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English words: bacteriopheophorbide to Badiouan

300 English words, part 7 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 15 have a page of their own.

English words bacteriopheophorbide to Badiouan

  1. bacteriopheophorbide noun: Any bacterial pheophorbide
  2. bacteriopheophytin noun: Any pheophytin of bacterial origin
  3. bacteriophilous adjective: Having an attraction to bacteria (typically symbiotic)
  4. bacteriophobe noun: A person afflicted with bacteriophobia.
  5. bacteriophobia noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfəʊbɪə/: An abnormal fear of bacteria
  6. bacteriophobic adjective: Afflicted with bacteriophobia.
  7. bacteriophore noun: Any part of an animal that hosts a population of bacteria
  8. bacteriophytochrome noun: Any form of phytochrome found in a bacterium
  9. bacterioplankton noun: The bacterial component of marine plankton
  10. bacterioplanktonic adjective: Relating to or composed of bacterioplankton.
  11. bacteriopurpurin noun: A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.
  12. bacteriorhodopsin noun: Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
  13. bacterioruberin noun: A red class of carotenoid based on...
  14. bacterioscopic adjective: Of or pertaining to bacterioscopy.
  15. bacterioscopical adjective: bacterioscopic
  16. bacterioscopically adverb: By means of bacterioscopy.
  17. bacterioscopist noun: One who carries out bacterioscopy.
  18. bacterioscopy noun /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒskəpi/: The use of microscopy to study bacteria.
  19. bacteriosis noun /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈəʊsɪs/: Any infection by bacteria
  20. bacteriosome noun: A bacterial endosymbiont
  21. bacteriospermia noun: The presence of bacteria in the semen
  22. bacteriosponge noun: Any marine sponge that hosts a community of bacteria
  23. bacteriostasis noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌsteɪ.sɪs/: A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.
  24. bacteriostat noun: A biological or chemical agent that causes bacteriostasis.
  25. bacteriostatic adjective, noun: Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.
  26. bacteriostatically adverb: With regard to bacteriostasis; by means of a bacteriostat.
  27. bacteriostaticity noun: The condition of being bacteriostatic
  28. bacteriotherapeutic adjective: Relating to bacteriotherapy.
  29. bacteriotherapy noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌθeɹ.əpi/: Any therapeutic use of bacteria
  30. bacteriotoxic adjective: toxic to bacteria
  31. bacteriotoxin noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌtɒks.ɪn/: Any toxin produced by a bacterium
  32. bacteriotrophic adjective: That eats bacteria.
  33. bacteriotropic adjective: Attracted towards, or targeting, bacteria.
  34. bacteriotropin noun: an antibody that makes a specific bacterium more susceptible to phagocytosis
  35. bacterious adjective: bacterial
  36. bacteriovirus noun: Synonym of bacteriophage.
  37. bacteriovore noun: Alternative form of bacterivore.
  38. bacterise verb: Alternative spelling of bacterize.
  39. bacteristatic adjective: Alternative form of bacteriostatic.
  40. bacteritic adjective: Caused by bacteria
  41. bacterium noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/: A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
  42. bacteriumlike adjective: Bacterialike.
  43. bacteriuria noun: The presence of bacteria in the urine
  44. bacteriuric adjective: Relating to bacteriuria
  45. bacterivore noun: Any organism that ingests bacteria, whether as food or as a source of energy.
  46. bacterivorous adjective: feeding on bacteria.
  47. bacterivory noun: The ingestion of bacteria as food or as an energy supply
  48. bacterization noun: The act or process of bacterizing.
  49. bacterize verb: To treat with bacteria.
  50. bacteroid adjective, noun: A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
  51. bacteroidal adjective: Relating to the bacteroids
  52. bacteroidete noun: Any bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes
  53. bacteruria noun: Alternative form of bacteriuria.
  54. bactin noun: A type of siderophore produced by certain bacteria, such as those in the genus Rhodococcus.
  55. bactivorous adjective: That feeds on bacteria
  56. bactoagar noun: bacteriological-grade agar
  57. bactobolin noun: Any of a group of antitumor antibiotics, based on...
  58. bactofection noun: gene therapy using bacteria as delivery vector
  59. bactofilin noun: A cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
  60. bactofugation noun: A process of centrifugation where microorganisms such as bacteria are removed from milk.
