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
- bacteriopheophorbide noun: Any bacterial pheophorbide
- bacteriopheophytin noun: Any pheophytin of bacterial origin
- bacteriophilous adjective: Having an attraction to bacteria (typically symbiotic)
- bacteriophobe noun: A person afflicted with bacteriophobia.
- bacteriophobia noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfəʊbɪə/: An abnormal fear of bacteria
- bacteriophobic adjective: Afflicted with bacteriophobia.
- bacteriophore noun: Any part of an animal that hosts a population of bacteria
- bacteriophytochrome noun: Any form of phytochrome found in a bacterium
- bacterioplankton noun: The bacterial component of marine plankton
- bacterioplanktonic adjective: Relating to or composed of bacterioplankton.
- bacteriopurpurin noun: A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.
- bacteriorhodopsin noun: Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
- bacterioruberin noun: A red class of carotenoid based on...
- bacterioscopic adjective: Of or pertaining to bacterioscopy.
- bacterioscopical adjective: bacterioscopic
- bacterioscopically adverb: By means of bacterioscopy.
- bacterioscopist noun: One who carries out bacterioscopy.
- bacterioscopy noun /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒskəpi/: The use of microscopy to study bacteria.
- bacteriosis noun /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈəʊsɪs/: Any infection by bacteria
- bacteriosome noun: A bacterial endosymbiont
- bacteriospermia noun: The presence of bacteria in the semen
- bacteriosponge noun: Any marine sponge that hosts a community of bacteria
- bacteriostasis noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌsteɪ.sɪs/: A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.
- bacteriostat noun: A biological or chemical agent that causes bacteriostasis.
- bacteriostatic adjective, noun: Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.
- bacteriostatically adverb: With regard to bacteriostasis; by means of a bacteriostat.
- bacteriostaticity noun: The condition of being bacteriostatic
- bacteriotherapeutic adjective: Relating to bacteriotherapy.
- bacteriotherapy noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌθeɹ.əpi/: Any therapeutic use of bacteria
- bacteriotoxic adjective: toxic to bacteria
- bacteriotoxin noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌtɒks.ɪn/: Any toxin produced by a bacterium
- bacteriotrophic adjective: That eats bacteria.
- bacteriotropic adjective: Attracted towards, or targeting, bacteria.
- bacteriotropin noun: an antibody that makes a specific bacterium more susceptible to phagocytosis
- bacterious adjective: bacterial
- bacteriovirus noun: Synonym of bacteriophage.
- bacteriovore noun: Alternative form of bacterivore.
- bacterise verb: Alternative spelling of bacterize.
- bacteristatic adjective: Alternative form of bacteriostatic.
- bacteritic adjective: Caused by bacteria
- bacterium noun /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/: A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
- bacteriumlike adjective: Bacterialike.
- bacteriuria noun: The presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteriuric adjective: Relating to bacteriuria
- bacterivore noun: Any organism that ingests bacteria, whether as food or as a source of energy.
- bacterivorous adjective: feeding on bacteria.
- bacterivory noun: The ingestion of bacteria as food or as an energy supply
- bacterization noun: The act or process of bacterizing.
- bacterize verb: To treat with bacteria.
- bacteroid adjective, noun: A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
- bacteroidal adjective: Relating to the bacteroids
- bacteroidete noun: Any bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes
- bacteruria noun: Alternative form of bacteriuria.
- bactin noun: A type of siderophore produced by certain bacteria, such as those in the genus Rhodococcus.
- bactivorous adjective: That feeds on bacteria
- bactoagar noun: bacteriological-grade agar
- bactobolin noun: Any of a group of antitumor antibiotics, based on...
- bactofection noun: gene therapy using bacteria as delivery vector
- bactofilin noun: A cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
- bactofugation noun: A process of centrifugation where microorganisms such as bacteria are removed from milk.
- 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).
- bactopeptone noun: A peptone used as a bacterial culture medium
- bactoprenol noun: A polyterpenoid alcohol found in lactobacilli
- bactotryptone noun: A form of tryptone used to culture bacteria
- 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...
- Bactrian adjective, noun /ˈbæktɹɪən/: Of or from Bactria
- Bactrian camel noun /ˈbæktɹɪən ˈkæməl/: The camel with two humps, Camelus bactrianus, native to the steppes of Asia.
