Word Meanings - GERMINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. Germinal layers , 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,

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Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. Germinal layers , 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. Same as Blastoderm. -- Germinal spot , the nucleolus of the ovum. -- Germinal vesicle, , the nucleus of the ovum of animals.

Related words: (words related to GERMINAL)

• OUTER
  Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• INNERVATION
  Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs. (more info) 1. The act of innerving or stimulating.
• VESICLE
  A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically: --
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• LAYERING
  A propagating by layers. Gardner.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• INNERLY
  More within. Baret.
• GASTRULA
  An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by
• THIRDLY
  In the third place. Bacon.
• MESOBLASTIC
  Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.
• OUTERLY
  1. Utterly; entirely. Chaucer. 2. Toward the outside. Grew.
• GASTRULATION
  The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• COVERT BARON
  Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
• INNERMOSTLY
  In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
• COVERTNESS
  Secrecy; privacy.
• COVERER
  One who, or that which, covers.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• COVERCHIEF
  A covering for the head. Chaucer.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• WAYLAYER
  One who waylays another.
• SHOUTER
  One who shouts.
• SOUTER
  A shoemaker; a cobbler. Chaucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale.
• TWINNER
  One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.
• TRACKLAYER
  Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. -- Track"lay`ing, n.
• DINNERLY
  Of or pertaining to dinner. The dinnerly officer. Copley.
• FLOUTER
  One who flouts; a mocker.
• PLOUTER
  To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. I did not want to plowter about any more. Kipling.
• TOUTER
  One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office. The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the
• DISPLAYER
  One who, or that which, displays.