  61. Bacton proper noun: A small village and civil parish (served by Abbeydore and Bacton Group Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3732).
  62. bactopeptone noun: A peptone used as a bacterial culture medium
  63. bactoprenol noun: A polyterpenoid alcohol found in lactobacilli
  64. bactotryptone noun: A form of tryptone used to culture bacteria
  65. Bactria proper noun /ˈbæktɹɪə/: The ancient name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in West Asia, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern...
  66. Bactrian adjective, noun /ˈbæktɹɪən/: Of or from Bactria
  67. Bactrian camel noun /ˈbæktɹɪən ˈkæməl/: The camel with two humps, Camelus bactrianus, native to the steppes of Asia.
  68. bactrine noun: Any leaf roller or tortrix moth of the tribe Bactrini.
  69. bactriticone noun: A shell which has a straight cone shape, like certain primitive Ammonoidea.
  70. bactriticonic adjective: Relating to, composed of, or having the form of a bactriticone.
  71. bactritid noun: Any cephalopod of the order †Bactritida of straight-shelled (orthoconic) cephalopods, that lived 410 to 230 million years age.
  72. bactritoid noun: Any of the order †Bactritida of extinct cephalopods.
  73. bacular adjective: Relating to a baculum.
  74. baculate adjective: Consisting of bacula.
  75. bacule noun /ˈbækjuːl/: Alternative form of bascule.
  76. baculicone noun: An organism or fossil with a baculiconic shell, or the shell itself.
  77. baculiconic adjective: Having a long, relatively straight tapering shell, possibly with one or two coils at the narrow end.
  78. baculiferous adjective: Bearing canes or reeds.
  79. baculiform adjective: Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
  80. baculine adjective: Of or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.
  81. baculite noun: Any member of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
  82. baculitic adjective: Of or relating to baculites.
  83. baculitid noun: Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Baculitidae.
  84. baculosome noun: A bacterial microsome
  85. baculoviral adjective /ˌbækjʊləˈvaɪɹəl/: Of, pertaining to, or derived from a baculovirus
  86. baculovirally adverb: By means of a baculovirus
  87. baculovirus noun: Any large rod-shaped virus of the family Baculoviridae, including the granuloviruses and nucleopolyhedroviruses.
  88. baculum noun /ˈbæk.jə.ləm/: A bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
  89. baculus noun: Alternative form of baculum (“rod-like structure in spores and pollen”).
  90. Bacup proper noun /ˈbeɪkʊp/: A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8623).
  91. bacupari noun: Garcinia gardneriana, a dioecious evergreen of the Amazon Basin, producing fruit with edible arils.
  92. bad adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb /bæd/: Of low quality.
  93. bad actor noun: An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
  94. bad aji noun: A lingering weakness in a player’s position in some part of the board, which may trouble them, especially by facilitating a later attack, by hampering their...
  95. bad apple noun: A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.
  96. bad appling noun: The practice of applying the qualities of a bad apple to an entire group in order to mischaracterize the group as a whole.
  97. bad ass adjective, noun: Alternative form of badass.
  98. bad-assery noun: Alternative form of badassery.
  99. bad-assness noun: the state or characteristics of being bad-ass
  100. bad baby noun: Synonym of bad boy (“a powerful or impressive product or item”).
  101. bad bank noun: A bank created to specialize in the ownership of defaulted loans and their collection.
  102. bad beat noun: The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.
  103. bad belle noun: Envy; jealousy.
  104. bad bishop noun: A bishop that is blocked by the player's own pawns.
  105. bad blood noun: Feelings of hostility or ill will.
  106. bad boi noun: Alternative spelling of bad boy.
  107. bad books noun: Disfavor.
  108. bad boy noun: A man whose rebellious nature makes him dangerous or attractive.
  109. bad boy clause noun: A provision within a contract that curtails, restrains, or proscribes certain behavior of the parties.
  110. bad breath noun: Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.
  111. bad business noun: Synonym of bad news (“irritating, troublesome or harmful thing, situation or person”).
  112. bad cess noun: Bad luck, failure, or evil befalling.
  113. bad check noun: A check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.
  114. bad cholesterol noun: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  115. bad comes to worse adverb: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
  116. bad comes to worst adverb: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
  117. bad company noun: The wrong crowd.
