| Gerah |
n. |
A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel. |
| Geraniaceous |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniaceae) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others. |
| Geraniine |
n. |
Alt. of Geranine |
| Geranine |
n. |
A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill. |
| Geranine |
n. |
A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor. |
| Geranium |
n. |
A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill. |
| Geranium |
n. |
A cultivated pelargonium. |
| Gerant |
n. |
The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc. |
| Gerbe |
n. |
A kind of ornamental firework. |
| Gerbil |
n. |
Alt. of Gerbille |
| Gerbille |
n. |
One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe. |
| Gerboa |
n. |
The jerboa. |
| Gere |
n. |
Gear. |
| Gerent |
a. |
Bearing; carrying. |
| Gerfalcon |
n. |
See Gyrfalcon. |
| Gerful |
a. |
Changeable; capricious. |
| Gerland |
n. |
Alt. of Gerlond |
| Gerlind |
n. |
A salmon returning from the sea the second time. |
| Gerlond |
n. |
A garland. |
| Germ |
n. |
That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears. |
| Germ |
n. |
That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty. |
| Germ |
v. i. |
To germinate. |
| Germ |
n. |
The germ cells, collectively, as distinguished from the somatic cells, or soma. Germ is often used in place of germinal to form phrases; as, germ area, germ disc, germ membrane, germ nucleus, germ sac, etc. |
| Germ cell |
|
A cell, of either sex, directly concerned in the production of a new organism. |
| Germ plasm |
|
See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm. |
| Germ theory |
|
The theory that living organisms can be produced only by the development of living germs. Cf. Biogenesis, Abiogenesis. |
| Germ theory |
|
The theory which attributes contagious and infectious diseases, suppurative lesions, etc., to the agency of germs. The science of bacteriology was developed after this theory had been established. |
| Germain |
a. |
See Germane. |
| German |
a. |
Nearly related; closely akin. |
| German |
n. |
A native or one of the people of Germany. |
| German |
n. |
The German language. |
| German |
n. |
A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. |
| German |
n. |
A social party at which the german is danced. |
| German |
n. |
Of or pertaining to Germany. |
| Germander |
n. |
A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. |
| Germane |
a. |
Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. |
| Germanic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or containing, germanium. |
| Germanic |
n. |
Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy. |
| Germanic |
n. |
Teutonic. |
| Germanism |
n. |
An idiom of the German language. |
| Germanism |
n. |
A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. |
| Germanium |
n. |
A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3. |
| Germanization |
n. |
The act of Germanizing. |
| Germanize |
v. t. |
To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society. |
| Germanize |
v. i. |
To reason or write after the manner of the Germans. |
| Germanized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Germanize |
| Germanizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Germanize |
| Germans |
pl. |
of German |
| Germarium |
n. |
An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria. |
| Germen |
n. |
See Germ. |
| Germens |
pl. |
of Germen |
| Germicidal |
a. |
Germicide. |
| Germicide |
a. |
Destructive to germs;
applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases. |
| Germicide |
n. |
A germicide agent. |
| Germina |
pl. |
of Germen |
| Germinal |
a. |
Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. |
| Germinal |
n. |
The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792
1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire. |
| Germinal |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells. |
| Germinant |
a. |
Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds. |
| Germinate |
v. i. |
To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. |
| Germinate |
v. t. |
To cause to sprout. |
| Germinated |
imp. & p. p. |
of Germinate |
| Germinating |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Germinate |
| Germination |
n. |
The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. |
| Germinative |
a. |
Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. |
| Germiparity |
n. |
Reproduction by means of germs. |
| Germless |
a. |
Without germs. |
| Germogen |
n. |
A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed. |
| Germogen |
n. |
The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms. |
| Germule |
n. |
A small germ. |
| Gern |
v. t. |
To grin or yawn. |
| Gerner |
n. |
A garner. |
| Gerocomia |
n. |
See Gerocomy. |
| Gerocomical |
a. |
Pertaining to gerocomy. |
| Gerocomy |
n. |
That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people. |
| Gerontes |
n. pl. |
Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority. |
| Gerontocracy |
n. |
Government by old men. |
| Geropigia |
n. |
A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. |
| Gerrymander |
v. t. |
To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. |
| Gerrymandered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Gerrymander |
| Gerrymandering |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Gerrymander |
| Gerund |
n. |
A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle. |
| Gerund |
n. |
A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end;
called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone. |
| Gerundial |
a. |
Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use. |
| Gerundive |
a. |
Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. |
| Gerundive |
n. |
The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved. |
| Gerundively |
adv. |
In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund. |
| Gery |
a. |
Changeable; fickle. |
