| BACTERIALLY | • bacterially adv. In reference to bacteria. • BACTERIAL adv. of or like bacteria, also BACTERIAN. |
| BACTERICIDE | • bactericide n. Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless. • BACTERICIDE n. an agent that kills bacteria. |
| BACTERIOCIN | • bacteriocin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of antibiotic toxins, produced by some bacteria, that target closely related bacteria. • BACTERIOCIN n. an antibiotic (as colicin) produced by bacteria. |
| BACTERIOIDS | • BACTERIOID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTEROID. |
| BACTERIOSES | • bacterioses n. Plural of bacteriosis. • BACTERIOSIS n. any bacterial plant disease. |
| BACTERIOSIS | • bacteriosis n. (Pathology, botany) Any infection by bacteria. • BACTERIOSIS n. any bacterial plant disease. |
| BACTERISING | • bacterising v. Present participle of bacterise. • BACTERISE v. to treat with bacteria, also BACTERIZE. |
| BACTERIURIA | • bacteriuria n. (Pathology) The presence of bacteria in the urine. • BACTERIURIA n. the presence of bacteria in the urine, also BACTERURIA. |
| BACTERIZING | • bacterizing v. Present participle of bacterize. • BACTERIZE v. to treat with bacteria, also BACTERISE. |
| CLIMACTERIC | • climacteric adj. Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person’s life. • climacteric adj. Critical or crucial; decisive. • climacteric adj. (Medicine) Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal. |
| EUBACTERIAL | • eubacterial adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to the Eubacteria. |
| EUBACTERIUM | • eubacterium n. (Microbiology) Any bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria. • Eubacterium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Eubacteriaceae. • EUBACTERIUM n. a member of the Eubacteriales; any typical bacterium. |
| ICTERITIOUS | • icteritious adj. Yellow; jaundiced. • ICTERITIOUS adj. jaundiced; yellow. |
| PHYLACTERIC | • phylacteric adj. Of or relating to phylacteries. • PHYLACTERIC adj. of or like a phylactery, a slip of parchment inscribed with certain passages of Scripture, worn in a box on the left arm or forehead by Jewish men, also PHYLACTERICAL. |
| SERICTERIUM | • sericterium n. (Zoology) A silk gland, as in the silkworms. • SERICTERIUM n. a silk spinning gland. |
| SPHINCTERIC | • sphincteric adj. Sphincteral. • SPHINCTERIC adj. relating to the sphincter, also SPHINCTERAL, SPHINCTERIAL. |