  118. bad conscience noun: Synonym of guilty conscience.
  119. bad cop noun: Someone who acts in a hostile, aggressive, and intimidating manner, especially when participating in a good cop bad cop routine.
  120. bad debt noun: A debt which cannot be recovered from the debtor, either because the debtor lacks the money to pay or because the debtor cannot be found and/or forced to pay.
  121. bad egg noun /ˈbæd ɛɡ/: Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.
  122. bad ending noun: An ending that occurs when the player finishes the video game but is not completely successful for some reason, as opposed to a good ending.
  123. bad eye noun: A stare that is superstitiously supposed to be harmful.
  124. bad facts make bad law proverb: Unusual circumstances can lead lawmakers or judges to set precedent that applies poorly to most situations.
  125. bad faith noun: The misrepresentation of one's own true motive.
  126. bad feeling noun: Synonym of premonition (“a strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively”).
  127. bad for the coo adjective: Harmful to the weaker party in a conflict or collision.
  128. bad form noun: Behaviour which is contrary to social expectations, which is inappropriate or rude.
  129. bad girl noun: A female criminal.
  130. bad guy noun: a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.
  131. bad hair day noun: A day when one's hair seems unmanageable.
  132. bad hat noun: A maker of mischief.
  133. bad hop noun: A ball that bounces in front of an infielder in an unexpected way, often as a result of imperfections in the field or the spin on the ball.
  134. bad humor noun: US spelling of bad humour.
  135. bad humour noun: irritability or surliness
  136. bad influence noun: Something or someone that teaches others to do wrong or encourages wrong actions and thoughts by example.
  137. bad iron noun: bad luck.
  138. bad-jacket verb: To create suspicion around (a person) through the spreading of rumors, manufacture of evidence and disinformation, etc.
  139. bad joke noun: A situation that is badly planned, or illogical.
  140. bad language noun: Profanity.
  141. bad leaver noun: An employee who leaves employment under certain negative circumstances that affect their benefits, equity ownership, or other rights.
  142. bad light noun: A weather condition where the light is so poor that the umpires feel that to continue playing would be dangerous.
  143. bad-looking adjective: Not pleasing to the eye; unattractive.
  144. bad loser noun: Synonym of sore loser.
  145. bad lot noun: A bad person.
  146. bad luck noun /bæd lʌk/: An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune.
  147. bad-mannered adjective: Having bad manners; impolite.
  148. bad manners noun: The treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public.
  149. bad medicine noun: Any advice or treatment that has no value or exacerbates the problem.
  150. bad mind noun: malicious intent; animosity
  151. bad-minded adjective: Suspicious, malicious or cynical.
  152. bad money noun: Any money of coinage or currency that is depreciated, mutilated, or debased.
  153. bad money drives out good proverb: Debased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals).
  154. bad mood noun: Synonym of ill humor.
  155. bad-mouth verb: Alternative spelling of badmouth.
  156. bad name noun: Lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
  157. bad-natured adjective: Synonym of ill-natured (“having a bad nature”).
  158. bad news noun: News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events.
  159. bad news bears proverb: Said of someone or something that will bring disaster or bad fortune to one.
  160. bad news travels fast proverb: Bad news circulates quickly because people often circulate it everywhere.
  161. bad off adjective: Synonym of badly off.
  162. bad old days noun: The past, seen as a time when things were worse.
  163. bad part of town noun: A dilapidated area of a city where many people live in a state of poverty and in which crime is more common than in other portions of the city.
  164. bad patch noun: A difficult or challenging time.
  165. bad penny noun: A person or thing which is unpleasant, disreputable, or otherwise unwanted, especially one which repeatedly appears at inopportune times.
  166. bad press noun: Public criticism, especially when occurring in the media; damage to one's reputation.
  167. bad quarto noun: A quarto-sized publication of a play, especially a Shakespearean play, that is considered spurious by virtue of having been copied down during a performance...
  168. bad rap noun: An undeservedly poor reputation.
  169. bad rep noun: Misconstruction of bad rap.
  170. bad scran to someone phrase: A mild malediction of wishing that someone may have bad food.
  171. bad seed noun: A genetic source of bad behavior or other negative results.
  172. bad show interjection: Used to express disappointment.
