germander speedwell
- n Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers
germaneness
- n pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
germanic language
- n a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
germanist
- n a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature
germanite
- n a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide
germanium
- n a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
germany
- n a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
germicide
- n an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
germination
- n the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
- n the origin of some development
the germination of their discontent