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While this might seem like a pretty broad category, all of the words in the list derive from the single Greek word <I>genesis</I>, which can have all of the above meanings. Of course, Genesis is also the name of the first book of the Bible, in which the causation, origin and development of the world is described. I have found 160 words using this stem and variations thereof, which I hope will contribute to your noogenesis.</p> <br> <div align="center">   </div> <table class="words"> <col width="25%"> <tr> <Th> Word <Th> Definition <tr><td>abiogenesis <td>spontaneous generation of living matter <tr><td>aerogenesis <td>forming or generating gas or air <tr><td>aesthesiogenic <td>producing or causing a sensation <tr><td>agamogenesis <td>reproduction by non-sexual means <tr><td>allergenic <td>producing allergies <tr><td>angiogenesis <td>production of blood vessels <tr><td>anogenic <td>formed from below or beneath <tr><td>anthropogenesis <td>origin of human beings <tr><td>autogenesis <td>spontaneous generation <tr><td>bibliogenesis <td>production of books <tr><td>biogenesis <td>theory that all life is derived from living matter alone <tr><td>blastogenesis <td>reproduction by budding <tr><td>caenogenesis <td>process of growth in individual not common in its species <tr><td>carcinogenesis <td>causing cancer <tr><td>cariogenic <td>causing dental cavities <tr><td>carpogenous <td>producing or bearing fruit <tr><td>catogenic <td>formed from above <tr><td>cauligenous <td>originating on the stem of a plant <tr><td>chondrogenesis <td>production of cartilage <tr><td>cladogenesis <td>origin and evolution as if branching from common ancestor <tr><td>comedogenic <td>causing blackheads; causing acne <tr><td>coralligenous <td>producing coral <tr><td>cosmogenic <td>produced by interaction of cosmic rays with earth's surface <tr><td>criminogenic <td>causing crime <tr><td>cryptogenic <td>of unknown origin <tr><td>crystallogenesis <td>production of crystals <tr><td>cyanogenesis <td>production of cyanide <tr><td>cytogenesis <td>formation of cells <tr><td>diagenesis <td>production of rock out of sediment <tr><td>diplogenesis <td>doubling of ordinarily single organ or part <tr><td>dynamogenesis <td>production of increased nerve activity <tr><td>dysgenesis <td>sterility in hybrid creatures <tr><td>ectogenesis <td>variation in response to outside conditions <tr><td>electrogenesis <td>production of electricity <tr><td>embryogenesis <td>production of an embryo <tr><td>endogenous <td>having no external cause <tr><td>epeirogenesis <td>building continents by moving of earth's crust <tr><td>epigenesis <td>theory of embryonic development <tr><td>erogenesis <td>induction of sexual desire; production of arousal <tr><td>erotogenic <td>producing erotic desire or sexual gratification <tr><td>ethnogenesis <td>origin of an ethnic group <tr><td>ethnogeny <td>study of origins of races or ethnic groups <tr><td>exogenous <td>having an external origin <tr><td>frontogenesis <td>creation of a weather front by meeting of air currents <tr><td>gametogenesis <td>formation of gametes <tr><td>gamogenesis <td>sexual reproduction <tr><td>gelogenic <td>tending to produce laughter <tr><td>geogenous <td>growing on the ground <tr><td>geogeny <td>science of the formation of the earth's crust <tr><td>geomorphogeny <td>study of the origins of land forms <tr><td>gluconeogenesis <td>production of glucose from non-carbohydrates <tr><td>glycogenesis <td>production of glycogen <tr><td>haematogenesis <td>production of blood <tr><td>hallucinogenic <td>causing hallucinations <tr><td>heterogenesis <td>spontaneous or alternate generation <tr><td>histogenesis <td>the formation or differentiation of tissues <tr><td>hydrogenic <td>caused or formed by water <tr><td>hylogenesis <td>the origin of matter <tr><td>hypnogeny <td>production of the hypnotic state <tr><td>hypoallergenic <td>causing few allergies <tr><td>hysterogenic <td>causing hysteria <tr><td>iatrogenic <td>induced inadvertently by medical treatment <tr><td>icterogenic <td>causing jaundice <tr><td>ideogenetic <td>producing images or ideas <tr><td>ideogenous <td>being of mental origin <tr><td>ideogeny <td>study of origins of ideas <tr><td>ignigenous <td>produced by fire <tr><td>immunogenic <td>producing an immune response <tr><td>isogeny <td>sameness or similarity of origin <tr><td>keratogenic <td>causing growth of horn, skin or hair <tr><td>kinetogenic <td>causing movement <tr><td>lachrymogenic <td>causing tears or weeping <tr><td>lactogenic <td>producing milk <tr><td>lithogenous <td>rock-building <tr><td>lysigenic <td>caused by the breaking down of cells <tr><td>mammogenic <td>promoting growth of the milk glands <tr><td>marigenous <td>produced by or in the sea <tr><td>merogenesis <td>segmentation <tr><td>metallogenic <td>metal occurring as an ore as opposed to in rocks <tr><td>metallogeny <td>study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits <tr><td>mitogenic <td>causing cell division <tr><td>monogenesis <td>origin of offspring from identical parent <tr><td>morphogenesis <td>origin or development of a body part or organ <tr><td>mutagenesis <td>origin or induction of mutation <tr><td>myogenic <td>having a muscular origin <tr><td>mythogenesis <td>origin of myths <tr><td>necrogenic <td>deriving from dead animals <tr><td>neogenesis <td>producing regeneration of tissue <tr><td>nepheligenous <td>discharging smoke in clouds <tr><td>neurogenesis <td>production or generation of nerves <tr><td>noegenesis <td>production of knowledge <tr><td>nomogeny <td>origin of life according to natural law <tr><td>nonpathogenic <td>not causing disease <tr><td>noogenesis <td>evolution of the mind <tr><td>nubigenous <td>cloud-born <tr><td>odontogeny <td>origin and development of teeth <tr><td>oestrogenic <td>producing female sex hormones <tr><td>oncogenesis <td>producing cancerous tumours <tr><td>ontogenesis <td>origin and development of a single individual organism <tr><td>oogenesis <td>production of eggs or ova <tr><td>organogenesis <td>origin or development of living organs <tr><td>orogenesis <td>mountain-building <tr><td>orthogenesis <td>directional evolution of organisms <tr><td>osteogenesis <td>production or formation of bone <tr><td>paedogenesis <td>reproduction by an infant or larval organism <tr><td>palingenesis <td>new birth; reincarnation; second creation <tr><td>paragenesis <td>formation of minerals as a joined mass <tr><td>parthenogenesis <td>reproduction by a virgin or by means of an unfertilized egg <tr><td>pathogenesis <td>causation or production of disease <tr><td>petrogenesis <td>formation or development of rocks <tr><td>phenogenesis <td>origin of racial groups <tr><td>phlogogenetic <td>causing inflamation <tr><td>phylogenesis <td>origin and history of a species' evolution <tr><td>phytogenesis <td>origin and development of plants <tr><td>phytogenic <td>derived from plants <tr><td>planetogeny <td>theory of the origin of planets <tr><td>polygenesis <td>theory that humans derived from many separate origins <tr><td>polygenous <td>of multiple origin or composition <tr><td>precipitinogenic <td>causing precipitation <tr><td>protogenic <td>formed at the beginning <tr><td>psychogenesis <td>origin and development of the mind <tr><td>pyogenic <td>pus-forming <tr><td>pyrogenous <td>produced by or producing heat or fever <tr><td>pythogenic <td>produced by filth; causing dirt or decay <tr><td>rachitogenic <td>causing rickets <tr><td>radiogenic <td>produced by radioactive disintegration <tr><td>rhinogenous <td>deriving from the nose <tr><td>rhizogenic <td>producing or growing roots <tr><td>saprogenous <td>growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction <tr><td>schizogenesis <td>reproduction by division <tr><td>skeletogenous <td>producing a skeleton <tr><td>sociogenesis <td>origin of human societies <tr><td>soligenous <td>produced by the sun <tr><td>somatogenic <td>caused from within the body or by the cells of the body <tr><td>spermatogenesis <td>producing sperm <tr><td>spermiogenesis <td>producing sperm <tr><td>spodogenous <td>caused by waste matter <tr><td>sporogenesis <td>reproduction by means of spores <tr><td>steatogenous <td>producing fat <tr><td>syngenesis <td>sexual reproduction <tr><td>taphrogenesis <td>vertical movement of the earth抯 crust <tr><td>teratogenic <td>producing monsters or abnormal growth <tr><td>terrigenous <td>produced on land; produced by the land <tr><td>tetanigenous <td>causing tetanus <tr><td>thaumatogeny <td>doctrine of the miraculous origin of life <tr><td>thermogenesis <td>production of heat <tr><td>thymogenic <td>due to emotion <tr><td>toxicogenic <td>producing or produced by poisons <tr><td>trichogenous <td>producing hair <tr><td>tumorigenic <td>producing tumours <tr><td>typhogenic <td>causing fever <tr><td>unigenous <td>of the same origin, kind or sort <tr><td>urogenous <td>producing or produced in urine <tr><td>venigenous <td>containing veins of metal or quartz <tr><td>viridigenous <td>producing greenness <tr><td>vitelligenous <td>producing yolk <tr><td>xenogenous <td>due to an outside cause <tr><td>xylogenous <td>growing on wood <tr><td>zoogenic <td>produced from animals <tr><td>zymogenic <td>causing fermentation </table> <br> <br> <p>I hope you have found this site to be useful. 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