About The Word Germinal
Learn about the word Germinal to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Germinal definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Germinal
| Germinal Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Germinal?
[n] seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
[adj] containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" Synonyms | Synonyms for Germinal: original | originative | seminal Related Terms | Find terms related to Germinal: aboriginal | atomic | basal | basic | central | conceptive | conceptual | corpuscular | creative | crucial | elemental | elementary | embryonic | esemplastic | evanescent | fattening | fecund | fecundative | fertile | fertilizing | fetal | fructificative | fundamental | generative | genetic | germinant | germinational | germinative | germiparous | granular | ideational | ideative | imaginative | impalpable | imperceptible | imponderable | in embryo | in ovo | in the bud | inappreciable | indiscernible | infinitesimal | ingenious | inspired | intangible | inventive | invisible | larval | life-giving | microcosmic | microscopic | molecular | multiparous | notional | original | originative | pregnant | primal | primary | primeval | primitive | primordial | pristine | procreant | procreative | productive | prolific | propagative | protogenic | radical | reproductive | richening | rudimentary | seminal | shaping | spermatic | spermatozoic | subatomic | teeming | tenuous | thin | ultramicroscopic | unseeable | visioned See Also | Revolutionary calendar | Revolutionary calendar month Germinal In Webster's Dictionary \Ger"mi*nal\, a. [See {Germ}.]
Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.
{Germinal layers} (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the
ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer
covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of
cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies
between these two, is sometimes included.
{Germinal membrane}. (Biol.) Same as {Blastoderm}.
{Germinal spot} (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum.
{Germinal vesicle}, (Biol.), the nucleus of the ovum of
animals.
\Ger`mi*nal"\, n. [F. See {Germ} .] The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See {Vend['E]miaire}. \Ger"mi*nal\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Crib death ‐ sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during…
- Antecubital ‐ of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow;…
- Glaser ‐ United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study…
- Multicolored ‐ having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;…
- Gonion ‐ the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower…
- Atrioventricular bundle ‐ a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac…
- Khesari ‐ European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India…
- Schnauzer ‐ old German breed of sturdy black or grayish wire-haired terriers…
- Drooler ‐ a person who dribbles; "that baby is a dribbler; he…
- Spaghettini ‐ thin…