  173. bad sign noun: An action or thing that suggests something is wrong.
  174. bad sport noun: Synonym of poor sport.
  175. bad-talk verb: To disparage something, or to speak maliciously about someone.
  176. bad taste in one's mouth noun: A feeling that something is morally despicable as to cause nausea.
  177. bad temper noun: Synonym of ill humor.
  178. bad-tempered adjective: Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
  179. bad-temperedly adverb: In a bad-tempered manner.
  180. bad temperedness noun: The quality of being bad-tempered.
  181. Bad Thing noun: An action that yields undesirable results to its subject.
  182. bad things come in threes proverb: If one unfortunate event has already occurred, a second and third are likely to occur; if two, a third should be expected.
  183. bad to beat adjective: Difficult to beat; sure to succeed.
  184. bad touch noun, verb: To sexually assault
  185. bad trip noun: An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.
  186. bad trot noun: Bad luck.
  187. bad turn noun: an action that causes harm to someone
  188. bad up verb: To badmouth; criticise or malign
  189. bad winner noun: Synonym of sore winner.
  190. bad word noun: A vulgar word.
  191. bada bing interjection: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
  192. bada bing bada boom interjection /ˌbɑdə ˈbɪŋ ˌbɑdə ˈbuːm/: Expressing that something was easily completed, was simple to accomplish, or followed as a direct consequence.
  193. bada boom interjection: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
  194. bada boom bada bing interjection: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
  195. Badaga noun: A member of an indigenous people of the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
  196. Badajoz proper noun /ˌbɑːdəˈhoʊs/: A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
  197. badak noun: A rhinoceros.
  198. badak berendam noun /badak bəɹəndam/: A popular traditional dessert in Asia; glutinous rice balls loaded with grated coconut that has been cooked with palm sugar or coconut sugar, which is then...
  199. Badakhshan proper noun: A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
  200. Badal proper noun: A surname.
  201. Badalamenti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  202. Badalona proper noun /ˌbædəˈloʊnə/: A city in Catalonia, Spain situated on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea.
  203. badam noun /ˈbɑː.d̪ɑːm/: An almond.
  204. Badami proper noun: A city in North Karnataka
  205. Badarian adjective, noun: Of or relating to a culture, discovered at El-Badari, that provides the earliest direct evidence of predynastic agriculture in Upper Egypt.
  206. Badarpur proper noun: A town in Assam, India.
  207. badarrah noun: A kind of traditional native boat used in Alaska.
  208. badarse adjective, noun: Standard spelling of badass.
  209. badass adjective, noun /ˈbædæs/: A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.
  210. badassed adjective: Synonym of badass.
  211. badassery noun /bædˈæsəɹi/: The behaviour or quality of a badass; belligerence, audaciousness, etc.
  212. badassitude noun: Synonym of badassery.
  213. badassness noun: The quality or state of being badass.
  214. badassy adjective: Characteristic of a badass; impressively tough or audacious.
  215. badaud noun: A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
  216. Badawi proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
  217. badazz noun: Pronunciation spelling of badass.
  218. badboy noun: Alternative spelling of bad boy.
  219. badbye interjection, noun: Said in reaction to a departure involving painful emotions.
  220. badchan noun: Alternative form of badchen.
  221. badchanus noun: The profession, art, or world of badchens.
  222. badchen noun: A kind of Ashkenazic professional wedding entertainer, poet, and master of ceremonies originating in Eastern Europe.
  223. Badcock proper noun: A surname.
  224. Baddeck proper noun /bəˈdɛk/: A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  225. Baddeley proper noun: A surname.
  226. baddeleyite noun: A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
  227. badden verb: To become or make bad (all senses).
  228. badderlocks noun: The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
  229. badders noun: The sport of badminton.
  230. baddie noun /ˈbædi/: A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
  231. baddish adjective: Somewhat bad; of a quality between mediocre and bad.
  232. baddishness noun: The state or quality of being baddish.
  233. badditude noun: Alternative form of baditude.
  234. baddy noun: Alternative spelling of baddie.
  235. baddy two shoes noun: A person who is ill-behaved.
  236. Badeau proper noun: A surname from French.
  237. Badega noun: Alternative form of Badaga.
  238. badelaire noun: A short sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions.
