Words That Start With: GENE

• of or relating to or produced by or being a gene

• pertaining to or referring to origin

• of or relating to the science of genetics

• occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

• gin made in the Netherlands

• a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations

• relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus

• wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.)

• any product that can be sold without a brand name

• (of drugs) not protected by trademark

• applicable to an entire class or group

• applying to all or most members of a category or group

• affecting the entire body

• a general officer of the highest rank

• the head of a religious order or congregation

• a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

• not specialized or limited to one class of things

• prevailing among and common to the general public

• somewhat indefinite

• of worldwide scope or applicability

• command as a general

• the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers

• a coming into being

• a general kind of something

• (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

• agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail

• French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

• French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)