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Definition germ

Etymology

From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”).

Noun

germ (plural germs)

  1. (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
  2. A pathogenic microorganism.
  3. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
  4. (figuratively) The origin of an idea or project.
  5. (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.

Verb

germ (third-person singular simple present germs, present participle germing, simple past and past participle germed)

  1. To germinate.
  2. (slang) To grow, as if parasitic.

Results 357 Words with the letters GERM

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8 letter words with the letters GERM 
7 letter words with the letters GERM 
6 letter words with the letters GERM 
BEGRIM 14
BREGMA 14
DEGERM 12
EMERGE 11
EMIGRE 11
ENGRAM 12
GAMERS 11
GAMIER 11
GAMMER 14
GERMAN 12
GERMEN 12
GRAMME 14
GREMMY 16
GRIMED 12
GRIMES 11
GRUMES 12
GUMMER 15
IMAGER 11
MAIGRE 11
MALGRE 12
MANGER 12
MARGES 11
MAUGER 12
MAUGRE 12
MEAGER 11
MEAGRE 11
MEGRIM 14
MERGED 12
MERGER 11
MERGES 11
MIRAGE 11
MONGER 12
MORGEN 12
MORGUE 12
MUGGER 14
RAGMEN 12
REGIME 11
REGNUM 13
TERGUM 12
5 letter words with the letters GERM 
GAMER 10
GERMS 10
GERMY 12
GRIME 10
GRUME 11
MARGE 10
MERGE 10
REGMA 10
4 letter words with the letters GERM 
GERM 9
3 letter words with the letters GERM 
ERG 5
GEM 8
MEG 8
REG 5
REM 6
2 letter words with the letters GERM 
EM 5
ER 2
ME 5
RE 2

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