  239. badelynge noun /ˈbad.lɪŋ/: A group of ducks on the ground.
  240. Baden proper noun /ˈbɑːdən/: A former margravate, electorate, grand duchy, and republic, originally centered in the above town (later in Karlsruhe).
  241. Badenese adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the historical state or territory of Baden, now part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  242. Badenian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Baden in Germany.
  243. Badenoch proper noun /ˈbædənɒx/: A traditional district of Scotland in Highland council area.
  244. Badensian adjective: of Baden (region in southwestern Germany)
  245. Bader proper noun: A surname.
  246. Bader syndrome noun: A rare syndrome characterized by clustering of the teeth, slight craniofacial abnormalities, and dysphagia.
  247. badfic noun: A badly-written fanfic.
  248. badge noun, verb /bæd͡ʒ/: A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
  249. badge bunny noun: A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.
  250. badge-cove noun: A parish pensioner.
  251. badge drinking noun: The practice of drinking a particular brand of alcoholic drink because of the social cachet it provides.
  252. badge in verb: To check in to a workplace or restricted area by showing or electronically scanning one's badge.
  253. badge of honor noun: An outward sign that signifies some distinction.
  254. badge of honour noun: Alternative form of badge of honor.
  255. badge of merit noun: Synonym of merit badge.
  256. badge of shame noun: A distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the purpose of public humiliation, ostracism, or persecution.
  257. badge out verb: To leave a building by swiping an identification badge; to give up or cause to give up an identification badge when it is no longer needed.
  258. badge up verb: To earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer).
  259. badged adjective, verb: Wearing a badge.
  260. badgeer noun: Alternative form of badgir.
  261. badgeless adjective: Without a badge.
  262. badgelike adjective: Resembling a badge.
  263. badgemaking noun: The manufacture of badges.
  264. badgeman noun: A man who wears a badge.
  265. badger noun, verb /ˈbæd͡ʒə/: Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
  266. badger dog noun: Synonym of dachshund (“type of dog”).
  267. badger game noun: An extortion scheme in which the victim is tricked into a compromising position (typically a sexual encounter) and then blackmailed.
  268. badger-legged adjective: Having legs of unequal length.
  269. badger skunk noun: Synonym of hog-nosed skunk.
  270. Badger Stater noun: Synonym of Wisconsinite.
  271. badgerbrush noun: The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
  272. badgered adjective, verb: annoyed; upset
  273. badgerer noun: One who badgers.
  274. badgerhood noun: The essence of being a badger.
  275. badgering adjective, noun, verb: annoying; upsetting
  276. badgeringly adverb: So as to badger or annoy.
  277. badgerlike adjective: Similar to a badger.
  278. badgerly adjective: Characteristic of, relating to, or befitting a badger.
  279. badgersona noun: A fursona that is a badger.
  280. Badgett proper noun: A surname.
  281. badgework noun: Tasks performed by those in the scouting movement in order to earn badges.
  282. Badghis proper noun: A province of Afghanistan.
  283. badgir noun: A windcatcher.
  284. Badgley proper noun: A surname.
  285. Badham proper noun: A surname.
  286. badhan noun: Alternative form of badchen.
  287. Badia proper noun: A surname.
  288. Badiaga noun: A freshwater sponge (genus Spongilla) formerly used to treat bruises, pleurisy, scrofula, etc.
  289. badian adjective, noun: Star anise.
  290. Badie proper noun: A surname.
  291. badification noun: The process by which something becomes bad (in various senses).
  292. badify verb: To make bad (in various senses).
  293. badigeon noun /bəˈdɪdʒən/: A cement or paste (often made with plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or...
  294. Badillo proper noun: A surname.
  295. badinage noun, verb /ˌbæd.ɪˈnɑːʒ/: Playful raillery; banter.
  296. badine noun /bəˈdiːn/: A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  297. badinerie noun /ˈbæd.ɪn.ɹi/: A brief and lively dance.
  298. badione A noun: A ketone pigment produced by Xerocomus badius with SMILES...
  299. Badiot noun: A dialect of Ladin spoken in Val Badia and in Mareo
  300. Badiouan adjective: Of or relating to Alain Badiou (born 1937), French philosopher.

Part 6 · Part 8 · English words: B

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.