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germ

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Pronunciation: /dʒəːm /

NOUN

• 1A microorganism, especially one which causes disease.
  

• 2A portion of an organism capable of developing into a new one or part of one.
  
• 2.1The embryo in a cereal grain or other plant seed.
  
• 2.2An initial stage from which something may develop:the germ of a brilliant idea
  

Derivatives

germy
ADJECTIVE (germier, germiest)

• informal, sense 1).

Origin

late Middle English (in sense 2): via Old French from Latingermen 'seed, sprout'. sense 1 dates from the late 19th century.

transmitter

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Pronunciation: /tranzˈmɪtə, trɑːnz-, -ns-/

noun

• 1A set of equipment used to generate and transmit electromagnetic waves carrying messages or signals, especially those of radio or television.
  

  
  
• 1.1A person or thing that transmits something: reggae has established itself as the principal transmitter of the Jamaican language
  

  
  
• 1.2 short for neurotransmitter. glutamate is one among many dozens of transmitters
  

  
  

doughty

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Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊti/

adjective (doughtier, doughtiest)

• archaic or • humorous

• Brave and persistent: his doughty spirit kept him going
  

  
  

Derivatives

doughtily
adverb

doughtiness

noun

Origin

late Old English dohtig, variant of dyhtig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duchtig and German tüchtig.