Germ: alternatives and connections

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

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Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

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The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

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To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

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To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

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A bugbear; anything which terrifies.

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Alt. of Microbion

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of Seed

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The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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