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Ask(n.) A water newt.
(v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request
(v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning
Askance(v. t.) To turn aside.
Askew(adv. & a.) Awry
Aslant(adv. & a.) Toward one side
(prep.) In a slanting direction over
Asleep(a. & adv.) In a state of sleep
Aslope(adv. & a.) Slopingly
Asp(n.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal
Asparagine(n.) A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus
Asparagus(n.) A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves
Aspect(n.) Appearance to the eye or the mind
Aspen(a.) Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it
Asper(a.) Rough
(n.) A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value
Asphalt(v. t.) To cover with asphalt
Asphodel(n.) A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers
Asphyxiate(v. t.) To bring to a state of asphyxia
Aspic(n.) A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil.
Aspirant(a.) Aspiring.
(n.) One who aspires
Aspirate(n.) A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek
(v. t.) To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound
Aspiration(n.) The act of aspirating
Aspirator(n.) An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction
Aspire(n.) Aspiration.
(v. t.) To aspire to
Aspirin(n.) A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid used as a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines
Asquint(adv.) With the eye directed to one side
Ass(n.) A dull, heavy, stupid fellow
Assail(v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions
Assamese(a.) Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.
(n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Assam.
Assassin(n.) One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault
(v. t.) To assassinate.
Assault(n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another
Assay(n.) Examination and determination
(v.) To affect.
(v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor.
Assegai(n.) A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin
Assemblage(n.) A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things
Assemble(v. i.) To liken
(v. t.) To collect and put together the parts of
Assembly(n.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
Assent(v.) The act of assenting
(v. t.) To admit a thing as true
Assert(v. t.) To affirm
Assess(v.) To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc
Asset(n.) Any article or separable part of one's assets.
Asseverate(v. t.) To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Assibilate(v. t.) To make sibilant
Assiduity(n.) Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise
Assiduous(a.) Constant in application or attention
Assign(n.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred
(v.) A thing pertaining or belonging to something else
(v. i.) To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust
(v. t.) To appoint
Assimilable(a.) That may be assimilated
Assimilate(v. i.) To become similar or like something else.
(v. t.) To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body
Assimilation(n.) The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity
Assimilatory(a.) Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation
Assist(v. i.) To be present as a spectator
(v. t.) To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress
Assize(n.) A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury
(v.) To assess
Associable(a.) Capable of being associated or joined.
Associate(a.) Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges
(n.) A companion
(v. i.) To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
(v. t.) To accompany
Association(n.) Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.
Associative(a.) Having the quality of associating
Assoil(v. t.) To expiate
Assonance(n.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound
Assort(v. i.) To agree
(v. t.) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods
Assuage(v. i.) To abate or subside.
(v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense
Assumable(a.) That may be assumed.
Assume(v. i.) To be arrogant or pretentious
(v. t.) To pretend to possess
Assuming(a.) Pretentious
Assumpsit(n.) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal
Assumption(n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Assumptive(a.) Assumed, or capable of being assumed
Assurance(n.) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property
Assure(v. t.) To affiance
Assyrian(a.) Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.
(n.) A native or an inhabitant of Assyria
Astarte(n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.
Astatic(a.) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction
Aster(n.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers
Asthenic(a.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility
Asthma(n.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration
Astigmatism(n.) A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision
Astir(adv. & a.) Stirring
Astonied(p. p.) Stunned
Astonish(v. t.) To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder
Astound(a.) Stunned
Astraddle(adv.) In a straddling position
Astragal(n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
Astrakhan(a.) Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products
(n.) The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur
Astral(a.) Consisting of, belonging to, or designating, a kind of supersensible substance alleged to be next above the tangible world in refinement
Astray(adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense
Astride(adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback
Astringent(a.) Drawing together the tissues
(n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc
Astrolabe(n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
Astrology(n.) In its etymological signification, the science of the stars
Astrometry(n.) The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes
Astronomer(n.) An astrologer.
Astronomical(a.) Of or pertaining to astronomy
Astronomy(n.) Astrology.
Astrophotography(n.) The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.
Astrophysics(n.) The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc
Astute(a.) Critically discerning
Astylar(a.) Without columns or pilasters.
Asunder(adv.) Apart
Asura(n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
Aswoon(adv.) In a swoon.
Asymmetrical(a.) Incommensurable.
Asymmetry(n.) Incommensurability.
Asymptote(n.) A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it
Asyndeton(n.) A figure which omits the connective
Asystole(n.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
At(prep.) A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something
Ataman(n.) A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.
Atavism(n.) The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties
Ate(imp.) of Eat
(n.) The goddess of mischievous folly
Atelier(n.) A workshop
Atheism(n.) Godlessness.
Atheist(n.) A godless person.
Atheling(n.) An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman
Athenaeum(n.) A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use
Athenian(a.) Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.
(n.) A native or citizen of Athens.
