| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GROW | Germinate | |
| SPROUT | Germinate | |
| GERM | To germinate. | |
| EGERMINATE | To germinate. | |
| GERMINATED | Of Germinate | |
| GERMINATING | Of Germinate | |
| REGERMINATE | To germinate again. | |
| INGERMINATE | To cause to germinate. | |
| SHOOT | To germinate; to bud; to sprout. | |
| PULLULATE | To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. | |
| SPRUNT | To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward. | |
| SPRIT | To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. | |
| VEGETATE | To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate. | |
| COUCH | A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt. | |
| STERILE | Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens. | |
| ACROSPIRE | The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form. | |
| SET | To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom). | |