geophagy
- n eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
geophilidae
- n small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth
geophilomorpha
- n small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
geophilus
- n type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs
geophysical science
- n geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth
geophysicist
- n a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
geophysics
- n geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth
geophyte
- n a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms
geopolitics
- n the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
geordie
- n a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- n the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
georg friedrich bernhard riemann
- n pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866)
georg friedrich handel
- n a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)