germander
— Noun
– English
~ any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
germane
— Adjective
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~ relevant and appropriate; "he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue"
germaneness
— Noun
– English
~ pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
Germanic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts"
Germanic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology"
germanic
— Noun
– English
~ a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
Germanism
— Noun
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~ a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens
Germanist
— Noun
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~ a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature
germanite
— Noun
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~ a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide
germanium
— Noun
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~ a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
germany
— Noun
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~ a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
germfree
— Adjective
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~ free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile; "a germfree environment"
germicidal
— Adjective
– English
~ preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
germicide
— Noun
– English
~ an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
germinal
— Adjective
– English
~ containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"
germinal area
— Noun
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~ a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
germinal
— Noun
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~ seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
germinal disc
— Noun
– English
~ a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
germinate
— Verb
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~ cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
germinate
— Verb
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~ work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"