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Bacterial
- adjective - relating to or caused by bacteria; "bacterial infection"
Bacterise
- verb - subject to the action of bacteria
Bacterium
- noun - (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
Bacterize
- verb - subject to the action of bacteria
Bacteroid
- adjective - a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
- resembling bacteria
Becalming
- verb - 1. To render motionless for lack of wind: "Across the harbor, a small sailing skiff, becalmed near some reeds, caught the breeze again" (Horace Freeland Judson).
2. To make calm or still; soothe.
3. To deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to
- make steady; "steady yourself"
- Making still or quiet
Beccafico
- - A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.
Bechamels
- noun - milk thickened with a butter and flour roux
Bechanced
- verb - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
- happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
Bechances
- verb - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
- happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)