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an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.

Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.

Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.

Homology of the germinal layers.

dus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.

on, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.

, etc. See Bushel, Gallon, etc. -- Imperial chamber, the, the sovereign court of the old German empire. -- Imperial city, under the first German empire, a city having no head but the emperor. -- Imperial diet, an assembly of all the states of the German empire. -- Imperial drill. (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill. -- I…

accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. H. Sweet.

The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoön) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.

es of a disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or spores.

Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized. Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. Burton. His style is diffuse and incult. M. W. Shelley.

used by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious.

A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.

church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.

-- English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix). -- German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (S. scandens). -- Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma). -- Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under…

A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia.

Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.

The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.

Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.