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45 words match “GENA”

GENA n. 2 definitions
The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
GENAPPE n.
A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc. Simmonds.
CORALLIGENA n.
Same as Anthozoa.
DEHYDROGENATE v.
To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.
DEHYDROGENATION n.
The act or process or freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen.
DEOXYGENATE v.
To deoxidize. [Obs.]
DEOXYGENATION n.
The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
DISOXYGENATE v.
To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]
DISOXYGENATION n.
Deoxidation. [R.]
HYDROGENATE v.
To hydrogenize.
HYDROGENATION n.
The act of combining with hydrogen, or the state of being so combined.
HYPEROXYGENATED; HYPEROXYGENIZED a.
Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides. [Obs.]
INGENA n.
The gorilla.
LAGENA n.
The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
MISCEGENATION n.
A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.
NONAGENARIAN n.
A person ninety years old.
OCTOGENARIAN n.
A person eighty years, or more, of age.
OCTOGENARY a.
Of eighty years of age. "Being then octogenary." Aubrey.
OXYGENATE v.
To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).
OXYGENATION n.
The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.
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