- bactrine noun: Any leaf roller or tortrix moth of the tribe Bactrini.
- bactriticone noun: A shell which has a straight cone shape, like certain primitive Ammonoidea.
- bactriticonic adjective: Relating to, composed of, or having the form of a bactriticone.
- bactritid noun: Any cephalopod of the order †Bactritida of straight-shelled (orthoconic) cephalopods, that lived 410 to 230 million years age.
- bactritoid noun: Any of the order †Bactritida of extinct cephalopods.
- bacular adjective: Relating to a baculum.
- baculate adjective: Consisting of bacula.
- bacule noun /ˈbækjuːl/: Alternative form of bascule.
- baculicone noun: An organism or fossil with a baculiconic shell, or the shell itself.
- baculiconic adjective: Having a long, relatively straight tapering shell, possibly with one or two coils at the narrow end.
- baculiferous adjective: Bearing canes or reeds.
- baculiform adjective: Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
- baculine adjective: Of or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.
- baculite noun: Any member of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
- baculitic adjective: Of or relating to baculites.
- baculitid noun: Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Baculitidae.
- baculosome noun: A bacterial microsome
- baculovirus noun: Any large rod-shaped virus of the family Baculoviridae, including the granuloviruses and nucleopolyhedroviruses.
- baculum noun /ˈbæk.jə.ləm/: A bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
- baculus noun: Alternative form of baculum (“rod-like structure in spores and pollen”).
- Bacup proper noun /ˈbeɪkʊp/: A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8623).
- bacupari noun: Garcinia gardneriana, a dioecious evergreen of the Amazon Basin, producing fruit with edible arils.
- bad adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb /bæd/: Of low quality.
- bad actor noun: An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
- 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...
- bad apple noun: A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.
- 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.
- bad ass adjective, noun: Alternative form of badass.
- bad-assery noun: Alternative form of badassery.
- bad-assness noun: the state or characteristics of being bad-ass
- bad baby noun: Synonym of bad boy (“a powerful or impressive product or item”).
- bad bank noun: A bank created to specialize in the ownership of defaulted loans and their collection.
- bad beat noun: The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.
- bad belle noun: Envy; jealousy.
- bad bishop noun: A bishop that is blocked by the player's own pawns.
- bad blood noun: Feelings of hostility or ill will.
- bad boi noun: Alternative spelling of bad boy.
- bad books noun: Disfavor.
- bad boy noun: A man whose rebellious nature makes him dangerous or attractive.
- bad boy clause noun: A provision within a contract that curtails, restrains, or proscribes certain behavior of the parties.
- bad breath noun: Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.
- bad business noun: Synonym of bad news (“irritating, troublesome or harmful thing, situation or person”).
- bad cess noun: Bad luck, failure, or evil befalling.
- bad check noun: A check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.
- bad cholesterol noun: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- bad comes to worse adverb: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
- bad comes to worst adverb: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
- bad company noun: The wrong crowd.
- bad conscience noun: Synonym of guilty conscience.
- bad cop noun: Someone who acts in a hostile, aggressive, and intimidating manner, especially when participating in a good cop bad cop routine.
- 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.
- bad egg noun /ˈbæd ɛɡ/: Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.
- 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.
- bad eye noun: A stare that is superstitiously supposed to be harmful.
- bad facts make bad law proverb: Unusual circumstances can lead lawmakers or judges to set precedent that applies poorly to most situations.
- bad faith noun: The misrepresentation of one's own true motive.
- bad feeling noun: Synonym of premonition (“a strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively”).
- bad for the coo adjective: Harmful to the weaker party in a conflict or collision.
- bad form noun: Behaviour which is contrary to social expectations, which is inappropriate or rude.
- bad girl noun: A female criminal.
- bad guy noun: a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.
- bad hair day noun: A day when one's hair seems unmanageable.
- bad hat noun: A maker of mischief.
- 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.
- bad humor noun: US spelling of bad humour.
- bad humour noun: irritability or surliness
- bad influence noun: Something or someone that teaches others to do wrong or encourages wrong actions and thoughts by example.
- bad iron noun: bad luck.
- bad-jacket verb: To create suspicion around (a person) through the spreading of rumors, manufacture of evidence and disinformation, etc.
- bad joke noun: A situation that is badly planned, or illogical.
- bad language noun: Profanity.
- bad leaver noun: An employee who leaves employment under certain negative circumstances that affect their benefits, equity ownership, or other rights.
- bad light noun: A weather condition where the light is so poor that the umpires feel that to continue playing would be dangerous.
- bad-looking adjective: Not pleasing to the eye; unattractive.
- bad loser noun: Synonym of sore loser.
- bad lot noun: A bad person.
- bad luck noun /bæd lʌk/: An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune.
- bad-mannered adjective: Having bad manners; impolite.
- bad manners noun: The treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public.
- bad medicine noun: Any advice or treatment that has no value or exacerbates the problem.
- bad mind noun: malicious intent; animosity
- bad-minded adjective: Suspicious, malicious or cynical.
- bad money noun: Any money of coinage or currency that is depreciated, mutilated, or debased.
- bad money drives out good proverb: Debased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals).
- bad mood noun: Synonym of ill humor.
- bad-mouth verb: Alternative spelling of badmouth.
- bad name noun: Lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
- bad-natured adjective: Synonym of ill-natured (“having a bad nature”).
- bad news noun: News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events.
- bad news bears proverb: Said of someone or something that will bring disaster or bad fortune to one.
- bad news travels fast proverb: Bad news circulates quickly because people often circulate it everywhere.
- bad off adjective: Synonym of badly off.
- bad old days noun: The past, seen as a time when things were worse.
- 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.
- bad patch noun: A difficult or challenging time.
- bad penny noun: A person or thing which is unpleasant, disreputable, or otherwise unwanted, especially one which repeatedly appears at inopportune times.
- bad press noun: Public criticism, especially when occurring in the media; damage to one's reputation.
- 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...
- bad rap noun: An undeservedly poor reputation.
- bad rep noun: Misconstruction of bad rap.
- bad scran to someone phrase: A mild malediction of wishing that someone may have bad food.
- bad seed noun: A genetic source of bad behavior or other negative results.
- bad show interjection: Used to express disappointment.
- bad sign noun: An action or thing that suggests something is wrong.
- bad sport noun: Synonym of poor sport.
- bad-talk verb: To disparage something, or to speak maliciously about someone.
- bad taste in one's mouth noun: A feeling that something is morally despicable as to cause nausea.
- bad temper noun: Synonym of ill humor.
- bad-tempered adjective: Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
- bad-temperedly adverb: In a bad-tempered manner.
- bad temperedness noun: The quality of being bad-tempered.
- Bad Thing noun: An action that yields undesirable results to its subject.
- 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.
- bad to beat adjective: Difficult to beat; sure to succeed.
- bad touch noun, verb: To sexually assault
- bad trip noun: An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.
- bad trot noun: Bad luck.
- bad turn noun: an action that causes harm to someone
- bad up verb: To badmouth; criticise or malign
- bad winner noun: Synonym of sore winner.
- bad word noun: A vulgar word.
- bada bing interjection: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
- 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.
- bada boom interjection: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
- bada boom bada bing interjection: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
- Badaga noun: A member of an indigenous people of the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
- Badajoz proper noun /ˌbɑːdəˈhoʊs/: A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
- badak noun: A rhinoceros.
- 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...
- Badakhshan proper noun: A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
- Badal proper noun: A surname.
- Badalamenti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Badalona proper noun /ˌbædəˈloʊnə/: A city in Catalonia, Spain situated on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea.
- badam noun /ˈbɑː.d̪ɑːm/: An almond.
- Badami proper noun: A city in North Karnataka
- 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.
- Badarpur proper noun: A town in Assam, India.
- badarrah noun: A kind of traditional native boat used in Alaska.
- badarse adjective, noun: Standard spelling of badass.
- badass adjective, noun /ˈbædæs/: A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.
- badassed adjective: Synonym of badass.
- badassery noun /bædˈæsəɹi/: The behaviour or quality of a badass; belligerence, audaciousness, etc.
- badassitude noun: Synonym of badassery.
- badassness noun: The quality or state of being badass.
- badassy adjective: Characteristic of a badass; impressively tough or audacious.
- badaud noun: A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
- Badawi proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
- badazz noun: Pronunciation spelling of badass.
- badboy noun: Alternative spelling of bad boy.
- badbye interjection, noun: Said in reaction to a departure involving painful emotions.
- badchan noun: Alternative form of badchen.
- badchanus noun: The profession, art, or world of badchens.
- badchen noun: A kind of Ashkenazic professional wedding entertainer, poet, and master of ceremonies originating in Eastern Europe.
- Badcock proper noun: A surname.
- Baddeck proper noun /bəˈdɛk/: A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Baddeley proper noun: A surname.
- baddeleyite noun: A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
- badden verb: To become or make bad (all senses).
- badderlocks noun: The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
- badders noun: The sport of badminton.
- baddie noun /ˈbædi/: A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
- baddish adjective: Somewhat bad; of a quality between mediocre and bad.
- baddishness noun: The state or quality of being baddish.
- badditude noun: Alternative form of baditude.
- baddy noun: Alternative spelling of baddie.
- baddy two shoes noun: A person who is ill-behaved.
- Badeau proper noun: A surname from French.
- Badega noun: Alternative form of Badaga.
- badelaire noun: A short sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions.
- badelynge noun /ˈbad.lɪŋ/: A group of ducks on the ground.
- Baden proper noun /ˈbɑːdən/: A former margravate, electorate, grand duchy, and republic, originally centered in the above town (later in Karlsruhe).
- Badenese adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the historical state or territory of Baden, now part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Badenian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Baden in Germany.
- Badenoch proper noun /ˈbædənɒx/: A traditional district of Scotland in Highland council area.
- Badensian adjective: of Baden (region in southwestern Germany)
- Bader proper noun: A surname.
- Bader syndrome noun: A rare syndrome characterized by clustering of the teeth, slight craniofacial abnormalities, and dysphagia.
- badfic noun: A badly-written fanfic.
- 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.
- badge bunny noun: A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.
- badge-cove noun: A parish pensioner.
- badge drinking noun: The practice of drinking a particular brand of alcoholic drink because of the social cachet it provides.
- badge in verb: To check in to a workplace or restricted area by showing or electronically scanning one's badge.
- badge of honor noun: An outward sign that signifies some distinction.
- badge of honour noun: Alternative form of badge of honor.
- badge of merit noun: Synonym of merit badge.
- 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.
- 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.
- badge up verb: To earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer).
- badged adjective, verb: Wearing a badge.
- badgeer noun: Alternative form of badgir.
- badgeless adjective: Without a badge.
- badgelike adjective: Resembling a badge.
- badgemaking noun: The manufacture of badges.
- badgeman noun: A man who wears a badge.
- badger noun, verb /ˈbæd͡ʒə/: Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
- badger dog noun: Synonym of dachshund (“type of dog”).
- badger game noun: An extortion scheme in which the victim is tricked into a compromising position (typically a sexual encounter) and then blackmailed.
- badger-legged adjective: Having legs of unequal length.
- badger skunk noun: Synonym of hog-nosed skunk.
- Badger Stater noun: Synonym of Wisconsinite.
- badgerbrush noun: The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
- badgered adjective, verb: annoyed; upset
- badgerer noun: One who badgers.
- badgerhood noun: The essence of being a badger.
- badgering adjective, noun, verb: annoying; upsetting
- badgeringly adverb: So as to badger or annoy.
- badgerlike adjective: Similar to a badger.
- badgerly adjective: Characteristic of, relating to, or befitting a badger.
- badgersona noun: A fursona that is a badger.
- Badgett proper noun: A surname.
- badgework noun: Tasks performed by those in the scouting movement in order to earn badges.
- Badghis proper noun: A province of Afghanistan.
- badgir noun: A windcatcher.
- Badgley proper noun: A surname.
- Badham proper noun: A surname.
- badhan noun: Alternative form of badchen.
- Badia proper noun: A surname.
- Badiaga noun: A freshwater sponge (genus Spongilla) formerly used to treat bruises, pleurisy, scrofula, etc.
- badian adjective, noun: Star anise.
- Badie proper noun: A surname.
- badification noun: The process by which something becomes bad (in various senses).
- badify verb: To make bad (in various senses).
- 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...
- Badillo proper noun: A surname.
- badinage noun, verb /ˌbæd.ɪˈnɑːʒ/: Playful raillery; banter.
- badine noun /bəˈdiːn/: A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- badinerie noun /ˈbæd.ɪn.ɹi/: A brief and lively dance.
- badione A noun: A ketone pigment produced by Xerocomus badius with SMILES...
- Badiot noun: A dialect of Ladin spoken in Val Badia and in Mareo
- 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.