Related Words for germ

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microbe
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Noun, Noun
seed
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
bug
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
source
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
germinal
/xx
Adjective
embryo
/xx
Noun
virus
/x
Noun
contagion
x/x
Noun
bacterium
x/xx
Noun
spore
/
Noun
infection
x/x
Noun
bacillus
x/x
Noun
microorganism
xx/xxx
Noun
organism
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Noun
pathogen
/xx
Noun
embryonic
xx/x
Adjective
bacterial
x/xx
Adjective
protoplasm
xxxx
Noun
disease
x/
Noun
wheat
/
Noun, Adjective
fungus
/x
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
lice
/
Noun
yeast
/
Noun
syncytial
//x
Noun
smallpox
/x
Noun
embryonal
xx/x
Adjective
sprouts
/
Noun
outgrowth
/x
Noun
primordial
x/xx
Adjective
virulent
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Adjective
corpuscular
/xxx
Noun
cell
/
Noun
bran
/
Noun
anthrax
/x
Noun
pandemic
x/x
Noun
canker
/x
Noun
trophoblastic
/x/x
Noun
neurosis
x/x
Noun
cholera
/xx
Noun
contamination
xxx/x
Noun
inoculation
xxx/x
Noun
nucleus
/xx
Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun
typhoid
/x
Noun
emanation
xx/x
Noun
typhus
/x
Noun
amoeba
x/x
Noun
kernel
/x
Noun
gram
/
Noun
grain
/
Noun
endosperm
/xx
Noun
seedling
/x
Noun
crop
/
Noun
germplasm
xxx
Noun
fruit
/
Noun
propagator
/xxx
Noun
catch
/
Noun
chit
/
Noun
core
/
Noun
genet
/x
Name
self
/
Noun
triticum
/xx
Name
ergot
/x
Noun
seminary
/xxx
Noun
pollen
/x
Noun
meristem
/x/
Noun
hummel
/x
Name
winter wheat
/x/
Phrase, Noun
heirloom
/x
Noun
xenia
/xx
Name
layers
/x
Verb
husk
/
Noun
vegetated
/xxx
Verb
corn
/
Adjective
toasted
/x
Verb
sprinkle
/x
Adjective
flours
/x
Noun
tubes
/
Verb
soma
/x
Noun
supernumerary
xx/xxx
Adjective
eternal
x/x
Noun
laziness
/xx
Noun
tiniest
/xx
Adjective
indestructible
xx/xx
Adjective
yogurt
/x
Noun
successional
x/xx
Adjective
incisor
x/x
Noun
malarial
x/xx
Adjective
molar
/x
Noun
papilla
x/x
Noun
primal
/x
Adjective
adam
/x
Name
bacteriological
x/xx/xx
Adjective
biological
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
biology
x/xx
Noun
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bud
/
Noun, Verb
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
connection
x/x
Noun
connective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
culture
/x
Noun, Verb
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
egg
/
Noun, Verb
epithelial
xx/x
Adjective
essence
/x
Noun
fibrous
/x
Adjective
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
flu
/
Noun
fount
/
Noun
gamete
/x
Noun
glandular
/xx
Noun, Adjective
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
illness
/x
Noun
lymphoid
xx
Adjective
mammary
/xx
Adjective, Noun
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
medullary
x/xx
Adjective
mesenchymal
xx/x
Adjective
microscopic
xx/x
Adjective
monad
/x
Noun
muse
/
Noun, Verb
mutagenicity
/xx/xx
Noun
object
/x
Noun, Verb
outermost
/xx
Noun
parasite
/xx
Noun, Verb
pigmented
x/x
Verb, Adjective
reproducing
xx/x
Noun
reproductive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
sebaceous
x/x
Adjective
secret
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spark
/
Noun, Verb
squamous
xx
Adjective
warfare
/x
Noun, Verb
wellspring
/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
dialect
/xx
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb