Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



2,202 words match “GENERA”

INGENERATION n.
Act of ingenerating.
IRREGENERACY n.
Unregeneracy.
IRREGENERATION n.
An unregenerate state. [Obs.]
LIEUTENANT GENERAL n.
. An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
MAJOR GENERAL n.
. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
MOTOR GENERATOR n.
The combination consisting of a generator and a driving motor mechanically connected, usually on a common bedplate and with the two shafts directly coupled or combined into a single shaft.
OUTGENERAL v.
To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield.
PAYMASTER-GENERAL n.
In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL n.
fficer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
PROGENERATE v.
To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race. [R.] Landor.
PROGENERATION n.
The act of begetting; propagation. [R.]
REGENERACY n.
The state of being regenerated. Hammond.
REGENERATE a. 5 definitions
Reproduced. The earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up. Shak.
REGENERATENESS n.
The quality or state of being rgenerate.
REGENERATION n. 5 definitions
The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
REGENERATIVE a.
Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. H. Bushnell. Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.
REGENERATIVELY adv.
So as to regenerate.
REGENERATOR n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, regenerates.
REGENERATORY a.
Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating. G. S. Faber.
RETROGENERATIVE a.
Begetting young by retrocopulation.
← Previous Page 3 of 111 Next →