bacillary
— Adjective
– English
～ formed like a bacillus
bacilliform
— Adjective
– English
～ formed like a bacillus
bacillus
— Noun
– English
～ aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
Bacillus anthracis
— Noun
– English
～ a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
bacitracin
— Noun
– English
～ a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally
back
— Verb
– English
～ be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"
back
— Verb
– English
～ support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
back
— Verb
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～ establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
back
— Verb
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～ place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
back
— Verb
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～ cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
back
— Verb
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～ shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
back
— Verb
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～ be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
back
— Verb
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～ travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
back
— Verb
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～ strengthen by providing with a back or backing
back
— Verb
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～ give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
back away
— Verb
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～ make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
back
— Adverb
– English
～ in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
back
— Adverb
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～ in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"
back
— Adverb
– English
～ in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"
back
— Adverb
– English
～ at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"