Athermancy(n.) Inability to transmit radiant heat
Atheroma(n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries
Athetosis(n.) A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
Athirst(a.) Having a keen appetite or desire
Athlete(n.) Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength
Athletic(a.) Befitting an athlete
Athwart(adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction
(prep.) Across
Atilt(adv.) In the manner of a tilter
Atlantes(n. pl.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature
Atlantic(a.) Descended from Atlas.
Atlas(n.) A collection of maps in a volume
Atman(n.) The life principle, soul, or individual essence.
Atmosphere(n.) Any gaseous envelope or medium.
Atoll(n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression
Atom(n.) A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles
(v. t.) To reduce to atoms.
Atone(v. i.) To agree
(v. t.) To make satisfaction for
Atonic(a.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy
(n.) An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone
Atony(n.) Want of tone
Atop(adv.) On or at the top.
Atrabilious(a.) Melancholic or hypochondriac
Atresia(n.) Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body
Atrium(n.) A cavity, entrance, or passage
Atrocious(a.) Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
Atrocity(n.) An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
Atrophy(n.) A wasting away from want of nourishment
(v. i.) To waste away
(v. t.) To cause to waste away or become abortive
Atropine(n.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple
Attach(n.) An attachment.
(v. i.) To adhere
(v. t.) To bind, fasten, tie, or connect
Attack(n.) An access of disease
(v. i.) To make an onset or attack.
(v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing
Attain(n.) Attainment.
(v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
(v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts
Attar(n.) A fragrant essential oil
Attempt(n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor
(v. i.) To make an attempt
(v. t.) To attack
Attend(v. i.) (with to) To take charge of
(v. t.) To be present at
Attention(n.) An act of civility or courtesy
Attentive(a.) Heedful
Attenuate(v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine
(v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of
Attest(n.) Witness
(v. t.) To bear witness to
Attic(a.) A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles
Attire(n.) Dress
(v. t.) To dress
Attitudinal(a.) Relating to attitude.
Attitudinize(v. i.) To assume affected attitudes
Attorney(n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings
(v. t.) To perform by proxy
Attract(n.) Attraction.
(v. t.) To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind
Attributable(a.) Capable of being attributed
Attribute(n.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure
(v. t.) To ascribe
Attribution(n.) That which is ascribed or attributed.
Attributive(a.) Attributing
(n.) A word that denotes an attribute
Attrition(n.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame.
Attune(v. t.) To arrange fitly
Atypical(a.) That has no type
Aubade(n.) An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade
Auburn(a.) Flaxen-colored.
Auction(n.) A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose
(v. t.) To sell by auction.
Audacious(a.) Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum
Audacity(n.) Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence
Audible(a.) Capable of being heard
(n.) That which may be heard.
Audibly(adv.) So as to be heard.
Audience(a.) Admittance to a hearing
Audile(n.) One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or of internal discourse rather than of visual or motor images
Audiometer(n.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
Audit(a.) A general receptacle or receiver.
(v. i.) To settle or adjust an account.
(v. t.) To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts
Augean(a.) Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
Auger(n.) A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands
Aught(adv.) At all
Augite(n.) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt
Augment(n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs
(v. i.) To increase
(v. t.) To add an augment to.
Augur(n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences
(v. i.) To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue
(v. t.) To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens
August(a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence
Auk(n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis
Aunt(n.) A bawd, or a prostitute.
Aura(n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc
Aureate(a.) Golden
Aureole(n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc
Auric(a.) Of or pertaining to gold.
Auriferous(a.) Gold-bearing
Auriga(n.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini
Aurochs(n.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus
Aurora(n.) A species of crowfoot.
Auscultate(v. i. & t.) To practice auscultation
Auscultation(n.) An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen
Auspice(a.) A divining or taking of omens by observing birds
Auspicious(a.) Favoring
Austerity(n.) Plainness
Austral(a.) Designating, or pert. to, a zone extending across North America between the Transition and Tropical zones, and including most of the United States and central Mexico except the mountainous parts
Autarchy(n.) Self-sufficiency.
Authentic(n.) An original (book or document).
Author(n.) An informant.
(v. t.) To occasion
Autobiographical(a.) Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography
Autobiography(n.) A biography written by the subject of it
Autocatalysis(n.) Self-catalysis
Autocephalous(a.) Having its own head
Autochthon(n.) One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits
Autoclave(n.) A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
Autocracy(n.) Independent or self-derived power
Autocrat(a.) An absolute sovereign
Autodidact(n.) One who is self-taught
Autoecious(a.) Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi
Autogamy(n.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon
Autogenesis(n.) Spontaneous generation.
Autogenous(a.) Autogenetic.
Autograph(a.) In one's own handwriting
(n.) That which is written with one's own hand
Autoharp(n.) A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord
Automatism(n.) The state or quality of being automatic
Automaton(v. i.) Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
Automobile(n.) An automobile vehicle or mechanism
Autonomic(a.) Having the power of self-government
Autonomous(a.) Having independent existence or laws.
