| BACTERIA | • bacteria n. Plural of bacterium. • bacteria n. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium. • bacteria n. (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium. |
| CRITERIA | • criteria n. Plural of criterion. • criteria n. (Nonstandard, proscribed) A single criterion. • CRITERION n. a standard of judgement. |
| GALLERIA | • galleria n. An indoor area, or covered courtyard, containing shops. • Galleria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – only the greater wax moth. • GALLERIA n. (Italian) a shopping arcade. |
| GESNERIA | • gesneria n. (Botany) Any of the genus Gesneria of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. • Gesneria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae – certain flowering plants. • Gesneria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths. |
| GLYCERIA | • glyceria n. Any member of the genus Glyceria of mannagrasses. • Glyceria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – mannagrasses. • GLYCERIA n. an aquatic grass. |
| HATTERIA | • hatteria n. (Dated) The tuatara. • HATTERIA n. a kind of New Zealand lizard, aka sphenodon or tuatera. |
| HYSTERIA | • hysteria n. Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually… • hysteria n. (Medicine, nosologically dated) A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without… • hysteria n. (Informal, psychopathology) Synonym of conversion disorder. |
| KRAMERIA | • krameria n. Any member of the genus Krameria of rhatanies. • Krameria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Krameriaceae – rhatany, of Central America and adjoining lands. • KRAMERIA n. a genus of spreading shrubs with many stems. |
| LISTERIA | • listeria n. Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the… • Listeria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Listeriaceae – the listeria bacteria, some species of which cause listeriosis. • LISTERIA n. any bacterium of the genus Listeria, a widespread pathogen of people and animals. |
| PIZZERIA | • pizzeria n. A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas. • PIZZERIA n. (Italian) a place where pizzas are made and sold. |
| PLUMERIA | • plumeria n. Frangipani. • Plumeria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the frangipanis. • PLUMERIA n. a flowering shrub, aka frangipani. |
| PROGERIA | • progeria n. (Pathology) An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested… • PROGERIA n. a syndrome of children characterized by physical symptoms suggestive of premature senility. |
| SANTERIA | • santeria n. Alternative form of santería. • santería n. An Afro-Cuban religion, somewhat similar to voodoo, based upon Yoruba deities and Roman Catholic saints. • SANTERIA n. (Spanish) a Caribbean religion composed of elements from both traditional African religion and Roman Catholicism. |
| TAQUERIA | • taqueria n. (Chiefly US) A restaurant specializing in tacos and other Mexican food. • taquería n. Alternative spelling of taqueria. • TAQUERIA n. (Spanish) a Mexican restaurant serving mainly tacos. |
| WISTERIA | • wisteria n. Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China… • Wisteria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the wisterias. • WISTERIA n. an ornamental climbing plant, also WISTARIA. |