and Georges Mlis.


George Edward Moore
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, was a distinguished and influential English philosopher who was educated and taught at the University of Cambridge. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Gottlob Frege, one of the founders of the analytic philosophy tradition in philosophy.


George Eliot
George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans , who was an England novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity. She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works were taken seriously.


George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conducting and teacher, preeminent musician of the 20th century, one of the greatest performers of his time.


George Fox
George Fox was an English Dissenters and a major early figure often considered the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. Living in a time of great social upheaval, he rebelled against the religious and political consensus by proposing an unusual and uncompromising approach to the Christianity.


George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German/British Baroque music composer who was a leading composer of concerto grosso, operas and oratorios. Born in Germany as Georg Friedrich Hndel , he lived most of his adult life in England, becoming a subject of the Great Britain crown on 22nd of January 1727.


George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an United States composer. George wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works together with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. Gershwin composed both for Broadway theatre and for the European classical music concert hall.


George Harrison
George Harrison, Order of the British Empire was a popular England guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. Harrison was the lead guitarist of The Beatles. During the bands phenomenally successful career, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were its main songwriters.


George Huntington
George Sumner Huntington was an United States physician. Huntington's disease bears his name because he described it in the first of only two academic papers he ever wrote. He wrote this paper when he was 22, one year after getting his medical degree at Columbia University in New York City.


George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an Academy Awards nominated United States film director, film producer, and screenwriter famous for his epic Star Wars saga and his Indiana Jones films. He is one of the American film industry's most independent, financially successful directors and producers.


George M. Cohan
George Michael Cohan was a United States entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, Film director, and Theatrical producer of Irish people descent. Known as "the man who owned Broadway theatre" in the decade before World War I, he is considered the father of American musical comedy.


George Marshall
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall, Order of the Bath, US Army was an United States military leader and United States Secretary of State best remembered for his leadership in the Allied victory in World War II and for his work establishing the post-war reconstruction effort for Europe, which became known as the Marshall Plan.


George Mason
George Mason was a United States Patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He is called the "Father of the Bill of Rights". For all of these reasons he is considered to be one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States.


George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair , better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an England author and journalism. Noted as a political and cultural commentator, as well as an accomplished novelist, Orwell is among the most widely admired English language essayists of the 20th century.


George Sand
George Sand is the pseudonym of the France novelist and feminist Amandine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant .


George Segal
George Segal is a well-known American film and stage actor. The amiable, wavy-haired leading man is equally at home in drama and comedy, although he is more often seen in the latter. Originally a stage actor and musician, Segal appeared in several nondescript films in the early 1960s before raising eyebrows in 1965 as a distraught newlywed in Ship of Fools and as a Prisoner of War in King Rat.


George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an England mechanical engineering who designed the famous and historically important steam engine locomotive named Stephenson's Rocket and is known as the "Father of Railways". The Victorian era considered him a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement, with self-help advocate Samuel Smiles particularly praising his achievements.


George Szell
* Antonn Dvork: Cello Concerto; Pierre Fournier(vc) / Berliner Philharmoniker * Joseph Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 92-99 * Zoltn Kodly: Hry Jnos Suite * Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.4; Judith Raskin(S) * Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.6 * Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau(Br)/London Symphony Orchestra


George Vancouver
George Vancouver was an officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of North America, including the Pacific coast along present-day Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia; he also explored the southwest coast of Australia.


George W. Bush
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George Washington
George Washington commanded the Thirteen Colonies Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , and was the first President of the United States, from 1789 to 1797. Because of his central role in the founding of the United States, Washington is often called the "Father of the Nation".


George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is a toll suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey in New Jersey by means of Interstate 95, U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 9.


George Washington Carver
sources need to be cited within this article George Washington Carver was an African American botany inventor who worked in agricultural extension at the Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, Alabama, and who taught former slavery farming techniques for self-sufficiency.


George Washington Goethals
George Washington Goethals [Go-tuhles] was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. The Goethals Bridge between New York City and Elizabeth, New Jersey is named in his honor.


George Wells Beadle
George Wells Beadle was an United States scientist in the field of genetics. He shared half of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Lawrie Tatum for their discovery that genes act by regulating biochemical events within the cell. The other half of that year's award went to Joshua Lederberg.


George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse, Jr. was an United States of America entrepreneur and engineer now best known for the brand of electrical goods that bear his name. Friend to Nikola Tesla and one of Thomas Edison's main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system, he was also active in the railroad and telephone industries.


George William Russell
George William Russell who wrote under the pseudonym ', was an Anglo-Irish supporter of the Nationalist movement in Ireland, a critic, poet, and painter. He was also a mystical writer, and centre of a group of followers of theosophy in Dublin, for many years. He is not to be confused with George William Erskine Russell.


Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet was a France composer and pianist of the Romantic music era. He is best known for his opera Carmen.


Georges Braque
Georges Braque was a France painter and sculpture, and with Pablo Picasso one of the inventors of cubism. Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France. He grew up in Le Havre and trained to be a house painter and decorator like his father and grandfather.


Georges Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau was a France statesman, doctor and journalist. He led France during World War I and was one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles.


Georges Cuvier
Baron Georges Lopold Chrtien Frdric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Frdric Cuvier, also a naturalist. He was a major figure in scientific circles in Paris during the early 19th century, and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology by comparing living animals with fossils.


Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour was a France painter.


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