Autonomy(n.) The power or right of self-government
Autoplasty(n.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds
Autopsy(a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease
Autosuggestion(n.) Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, esp. in hypnotism
Autotransformer(n.) A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa
Autotrophic(a.) Capable of self-nourishment
Autumn(n.) The harvest or fruits of autumn.
Autunite(n.) A lemon-yellow phosphate of uranium and calcium occurring in tabular crystals with basal cleavage, and in micalike scales
Auxesis(n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word
Auxiliary(a.) Conferring aid or help
(n.) A helper
(sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae
Avail(n.) Proceeds
(v. i.) To be of use or advantage
(v. t.) To promote
Avalanche(n.) A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
Avarice(n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain
Avaricious(a.) Actuated by avarice
Avast(a.) Cease
Avatar(n.) Incarnation
Avaunt(interj.) Begone
(n.) A vaunt
(v. t. & i.) To advance
Ave(n.) An ave Maria.
Avenge(n.) Vengeance
(v. i.) To take vengeance.
(v. t.) To take vengeance for
Avens(n.) A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
Aventurine(n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass
Avenue(n.) A broad street
Aver(n.) A work horse, or working ox.
(v. t.) To affirm with confidence
Avesta(n.) The Zoroastrian scriptures.
Avian(a.) Of or instrument to birds.
Aviary(n.) A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined
Aviation(n.) The art or science of flying.
Aviator(n.) A flying machine.
Aviculture(n.) Rearing and care of birds.
Avid(a.) Longing eagerly for
Avifauna(n.) The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Avocado(n.) The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear
Avocation(n.) A calling away
Avoid(a.) To defeat or evade
(v. i.) To become void or vacant.
Avoirdupois(n.) Avoirdupois weight.
Avouch(n.) Evidence
(v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately
Avow(n.) Avowal.
(v. t.) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done.
Avulsion(n.) A fragment torn off.
Avuncular(a.) Of or pertaining to an uncle.
Await(n.) A waiting for
(v. i.) To wait (on or upon).
(v. t.) To be in store for
Awake(a.) Not sleeping or lethargic
(v. i.) To cease to sleep
(v. t.) To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction
Award(v. i.) To determine
(v. t.) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted
Aware(a.) Apprised
Awash(a.) Washed by the waves or tide
Away(adv.) Absent
Awe(n.) Dread
(v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence
Aweather(adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind
Aweigh(adv.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly
Awesome(a.) Causing awe
Awful(a.) Frightful
Awhile(adv.) For a while
Awkward(a.) Not easily managed or effected
Awl(n.) A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood
Awn(n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage
Awning(n.) A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind
Awoke(imp.) of Awake
Awry(adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason
Ax(v. t. & i.) To ask
Axe(n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc
Axial(a.) Belonging to the axis of the body
Axil(n.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs
Axinite(n.) A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges
Axiom(a.) An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received
Axis(n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon
Axle(n.) An axis
Axman(n.) One who wields an ax.
Axminster(n.) An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile
Axolotl(n.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico
Ay(a.) Always
(interj.) Ah! alas!
Ayah(n.) A native nurse for children
Aye(n.) An affirmative vote
Azalea(n.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America
Azimuth(n.) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object
Azobenzene(n.) A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible
Azoic(a.) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life
Azole(n.) Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five-membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur)
Azonic(a.) Confined to no zone or region
Azotic(a.) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen
Aztec(a.) Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519
(n.) One of the Aztec race or people.
Azure(a.) Sky-blue
(n.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
(v. t.) To color blue.
Azurite(n.) Blue carbonate of copper
Ba(v. i.) To kiss.
Baa(n.) The cry or bleating of a sheep
(v. i.) To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.
Baal(n.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
Bab(n.) Lit., gate
Baba(n.) A kind of plum cake.
Babbitt(v. t.) To line with Babbitt metal.
Babble(n.) Idle talk
(v. i.) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
Babe(n.) A doll for children.
Baboon(n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio
Babu(n.) A Hindoo gentleman
Baby(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant
(n.) An infant or young child of either sex
(v. i.) To treat like a young child
Bac(n.) A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
Baccalaureate(a.) Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
(n.) A baccalaureate sermon.
Baccarat(n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
Baccate(a.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry
Bacchanal(a.) Engaged in drunken revels
(n.) A devotee of Bacchus
Bacchant(a.) Bacchanalian
(n.) A bacchanal
Bacchus(n.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
Bachelor(n.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States
Bacillary(a.) Of or pertaining to bacilli
Bacillus(n.) A variety of bacterium
Back(a.) Being at the back or in the rear
(adv.) (Of time) In times past
(n.) A ferryboat.
(v. i.) To adjoin behind
Bacon(n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
Bacterial(a.) Of or pertaining to bacteria.
Bacteriology(n.) The science relating to bacteria.
Bacteriolysis(n.) Chemical decomposition brought about by bacteria without the addition of oxygen.
Bacterium(n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions
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