Gerfalcon
Ger″fal′con (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Gyrfalcon.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Gerful
Ger″ful (?), a. [Cf. OF. girer to twirl, E. gyrate.] Changeable; capricious. Chaucer.
Gerland
Ger″land (?), Ger″lond, n. A garland.
Gerlind
Ger″lind (?), n.(Zoöl.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.
Germ
Germ (?), n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but, germ. Cf. Germen, Germane.] 1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a pla...
Germ (2)
Germ (?), v. i. To germinate. J. Morley.
Germ (3)
Germ, n.(Biol.) 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 cell
Germ cell. (Biol.) A cell, of either sex, directly concerned in the production of a new organism.
Germ plasm
Germ″ plasm′ (?), (Biol.) See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm.
Germ theory
Germ theory. 1. (Biol.) The theory that living organisms can be produced only by the development of living germs. Cf. Biogenesis, Abiogenesis.2. (Med.) The theory which attribut...
Germain
Ger‐main″ (?), a. See Germane.
German
Ger″man (?), a. [OE. german, germain, F. germain, fr. L. germanus full, own (said of brothers and sisters who have the same parents); akin to germen germ. Cf. Germ, Germane.] Ne...
German (2)
Ger″man, n.; pl.Germans (#) [L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany.2. The German language.3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz mo...
German (3)
Ger″man, a. [L. Germanus. See German, n.] Of or pertaining to Germany.German Baptists. See Dunker. — German bit, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew poin...
Germander
Ger‐man″der (?), n. [OE. germaunder, F. germandrée, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.�; � on the earth or ground + � tree. See Humble, and Tree.] (Bot.) A plant of the gen...
Germane
Ger‐mane″ (?), a. [See German akin, nearly related.] Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant.The phrase would be more germane to the matter...
Germanic
Ger‐man″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.
Germanic (2)
Ger‐man″ic, a. [L. Germanicus: cf. F. germanique. See German, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.2. Teutonic.
Germanism
Ger″man‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. germanisme.] 1. An idiom of the German language.2. A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. J. W. ...
Germanium
Ger‐ma″ni‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.] (Chem.) A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white ...
Germanization
Ger′man‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold.
Germanize
Ger″man‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Germanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Germanizing (?).] To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a languag...
Germanize (2)
Ger″man‐ize, v. i. To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.
Germarium
‖Ger‐ma″ri‐um (?), n. [NL. See Germ.] (Zoöl.) An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.
Germen
Ger″men (jẽr″mĕn), n.; pl. E. Germens (#), L. Germina (#). See Germ.
Germicidal
Ger″mi‐ci′dal (jẽr″mĭ‐sī′dal), a. Germicide.
Germicide
Ger″mi‐cide (jẽr″mĭ‐sīd), a. [Germ + L. caedere to kill.] (Biol.) Destructive to germs; — applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bac...