plural of general anesthetic

An emotionally appealing term closely associated with highly-valued concepts and beliefs which convey or invoke conviction without supporting information or reason.

(biology) Each of the two forms of an organism whose life cycle involves alternation of generations, or the fact of such alternation occurring in a given organism.

(evolutionary theory, historical) The fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters.

(Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.

plural of alternate generation

(uncountable) The conduct of a profession, especially medicine or law, as a general practitioner, without a specialty. / (countable) A place where a general practitioner works.

(management) A manager with overall responsibility for an organisation or a distinct unit of an organisation.

The wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life, much of which may be trivial.

(now historical) A commander-in-chief; the head of an armed force.